Saint Paul Public Schools Three-Year Plan for Aligned Learning in

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Saint Paul Public Schools

Three-Year Plan for Aligned Learning in the Arts

Arts Area: General/Classroom Music Grades: K – 5

* Continue work with alignment of Resources (district adopted curriculum, etc), Progress Report, and state standards for grades K -

3

* Developing and finding common assessments

* In-Service with Pearson regarding Resources and technology available

* Creation of rubrics for assessment of areas listed on

Progress Report

* Continue cross-district PLC’s

* Begin to connect Elementary and Secondary music

* Cross-district professional development regarding standards and rubrices

* Professional development with technology

* Discuss and seek partners and funds for return of ARTs for ALL

Conference

DRAFT August 2012

Year Two: 2012-2013 Year One: 2012-13

* Continue work with alignment of Resources (district adopted curriculum, etc), Progress Reprot, and state standards for grades K

– 3 adding materials for grades 4

- 5

* Alignment of assessments used across the district – with minimum expectations, understanding each school can be different.

* Create sample pacing guide/curriculum map for grades

K-5 (consider common assessments, which allows us to teach standardized concepts through varied repertoire.)

* Continue to connect

Elementary and Secondary music.

* Peer visits

* District encourages the attendance of all music teachers are Minnesota Music Educators

Mid-winter Clinic

Year Three: 2014-15

* District encourages the attendance of all music teachers at the Minnesota Music

Educators Mid-winter Clinic

* Music Teachers in all

Elementary buildings

* Review and revise sample pacing guide/curriculum map for

K – 5

* Elementary and Secondary combined performances

* Continue Peer visits and working together cross -district

Concerns: How will a pacing guide address this issue of disparate student contact time?

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