Curriculum Administration Micro credential

#1 | The Written Curriculum (Badge)

[Spring Semester – Even Years] 

Students will understand the distinction between the written, taught, and tested curricula.  They will then examine the six minimum criteria for the written curriculum and examine quality of all six criteria.  They will then choose a grade level and a subject and work on creating their own written curriculum guide based on quality criteria. 

Tags:  Curriculum Development; Curriculum Planning; Curriculum Evaluation; and Curriculum Mapping

SLOs: 

1. Students will understand the minimum components of a quality curriculum guide.
2. Students will create a curriculum guide from a chosen grade level and subject that includes the minimum components and understand quality of each.

#2 | The Assessed Curriculum (Badge)

[Fall Semester – Even Years]

Students will learn about the deep alignment of assessments with the written and tested curricula.  Students will work to create a common formative assessment using best practices with different assessment techniques. 

Tags:  Curriculum Development; Assessment and Authorization; Student Learning Outcomes

SLOs: 

1. Students will understand the role formative and summative assessments play in education.
2. Students will create a formative assessment for a chosen grade level and subject that will include best practices with multiple types of questions.
3. Students will connect the assessed curriculum to the written curriculum from the first badge workshop.

#3 | The Taught Curriculum (Badge)

[Spring Semester – Odd Years]

Students will learn about the taught curriculum and what effective reaching resembles.  They will evaluate several teaching scenarios based upon deep alignment with the written and tested curricula.   

Tags:  Teaching

SLOs: 

1. Students will understand qualities of effective classroom teaching.
2. Students will understand what effective classroom monitoring looks like and the link between classroom monitoring and effective teaching.
3. Students will view several sample teaching videos and create their own monitoring assessments and we will then discuss as a group what is effective instruction looks like compared to what they see.

Students will review the TLE and understand the link between the TLE as a formal evaluation tool in Oklahoma and how this can be used to help inform non-evaluative classroom monitoring. 

#4 | Curriculum Planning (Badge)

[Fall Semesters – Odd Years]

Students will learn about and create a curriculum management plan that will incorporate learnings about the written curriculum, monitoring of the curriculum, evaluating the taught curriculum, professional development to support the written and taught curricula, and monitoring the entire process. 

Tags:  Curriculum Planning

SLOs: 

1. Students will review and see clear connections between the written, taught, and assessed curricula.
2. Students will examine the template for a curriculum management plan that includes the following components:
   1. Written guides
   2. Assessments
   3. Monitoring
   4. Professional Development
   5. Evaluation

3. Students will create their own curriculum management plan.

#5 | Curriculum Administration Badge (Completion of four previous workshops)

Upon the completion of all four workshops, a badge will be awarded to the candidates along with the micro credential for curriculum administration. 

Tags:  Curriculum Development; Curriculum Planning; Curriculum Evaluation; and Curriculum Mapping; Assessment and Authorization; Student Learning Outcomes; Teaching

SLOs

1. Students will understand the minimum components of a quality curriculum guide.
2. Students will create a curriculum guide from a chosen grade level and subject that includes the minimum components and understand quality of each.
3. Students will understand the role formative and summative assessments play in education.
4. Students will create a formative assessment for a chosen grade level and subject that will include best practices with multiple types of questions.
5. Students will connect the assessed curriculum to the written curriculum from the first badge workshop.
6. Students will understand qualities of effective classroom teaching.
7. Students will understand what effective classroom monitoring looks like and the link between classroom monitoring and effective teaching.
8. Students will view several sample teaching videos and create their own monitoring assessments and we will then discuss as a group what is effective instruction looks like compared to what they see.
9. Students will review the TLE and understand the link between the TLE as a formal evaluation took in Oklahoma and how this can be used to help inform non-evaluative classroom monitoring.
10. Students will review and see clear connections between the written, taught, and assessed curricula.
11. Students will examine the template for a curriculum management plan that includes the following components:
    1. Written guides
    2. Assessments
    3. Monitoring
    4. Professional Development
    5. Evaluation
12. Students will create their own curriculum management plan.