Key Benefits
 

The benefits of curriculum alignment include:

  • Alignment of instruction with state standards
  • A clearly defined scope and sequence for each subject area
  • Understanding of how instructional decisions contribute to students’ overall learning
  • Communication and collaboration among teachers

Curriculum Alignment

Aligning Curriculum to Standards to Improve Student Achievement

Innovative Schools has organized a team of Delaware-based curriculum experts to develop customized curriculum maps and representative instructional units for all subjects taught at your school.

The curriculum maps define the content to be taught in each subject area and demonstrate how the content links into Delaware’s state standards. The instructional units provide a view into how instruction should look in a standards-based classroom. This process follows the backward design model for curriculum development advocated by Delaware’s Department of Education and takes into consideration current research in each subject area and standards-based instructional practices to ensure that all content standards are taught.

To ensure that the curriculum alignment action plan is implemented in a consistent manner across the school, this program includes a full-day of on-site professional development and subsequent follow-up with individuals or small groups, as needed.

Curriculum alignment work is time intensive, so schools are asked to reserve between three and six months for the process to be completed.