Brownsville Independent School District
Department of
Curriculum and Instruction
Written
Curriculum
Taught
Curriculum
Tested
Curriculum
Written
Curriculum
Taught
Curriculum
TEKS
Teacher
Tested
Curriculum
TAKS
EOC
Alignment Implies…..
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A focus on TEKS
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Understanding the relationship between TEKS and TAKS
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An examination of instructional process
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Maintaining a K-12 perspective
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A commitment and shared responsibility to enhance student learning
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Working towards high achievement for all students
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Ensuring essential student expectations
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Securing the appropriate and necessary professional development to ensure
alignment
Alignment Means Every Educator
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Understands what is expected of students;
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Understands these expectations within the context of the K-12
program; and
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Accepts responsibility for these expectations.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITY
Central Office
Leadership
Team Meeting
Campus
Leadership
Training
Curriculum
Developer
Training
Curriculum
Leadership
Training with Dr.
John Crain
“Curriculum Boot
Camp”
Days 1 and 2
PARTICIPATING DISTRICT
PERSONNEL
Central Office Leadership
Team
 Principals
 Deans of Instruction/Campus
Facilitators
 5 teachers to represent 4
content areas and technology
Technology Coordinators
Technology Support Teachers
 Assistant Superintendents
 All Principals
 C & I Administrators and
Specialists
PURPOSE
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Overview of Curriculum Collaborative
Calendar
VAD and IFD
District Teams
Curriculum Developer
 Overview of the Systemic Curriculum Model
 Vertical Alignment Documents
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Login
Navigating the System
Entering Search Criteria
Selecting a Unit
Focused toward establishing a common
understanding of what curriculum is and
whose responsibility it is to articulate
LEADERSHIP TEAM
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITY
PARTICIPATING DISTRICT
PERSONNEL
Campus
Leadership Team
Training
 Principals
 Deans of Instruction/Campus
Facilitators
 5 Teachers to represent content
areas and technology
 Instructional Focus Documents and the
Critical Components of the Unit
 Instructional Units
 Enduring Understandings
 Guiding Questions
 Performance Indicators
Curriculum
Leadership
Training with Dr.
John Crain
Days 3 and 4
 Assistant Superintendents
 All Principals
 C & I Administrators and
Specialists
 Focus on instruction, assessment, and
supervision of each
Curriculum
Leadership
Training with Dr.
John Crain
Days 5 and 6
 Assistant Superintendents
 All Principals
 C & I Administrators and
Specialists
Focus on equipping principals with the skills
to command the informal walk-through(s) to
manage and evaluate the delivery of the
curriculum at a quality level
Campus
Leadership Team
Training
 Principals
 Deans of Instruction/Campus
Facilitators
 5 Teachers to represent content
areas and technology
 Conceptually-based Lessons: Guided
Tours and Inductive Expeditions
 Deductive Instruction
 Inductive Instruction
PURPOSE
Mathematics
2007-2008 CSCOPE Mathematics Implementation
Kinder-5th
• Campus Leadership Teams
• Trainer of Trainers (TOT)
• Grade Level Teachers
2007-2008 CSCOPE Mathematics Implementation
Kinder-5th
• Curriculum and Instruction Math Specialists support CSCOPE
Math Curriculum by providing the following:
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additional resources to supplement CSCOPE lessons
mathematical content explanations
lesson modeling
assessment development
data analysis
TEKS refinements
technology assistance
grade level meetings
• Brownsville ISD provided each elementary campus with additional
monies to be used to purchase resources required to implement
CSCOPE lessons.
Middle School CSCOPE Planning Phase I
2007-2008
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District’s Staff Development Day
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Grade Level Support Team Leaders
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Curriculum Writers
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Additional Monies
CSCOPE Mathematics
6th-8th
Spring
Date
Summer
Description
Date
Description
March 29, 2008
Day 2 of MS
CSCOPE
Leaders Training
June 11-13, 2008
Summer Institute
for all middle
school summer
school teachers
April 19, 2008
Day 3 of MS
CSCOPE
Leaders Training
August, 2008
New teacher
training on
CSCOPE
May 16, 2008
DEIC Pull-out
August, 2008
training day for all
middle school
math teachers
District Waiver
Day training on
CSCOPE lesson
delivery and 5E
lesson model
Current District Curriculum 2007-2008
District 6-12 Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks are available in the BISD
Curriculum and Instruction website.
Courses
State Adopted Resources
6th – 8th
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Algebra I
McGraw-Hill Glencoe
Algebra II
McGraw-Hill Glencoe
Geometry
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pre-calculus
McGraw-Hill Glencoe
Calculus
Thomson Learning
Math Models
Thomson Learning
Statistics
Key Curriculum Press
Professional Development was provided during August and January District
Waiver Days using a conference style format which included: best practices, ELL,
technology, Special Ed, Pre-AP, and an overview of newly adopted textbook
resources. Additional training is provided as needed by math cluster specialist,
CSCOPE lead teachers, TOT for TEKS Refinements, and TOT for TAKS
Connections.
Science
Elementary Science CSCOPE Planning Stage
2007-2008
• K-5 Campus Lead Teachers and Instructional
Facilitator Training
• January 8th District Waiver Day
• K-5 Curriculum Writers
• Points of Contact Meetings
Middle School Science CSCOPE Planning
Stage 2007-2008
• Campus Leadership Teams
• Curriculum Writers
• District Staff Development Day
• Grade Level Lead Teacher Training
• Additional Monies for CSCOPE Resources
CSCOPE Science Continuous Plan
Spring 2008
In order to facilitate the implementation of CSCOPE Science, the
Science Specialists are conducting the following CSCOPE Science
professional development activities to build capacity at the
campus level.
The following are professional development activities that will
take place:
Elementary (K-5)
• Pull Out Day
• Grade Level Lead Teacher Training
Middle School (6-8)
• Pull Out Day
• Summer Science Institute
• Middle School OEYP-Science
CSCOPE Science Implementation
2008-2009
The Science Specialists will support the CSCOPE Science
implementation by providing maintenance professional
development activities at the campus level.
The following are professional development activities will be
taking place:
Kinder – 8th
• New Teacher CSCOPE Training
• On-going Maintenance Training
• Campus Visits to meet with Facilitator
• Points of Contact Meetings/ Department Chair
Meetings
Current District Science Curriculum
K-12 Science Frameworks may be found on the BISD Curriculum and
Instruction website.
Grade Level / Course
State Adopted Textbook and Resource
Elementary (K-5)
FOSS State Adopted Curriculum with Live Specimens
Middle School (6-8)
Prentice Hall, Vernier Technology, Lab-Aids, FOSS
High School (9-12)
Biology
Prentice Hall, Lab-Aids, Vernier Technology
Integrated Physics/Chemistry
CPO/IPC, Lab-Aids, Vernier Technology
Chemistry
Glencoe, Lab-Aids, Vernier Technology
Physics
Prentice Hall, Lab-Aids, Vernier Technology
Science Electives
Environmental Systems, Aquatic Systems, Astronomy,
Anatomy & Physiology
AP and Dual Enrollment
Biology, Chemistry and Physics
English Language Arts
Elementary Language Arts
K-5th Language Arts Frameworks are available in the BISD Curriculum
and Instruction website.
Program
Text
Reading
Macmillan/McGraw Hill
ESL
Harcourt Brace
Additional Resources
K-3 Language Enrichment
K-2 Esperanza
K-5 Language Arts Reading Program
K-5th Language Arts Frameworks are available in the BISD Curriculum
and Instruction website.
Core Reading Program
90 Minutes Daily
Components of Reading
•Phonemic Awareness
•Phonics
•Vocabulary
•Fluency
•Comprehension
3 Tier Reading Model/Response to Intervention
Model
State Required Assessment: TPRI, Tejas LEE,
Progress Monitoring, SAT 10, Aprenda
Middle School Language Arts
6th - 8th Language Arts Frameworks are available in the BISD Curriculum
and Instruction website.
Courses
State Adopted Text
English
Glencoe
English SL
Language Materials
Reading
Glencoe
Reading XL
Scholastic
ESL
Hampton Brown Publisher
Electives
Spanish I, II, Pre AP, AP Language
Holt Rinehart
Speech
NTC Contemporary
High School Language Arts
9th-12th Language Arts Frameworks are available in the BISD Curriculum
and Instruction website.
Courses
State Adopted Text
English I, II, III, IV
McDougall Littel & Barrett Kendall
English I SL, II SL
McDougall Littel & Barrett Kendall
New Comer
Thompson Learning
ESOL I, II
Thompson Learning
AP Language
Holt Rinehart
AP Literature
Holt Rinehart
Communication Application
NTC Contemporary
Sign Language
TJ Publishers & National Association of the Deaf
High School Language Arts
9th -12th Language Arts Frameworks are available in the BISD
Curriculum and Instruction website.
Electives
State Adopted Text
Spanish, AP Language
Holt Rinehart
Spanish AP Literature
Holt Rinehart
German, AP Language
EMC Paradigm
French, AP Language
McDougall Littel
Journalism/Photo Journalism
NTC Contemporary
Reading
Resources
SAT/ACT
Resources
Latin
Cambridge Press
Japanese
EMC Paradigm
Language Arts CSCOPE Plan
Phase I: 2008-2009
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Campus Staff
K-12th Lead Teachers and Department Chairperson
Facilitators and Deans
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Language Arts Specialists
Phase II: 2009-2010
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CSCOPE Language Arts Implementation
Social Studies
Elementary Social Studies Curriculum
K-5th Social Studies Frameworks are available in the BISD Curriculum
and Instruction website.
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Courses
State Adopted Text
K – 3rd Introduction to Social Studies
with a focus on the home, family,
community.
Harcourt School Publishers
4th
History of Texas
Harcourt School Publishers
5th
History of the United States
Harcourt School Publishers
Middle School
Social Studies Curriculum
6th – 8th Social Studies Frameworks are available in the BISD
Curriculum and Instruction website.
Courses
State Adopted Text
6th grade Contemporary World
Societies
McDougall Little & Barrett Kendall
7th grade Texas History
Glencoe / McGraw-Hill
8th grade U.S. History to 1877
McDougall Little & Barrett Kendall
High School
Social Studies Curriculum
9th – 12th Social Studies Frameworks are available in the BISD
Curriculum and Instruction website.
Courses
State Adopted Text
9th grade World Geography
McDougall Little & Barrett
Kendall
10th grade World History
McDougall Little & Barrett
Kendall
11th grade History of the U.S. since 1877
Glencoe / McGraw - Hill
12th grade U.S. Government and Economics
Prentice Hall
High School
Social Studies Electives Curriculum
9th – 12th Social Studies Frameworks are available in the BISD Curriculum
and Instruction website.
Elective Courses
State Adopted Textbooks
9th – 12th
Human Geography
McDougall Little & Barrett
Kendall
10th – 12th
World History AP
Prentice Hall
11th- 12th
U.S. Government AP
Prentice Hall
12th
Microeconomics AP
Macroeconomics AP
European History AP
Prentice Hall
Glencoe / McGraw Hill
11th – 12th
Social Studies Adv. Studies
11th – 12th
Sociology
Psychology
Glencoe / McGraw Hill
Social Studies
CSCOPE Planning Stage
Phase I: 2008-2009
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Campus Staff
K-12th grade level Lead Teachers and Department Chairperson
Facilitators and Deans
Social Studies Specialist
Phase II: 2009-2010 Implementation
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CSCOPE Social Studies Implementation
Powerful Vehicle of Curriculum and Instruction
Assessment
Aligned Curriculum