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    This document discusses competency 8 of curriculum planning and development. It outlines abilities such as enhancing teaching and learning through curriculum and assessment, providing planning to anticipate trends, developing and implementing curriculum, and understanding instructional design and assessment accommodations. The document then discusses the importance of understanding the difference between curriculum and standards, with standards being learning goals and curriculum being the detailed plan to teach those goals. It emphasizes the role of aligning curriculum to rigorously match the standards to ensure equitable opportunities for all students.

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    Carol A.

    Swanson
    Hamline University
    Competency 8: Curriculum Planning and Development

    8. Curriculum Planning & Development


    a. Demonstrate the ability to enhance teaching and learning through curriculum and assessment
    and strategic planning for all learners - early childhood, elementary, middle level, and high
    school, special education and adult levels
    b. Demonstrating the ability to provide planning and methods to anticipate trends and
    implications
    c. Develop, implement and monitor procedures to align sequence and articulate curriculum
    d. Identify instructional objectives and evaluate procedures to measure performance outcomes
    e. Appropriately using learning technologies
    f. Demonstrating the understanding of alternative instructional designs, curriculum, behavior
    management and assessment accommodations and modification
    g. Demonstrating an understanding of urgency of global competitiveness

    Leaders of equitable, educational practices understand that the standards and benchmarks

    are blueprints for student learning and teaching objectives, and the magic of teaching and

    learning is in the planning of the lesson design. I have witnessed many educators misunderstand

    the meanings of curriculum and standards. Some staff I know believe their textbook is their

    standard/benchmark. Unfortunately, the book publishing companies are most savvy at

    understanding educational jargon and with simple word searches can imply that their book is

    aligned with the standards. Principals must understand the difference between curriculum and

    the standards. Educational standards are the learning goals for what students should know and

    be able to do at each grade level. They are expectations. A curriculum is the detailed plan used to

    teach students the learning goals embodied in standards.

    As a literacy specialist, it is my job to help teachers understand the Minnesota English

    Language Arts (ELA) Standards and Benchmarks. Minnesotas standards are aligned with the

    Common Core Standards, but the Minnesota Standards have Minnesota specific content, so
    Carol A. Swanson
    Hamline University
    Competency 8: Curriculum Planning and Development

    leaders must understand the differences. I have been fortunate in my work as a literacy specialist

    to work in all grade levels by providing standards unpacking trainings as well as follow up

    coaching with whole school systems, teams of teachers as well as individuals.

    As an advocate for focus and priority schools. I am also afforded the opportunity to work

    closely with math specialists, English Language Development (ELD) Specialists, Special

    Education Specialists, Equity Specialists, and Data Specialists who I coordinate to work in my

    advocacy schools when needs arise. I am learning about evidence based practices in all content

    areas as well as how to assist schools in the implementation of good practice. The Regional

    Centers of Excellence in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is

    using the science of implementation to assist schools in understanding how to implement their

    curriculum well and how it was intended, as well as making assurances that the curriculum does

    indeed match the intent and rigor of the standards/benchmarks. Ensuring standards

    implementation is paramount to students having equitable opportunities in all Minnesota schools.

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