Curriculum & Instruction – SSR Findings
| Strength Areas | Growth Areas |
|---|---|
| CTE & Internships are extremely valuable to students. | Vertical Alignment. Administration is aware that this is an area that needs growth in the district and has plans to address it. Vertical alignment is needed in order to avoid and address gaps in instruction. |
| The year-at-a-glance map has evidence of use during instruction and in conversations with administration. Instructors are following the maps they created. | Success criteria and grade level mastery standards are not present in many classrooms or on the curriculum planning (year-at-a-glance) documents. |
| Teacher autonomy in building classroom instruction & curriculum. Teachers & administrators both value the input of their instructors as professionals and experts. | Teacher autonomy without success criteria might be contributing to inconsistency and clarity in the scope-and-sequence. |
| Seminar and the goals setting and reflection practices and relationships with teachers that are prioritized within that curriculum make students feel well supported and provide connection. | The curriculum planning/year-at-a-glance needs consistency in formatting and content. Some state standards are present only as their CDE codes, which means nothing without significant research from the reader. Some content/grade levels had no listing of CDE standards and only content headings. |