Curriculum Leadership Cooperative
CLC
A comprehensive curriculum alignment
program that helps us avoid “re-inventing”
the “Curriculum Alignment Wheel!”
Region 5 ESC
Region 9 ESC
WHAT IS THE CLC
PROGRAM?
The Curriculum Leadership
Cooperative (CLC) offers schools a
comprehensive curriculum alignment
program for kindergarten through
12th grade.
CLC Curriculum Areas
• English Language
Arts K-12
– Reading
– Writing
• Math K-12
• Science K-12
• PE/Wellness K-12
• Social Studies K-12
– Spindletop History
• Grades 4,7
– US History Manual
• Grades 8, 11
• PPCD / PK
– Guidelines aligned to Kindergarten
TEKS
• Technology K-8
CLC Supplementary
Materials
• TAKS Vocabulary
– Grades K-12
(Foundational
Areas)
• Curriculum
Integration
Project
• ESL
– Integrated Materials
– Grades 1- 8
• Principal’s
Monitoring Tool
– Grades K – 12
(Foundational
Areas)
Research-based
The CLC has been
developed from the
guidance and research
of experts in the field of
curriculum alignment.
Research-based
 Create defined sequences that give
teachers a clear picture of when each skill
should be taught within a school year.
Curriculum refers to a specific blueprint for
learning that is derived from content and
performance standards. Curriculum takes content
and shapes it into a plan for effective teaching and
learning.
(Wiggins, Grant & McTighe, Jay (1998) Understanding by
Design)
Research-based
 Create an aligned map of all TEKS so that
PK-12 teachers understand how the skills they
teach relate to those skills above and below
their grade level.
…mapping enables teachers to identify gaps,
redundancies, and misalignments in the curriculum
and instructional programs and to foster dialogue
among teachers about their work.
(Jacobs, Heidi Hayes (2004) Getting Results With
Curriculum Mapping)
Research-based
 Create documents that allow teachers
to understand the depth and rigor of each
student expectation within the TEKS.
When you teach conceptually, the focus
shifts from memorizing isolated facts as the
end game to using facts as a tool for
understanding the deeper, transferable
concepts and principles.
(Erickson, Lynn (2001) Stirring the Head, Heart and
Soul)
Data - Driven
Region 5’s TAKS scores are
consistently above the state
average with several subject area
making great gains.
English/LA TAKS Score Comparison
CLC to State
2002-2006
100
95
95%
92%
% Average of Students Meeting Standard
91%
89%
90
84%
85
85%
82%
94%
87%
83%
80
75
70
65
60
CLC
55
State
50
2002
2003
2004
Year Test Taken
2005
2006
Writing TAKS Score Comparison
CLC to State
2002-2006
100
96%
95%
95
91%
% Average of Students Meeting Standard
90
91% 91%
88%
90%
91%
86% 86%
85
80
75
70
65
60
CLC
55
State
50
2002
2003
2004
Year Test Taken
2005
2006
Math TAKS Score Comparison
CLC to State
2002-2006
100
95
94%
92%
% Average of Students Meeting Standard
90
85
80
78%
80%
77%
76%
78%
77%
75%
75
72%
70
65
60
CLC
55
State
50
2002
2003
2004
Year Test Taken
2005
2006
Social Studies TAKS Score Comparison
CLC to State
2004-2006
100
96%
95
93%
% Average of Students Meeting Standard
91%
91%
90
88%
87%
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
CLC
State
50
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year Test Taken (test not given in '02 & '03)
2006
Science TAKS Score Comparison
CLC to State
2004-2006
100
95
% Average of Students Meeting Standard
90
85
80
78%
76%
75
72%
71%
70%
70
66%
65
60
CLC
55
State
50
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year Test Taken (test not given in '02 & '03)
2006
Provides Resources
The CLC has the following curriculum
alignment resources:
•Scope & Sequence documents
•Alignment of the TEKS to the appropriate TAKS objectives
•Essential vocabulary lists – aligned to TAKS
•Lesson Activities
•Vertical alignment mastery – Master, Reinforce, or Introduce
•Level of thinking – aligned to TAKS
•Suggested time
•Alignment to National standards
•Alignment to SAT, ACT and THEA (high school courses)
Let’s Compare
the OLD CLC to
the New
WEB-BASED
CLC!
OLD CLC WELCOME PAGE
www.esc5.net
NEW CLC WELCOME PAGE
www.texasclc.net
OLD CLC CONTENT PAGE
The various subject
areas offered in the
CLC are listed as
separate links.
NEW CLC WELCOME PAGE
www.texasclc.net
The various subjects areas offered
on the CLC “Welcome Page.” Just
click on the subject of your choice.
Currently math and ELA are in the
web-based program with social
studies and science to be added by
December 2007.
OLD CLC SUBJECT PAGE
Various grade levels
and course titles are
offered as resource
links within each
subject page.
NEW CLC SUBJECT PAGE
Various grade levels
and course titles are
offered as resource
links within each
subject page.
OLD CLC GRADE LEVEL RESOURCE PAGE
Various resources are
offered within each
grade/subject link.
These are documents
you must open
separately and then
download to your
computer.
Let’s look at the old
spreadsheet format
OLD CLC GRADEAligned
LEVEL
amongSPREADSHEET
Knowledge & Skills
Statement
Sequence of
6-Week Skills
grades as either a
skill to MASTER,
REINFORCE, or
INTRODUCE
Alignment
of Skills
Level of
Thinking
Suggested
Time
90% /
Mastering
Application
3
F - 1a-c, 2de, 3a-e 8-9, 11, 13
C - 1c, 2f, 3a-c
Obj. 1
90% /
Student Expectations
Mastering
Application
2
F - 1c, 2de, 3a-e
C - 1c ,2f, 3a-c
Application
2
SE aligned
to its
TEKS
TAKS
(3.1) Number, correlating
operation, and quantitative
reasoning. The
student uses place
value to communicate aboutitincreasingly
Objective…if
is
large whole numbers in verbal and written form, including
tested
money. The student is expected to:
1&2
(A) use place value to read, write (in symbols and words),
and describe the value of whole numbers through 999,999;
2
(B) use place value to compare and order whole numbers
through 9,999; and
1
(C) determine the value of a collection of coins and bills.
The 6 weeks period in
(3.2) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The
which
each SE should
student uses fraction names and symbols (with denominators of
be
taught
12 or less) to
describe
fractional parts of whole objects or sets
of objects. The student is expected to:
2&3&4
Suggested
amount of time
Level of thinking
aligned to how it is
tested on TAKS
(A) construct concrete models of fractions;
TAKS
Obj.1
Obj. 1
90% /
Mastering
SCANS
Connections
Aligned
F - 1c, 2c-fto
C - 3a-c
National
Standards
CLC
Other
Resources Resources
7, 8-9, 11,
10, 14
Page #s for lesson activities found
in the “Lesson Activities” Resource
link
70% /
Comprehension
2
F - 1c, 2d
12, 13, 38
Introducing
C - 3a-e
With the new web-based CLC, there is no
need to open resource links separately
as we did in the OLD CLC.
All the resources are simply a
“click” away!
Downloading time is eliminated
because all the resources
are now web-based!
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
After clicking on the grade level you
prefer, this screen pops up…it is
similar to the OLD CLC spreadsheet
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
Click here to view
ALL the lesson activities in this
grade level subject area
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
Click here to see this lesson activity.
(Note…not every SE will have a lesson
activity associated with it.
All lesson activities that are added to the
CLC will be in individual WORD format so
you can modify, edit, or change the lesson
activity to meet your students’ needs.
However, the older lesson activities may
be in PDF format.
NEW CLC GRADE LESSON ACTIVITY
UNIT: Measurement (capacity)
TEKS: 3.11E, F
MATERIALS: large container of rice for each group
measuring cup for each group
containers of different sizes for each group
TEACHER STRATEGY:
Introduce capacity by using containers of different sizes to fill bigger containers
with water continue to do this several times.
Explain to students that capacity is the amount that it takes to fill other containers.
STUDENT ACTIVITY:
Put students in groups of two and have the students use the measuring cup and
rice to fill the containers counting the number of cups used to fill each container.
Also have students observe the capacity of other containers by pouring the
contents from one container to another.
After students have worked with filling containers have them order from the
container that holds the most to the container that holds the least.
ASSESSMENT:
Teacher observation of groups filling containers with rice.
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
Click here to get to the Essential
Vocabulary link
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
Click here to view
The Essential Vocabulary List in
English and Spanish – aligned to the
TAKS
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
Click here to view the complete
TEKSClick
Knowledge
& Skills Statement
on the Student
Expectation
(SE) number to view a DETAILED
resource
page
forSE’s
thisare
specific
skillwith the
Notice
the
analyzed
verbs in bold to help guide your
instructional planning
Horizontal connectivity is indicated
with this information as it provides a
sequence for WHEN each SE should
Notice the suggested
of time
be taught amount
within each
6 weeks
for teaching each
SE
period
Vertical connectivity among grade
levels as either a skill to MASTER,
REINFORCE, or INTRODUCE
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
Click on “SEQUENCE OF TEKS”
and a drop down menu will
appear to help you sort your
TEKS by 6 weeks period
Click here to view all
the SE’s that should
be on-going…taught
throughout theClick
year here to view all
the SE’s that should
taught during the 1st
6 weeks
Click here to view all
the SE’s that should
taught during the 2nd
6 weeks
Click here to view all
the SE’s that should
taught during the 3rd
6 weeks
Click here to view all
the SE’s that should
taught during the
4th 6 weeks … get
the idea?
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
After clicking on the link for 1st 6 weeks
from the drop down menu on
“SEQUENCE OF SKILLS,” this list
appears with all the SE’s I should teach
during this grading period.
When I print this screen out, and have my
1st six weeks “syllabus.”
…but don’t forget about your “on-going
SE’s!
NEW CLC GRADE LEVEL SPREADSHEET
Click on the Student
Expectation #, and it will
take you to an individual
DETAILED SE page.
NEW NEW
CLC GRADE
CLC INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL SPREADSHEET
SE PAGE
NEW NEW
CLC GRADE
CLC INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL SPREADSHEET
SE PAGE
Click here to view the
complete “Knowledge &
Skills Statement.”
Reminder of the
SE #
Analysis of the SE
with the verbs in
BOLD to help guide
your instruction
planning
Suggested amount of
time you should spend
teaching this SE
Level of thinking, aligned to the
TAKS…click on this link, and
additional action words will
appear to help guide your
instruction planning
NEW NEW
CLC GRADE
CLC INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL SPREADSHEET
SE PAGE
Aligned to National Standards
(SCANS – Secretary’s
Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills)
Suggested 6 weeks period(s) in
which you should teach this SE
Vertical connectivity among
grade levels as either a skill to
MASTER, REINFORCE, or
INTRODUCE
Click here to view a lesson
activity or activities
associated with this SE
Click here to view the
complete TAKS Objective this
SE falls under
To come spring 2008…a link to TEA’s TAKS
Information Booklet for this grade & subject
Moving Forward…
• Capacity for individual “teacher
notes” within the web-based system
• New accommodation links
– GT
– Sp. Ed.
– Technology Integration
Moving Forward…
• Additional “search” options
for Scope & Sequence
documents
–By 3 weeks
–By 6 weeks
–By 9 weeks
Moving Forward…
• As new information becomes
available, I will create a short
PowerPoint or instructional
video to help guide you
through the new component.
Moving Forward…
Next lesson will be…
How to upload your
own lesson ideas,
resources & activities
into your personal webbased CLC folder!
To Access the OLD CLC
1. Go to www.esc5.net
2. Click on the “Curriculum Leadership
Cooperative” link on the left side of the
home page.
3. Once you are on the CLC home page, click
on the left side link “CLC For Members
Only”
4. Enter the following login information:
• USERNAME: region9esc
• PASSWORD: 291639
To Access the NEW CLC
Once you have created your web-based CLC
username and password, all you will have to do
is…
1.
2.
3.
4.
Go to www.texasclc.net
Click on the “LOG IN” button on the right
Enter your username
Enter your password
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
CREATE A WEB-BASED USERNAME &
PASSWORD
1. Go to http://www.texasclc.net
2. Select “REGISTRATION” button from the right side of the
screen
3. Select “EDUCATOR”
4. Select the red area for “REGION 9” on the map
5. Select your DISTRICT from the pull down menu / Click
“NEXT”
6. Type your school E-MAIL account / Click “NEXT”
* Any field that does NOT have a red asterisk by it can be left blank!
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
CREATE A WEB-BASED USERNAME &
PASSWORD
7.Log-in Information
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Username (type in a user name that you will remember)
Password (must have at least 1 number and 1 special character (!@#$%^&*(
)_+)in addition to letters
8.Personal Information
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First Name
Middle Initial
Last Name
Display Name (will pre-populate for you)
Description (your job title)
Office (your building or campus, such as “elementary campus”
Phone (your school office phone number – no hyphens – can be the same as
number in #6)
Web-page (your school web page address)
Click “NEXT”
* Any field that does NOT have a red asterisk by it can be left blank!
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
CREATE A WEB-BASED USERNAME &
PASSWORD
9.Personal Information Continued
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Home Phone
Pager
Mobile
Fax
IP Phone
Reminder Phrase
10.Professional Information
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Title
Department
Company (will pre-populate for you)
* Any field that does NOT have a red asterisk by it can be left blank!
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
CREATE A WEB-BASED USERNAME &
PASSWORD
11.District Log-In Key
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Enter your district license “KEY" will be a number with capital letters “ED9”
at the end; get this from your campus administrator
Select “Create Account”
*Screen will reset with the message “User Created Successfully”
12.After step #11 is completed…
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Go to http://www.texasclc.net and select “User Login” from the right side of
the screen.
Login with your username and password that you created during step #7.
* Any field that does NOT have a red asterisk by it can be left blank!
For more information, contact…
Telephone: 904-322-6928
• Wes Pierce, Director
wes.pierce@esc9.net
• Shelby Waller, Educational Specialist
shelby.waller@esc9.net