PROPOSAL FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WORK
When developing curriculum, there are several options:
1. School time
School time could mean planning time, in-service days, release time or other days. A lot of
curriculum work currently occurs during planning time. In-service days are sometimes used
for curriculum work but also need to be devoted to other school wide priorities. Curriculum
grants are not awarded for curriculum development work completed during allotted school
hours. While release time offers the benefit of team members working together, it is also the
most disruptive to the teaching routine and we need to be judicious about our use of them.
2. Non-school time
Another option is to work during non-school time. Non-school time means that department or
team members would work evenings and/or weekends and during vacation time. The
Curriculum office has some money that could be used for this purpose if a course or unit is
new. If your department or team would like to apply for such money, please talk with your
department head/subject area coordinator/team coordinator to ensure that the work is
viewed as important and fits with the direction of the content area. If such is the case, please
complete the following proposal form and submit to the Curriculum office.
The amount of payment will be determined by the scope of the work and the amount of
money available. The current rate allowed per day for curriculum work is 9,000 baht.
Generally 3 days are allowed for a complete unit creation and up to 5 days for the creation of
a new full year course.
All work needs to be done in a UbD mapping template and placed in ISB’s curriculum
mapping system. When work is finished, please indicate this and we will view the curriculum
map. If you have other materials that aren’t displayed in the Curriculum Mapping System,
submit those to the Curriculum office. The work will then be reviewed and names submitted
for payment to the Business Office if it is complete and meets our curriculum standards.
3. Parameters for curriculum work:
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Creating the curriculum framework for a unit including:
o Essential questions, enduring understandings
o Standards and benchmarks, skills and knowledge
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Creating aligned common assessments and rubrics
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Creating aligned learning activities
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Creating the framework for a new course
NOTE: Preparation and organization of teaching materials is not work considered for a
curriculum grant
ISB Curriculum and Staff Development
Revised December 2009
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL
1. Who will be participating?
2. Name of the class/course/unit:
3. Check the categories relating to your proposal:
 Framework for new course including the development of individual units
 Unit revision
 New unit framework
 Essential Questions and Enduring Understandings
 Standards and Benchmarks
 Skills and Knowledge
 Common Assessment
 Common Assessment Rubric
 Learning Activities
 Other
4. Please describe the scope of the work in detail:
5. Number of days requested:
Projected date to begin/end work:
6. Grant contact person:
Please submit to the Curriculum office via email or in person
ISB Curriculum and Staff Development
Revised December 2009