Description
Must be a School District in Texas.
In this comprehensive curriculum audit, you will prepare a school/district curriculum audit reflecting the successful understanding, integration, synthesis, and application of the content/activities of the course. You will identify, collect, and analyze a substantial amount of data, synthesize your findings, and make recommendations for improvement.
The purpose of this assignment is:
•To analyze data
•To apply theoretical perspectives to a real-life situation
•To formulate an action plan that addresses needs of students and faculty with the goal of improving the performance of students throughout the district
•To organize and communicate effectively through a formal report to the school community
•To tackle a “messy” problem with limited parameters and guidance and engage in higher order and critical thinking
For our purposes, pretend the superintendent has commissioned you, because of your vast knowledge on curriculum leadership, to conduct a thorough analysis of the district curriculum and how it relates to the schools in the district and ultimately student achievement.
The report should have at least these sections and should be labeled appropriately:
- Cover page: with appropriate professional cover art; labeled District/School Analysis & Report” with your name.
- Title page: with information as specified by APA style manual (exception: no running heading is needed) but include a table of contents.
- Introduction: a brief formulation of your thoughts regarding the assignment, a highlight of what is to come in the report, and other important information you deem necessary to introduce the report.
- District Background and other relevant information: relevant information about the district/campuses that will help provides an understanding of the context for curriculum improvement.
- Needs analysis: identification of the major curriculum issues found in the AEIS reports to be addressed in the report; these should be 3-5 broad, district wide issues that when addressed will impact the district as a whole.
- Plan of Action: a detailed plan of action (with timelines and/or sequencing for the district to address needs and issues you identified. It is suggested that this section be based on a typical District Improvement Plan format (table format). You must address each need you identified in the previous section and what you intend to do to address each need. You must also provide a Theoretical Foundation for your action. This should include relevant points from theory covered within the scope of the class that will provide a direction and anchor for the various action points of your plan. You are provided free reign in how and where you will present this foundation, but it should provide meaning and substance to your action steps.
- Conclusion: a brief statement bringing your thoughts to a meaningful conclusion.
- References: a list of references used to construct your curriculum report