What is the Curriculum/Program
Development Process?
What leadership will you offer?
How does it work in your organization?
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Glatthorn’s
Model
School Board
Superintendent
Citizens’
Curriculum
Advisory
Council
Curriculum
Planning
Council
Principals
Task Forces
Curriculum
Writers
Instructional
Planning
Teams
School
Curriculum
Council
Organizational components (1-15) needed to
accomplish effective curriculum work :
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District org structure for central curriculum
planning
District org structure for developing curriculum
District org structure for citizen input
District long-term plan for developing
curriculum
District requires groups developing curriculum
to submit specific plans for accomplishing this
task
(Are plans monitored?)
Written Board policies delineating its role in
curriculum development
District written curriculum goals
District written vision of excellence for
Do you have
curriculum
these
components?
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Written, systematic district process for developing and
evaluating curriculum
Systematic district process for aligning instruction with
written curriculum, texts and assessments
Systematic district process for monitoring the
curriculum
Systematic district process for implementing the
curriculum
Each school has its own goals, vision and written
program of studies
Classroom teachers develop yearly plans, courses of
study and integrated units
District audit assesses the quality of the delivered
curriculum
Who could/should/might
be involved in the curriculum
planning process?
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Citizens’ Curriculum Advisory Council
Curriculum Planning Council
Curriculum Task Forces
Curriculum Writers
School Curriculum Council
Instructional Planning Teams
What
about
me?
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
Citizens’ Curriculum Advisory Council
• Superintendent and assistant superintendent for
curriculum AND members appointed by the Board with
input from school administrators
• Council acts in an advisory capacity to School Board
• Advise Board on curriculum policy
• Foster communication by meeting with individuals and
community groups concerned about the curriculum
• Hold hearings on controversial curriculum issues,
communicate recommendations to Board
• Confer with Curriculum Planning Council and individual
Task Forces to share community beliefs and opinions
about curriculum issues
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
Curriculum Planning Council
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Central Office staff, school administrators, professional
support staff, teachers (selection based on knowledge of
district, ability to plan, knowledge of current curriculum
practices, credibility with colleagues
Organize Planning Council, set schedule, choose
leadership, determine how decisions will be made
Provide leadership in identifying educational goals and
developing a vision of curriculum excellence
Explicate the district’s curriculum guide development
process
Develop and submit budget recommendations for
curriculum work
Arrange for necessary leadership training and staff
development
6. Identify a standard format for the curriculum guides
7. Identify and implement curriculum evaluation processes
8. Develop processes and materials to ensure the
curriculum is effectively implemented
9. Conduct a needs assessment to identify priorities for
developing curriculum guides and related materials
10. Appoint and provide training for Task Forces that will
develop the actual curriculum guides
11. Monitor the work of Task Forces
Curriculum Planning Council
continued…
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
Curriculum Task Forces
• One principal from each level of schooling, a central
office supervisor, several teachers
Select people based on:
– Knowledge of the subject area for which they are
responsible
– Ability to produce work on schedule
– Knowledge of the district’s curriculum
development processes
– Influence with classroom teachers
They develop the new curriculum
(but not necessarily all alone)
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
Curriculum Writers
• They assist the Curriculum Task Force with writing
the curriculum
Select members based on
– Knowledge of the subject
– Ability to write clearly and effectively
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
School Curriculum Council
• School administrators and teacher leaders
• Makes the major decision concerning school-based
curriculum development
• Provide leadership in program restructuring and
development tasks
• Develop guidelines for Instructional Planning Teams
Who’s Involved? What do they do?
Instructional Planning Teams
• Teachers in schools who work together to implement the
curriculum
• Their tasks include development of:
• Yearly plans based on the curriculum guide
• Units of study derived from the guide and yearly plans
• Materials to individualize the curriculum
• Materials to be used in the classroom
What about the student voice?
Curriculum Development Cycle
• Planning -- appoint Task Forces, develop knowledge
base, orient teachers, develop Hallmarks of Excellence,
collect data and input from teachers
• Production --manufacture materials including scope and
sequence charts, developing guides, creating materials
to support guides
• Piloting -- partial implementation
• Implementation -- full implementation
Leading the Curriculum/Program
Development Process
What type of
leader are you?
What are your beliefs in people?
McGregor’s Theory X - Theory Y
Are people generally capable?
Can they be trusted to do a good job?
Will they want to do a good job?
Are they capable of doing a good job?
How much supervision and oversight do people require?
How do you run meetings?
(concern for people or task)
Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid
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5,5 middleof-the-road
1,1
impoverished
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produce or perish
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Task
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Principles of Collaboration
David Straus
How to Make Collaboration Work
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Stakeholder involvement
Consensus building
Process design
Facilitation
Group memory
Stakeholders
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What are they?
Why are they important?
How do you identify them?
How do you involve them?
What should be their
roles/responsibilities?
• What are the consequences for
non-involvement?
Stakeholders
Who should you involve?
• Those with formal power to make a
decision
• Those with power to block a
decision
• Those affected by the decision
• Those with relevant information or
expertise
How do you build consensus?
Phase by phase!!
All must be in the same phase, at the same time, if the
process is to work
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Perception
Definition
Analysis
Generation of Alternatives
Evaluation
Decision Making
Problem
space
Solution
space
Attend to Process Design
Pathways to Action Model
Vision
space
Solution
space
Process
Design
space
Implementation
space
Agenda Planning
Problem
space
You can only be in only
one space at a time
Figure out your desired
outcomes/what you want
to achieve in the meeting
Facilitation:
Meeting Roles & Responsibilities
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Facilitator
Recorder
Manager/chairperson
participant
Interaction Method -Shared Responsibility
Everyone in the meeting
shares responsibility for
making sure that
everyone stays in role,
thereby ensuring
individuals don’t overstep
their function and
manipulate the group.
Group Memory
• We can only remember so much (7-10 items, give or
take a couple). By using a paper to record group
memory, we can see what we have said and then
move on.
What is the Curriculum/Program
Development Process?
What leadership will you offer?
Write this in your Curriculum at a Glance
booklet….