Common use of CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION Clause in Contracts

CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION. a. The District and Association agree that: i. The district core curriculum must provide clear direction for teachers, consistent opportunities to learn for all students, and support the acquisition of 21st Century skills, as defined by our state and district standards; ii. Teachers personalize and adapt lessons and materials to meet the diverse needs of students and ensure growth and achievement of learning targets; iii. Flexibility is embedded in classroom strategies that the teacher selects to ensure acquisition of key concepts and skills; and iv. Teachers use best instructional practices as defined by the Tahoma instructional model (CEL 5D+) as they make instructional strategy choices in a lesson or unit. b. To effectively implement the Future Ready vision, the district will create structures and use strategies to ensure teacher voice in curriculum design, implementation, and evaluation. The following structures support this vision: i. A cross-building team or teams of teacher leaders, administrators, and Teaching & Learning coaches will provide input annually on the three-year district planning process; ii. The Association shall be informed of and given the option of adding a representative to all mutually identified committees impacting the instruction system. These committees shall be identified at monthly Labor Management meetings; iii. The Association will designate members to meet with District leaders of Teaching and Learning on a regular basis to review, monitor and provide input into District instructional decisions; iv. Pacing guides and frameworks will reflect time allocations for differentiation, student assessment and building events; v. After initial implementation, curriculum revisions will be guided by feedback from teacher teams and student growth and achievement data; vi. The District will use the curriculum documentation process in Addendum 14; and vii. The District and the Association shall review Section C, District Teaching and Learning Decisions, as a standing topic at each Labor Management meeting to monitor and ensure authentic implementation of this Section.

CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION. a. The District and Association agree that: i. The district core curriculum must provide clear direction for teachers, consistent opportunities to learn for all students, and support the acquisition of 21st Century skills, as defined by our state and district standards; ii. Teachers personalize Through data-driven decisions, teachers personalize, scaffold, and adapt differentiate lessons and materials to meet the diverse needs of students and ensure promote growth and achievement of learning targets; iii. Flexibility is embedded in classroom strategies that the teacher selects to ensure promote acquisition of key concepts and skills; and iv. Teachers use best research-based instructional practices as defined by the Tahoma instructional model (CEL 5D+) as they make instructional strategy choices in a lesson or unit. b. To effectively implement the Future Ready District mission and vision, the district will create structures and use strategies to ensure teacher voice in curriculum design, implementation, and evaluation. The following structures support this vision: i. A cross-building team or teams of teacher leaders, administrators, and Teaching & Learning coaches will provide input annually on the three-year district planning process; ii. The Association shall be informed of and given the option of adding a representative to all mutually identified committees impacting the instruction system. These committees shall be identified at monthly Labor Management meetings; iii. The Association will designate members to meet with District leaders of Teaching and Learning on a regular basis to review, monitor and provide input into District instructional decisions; iv. Pacing guides and frameworks will reflect time allocations for differentiation, student assessment and building events; v. After initial implementation, curriculum revisions will be guided by feedback from teacher teams and student growth and achievement data; vi. The District will use the curriculum documentation process in Addendum 1413; and vii. The District and the Association shall review Section C, District Teaching and Learning Decisions, as a standing topic at each Labor Management meeting to monitor and ensure authentic implementation of this Section.