Posted on February 26, 2019
Author Michael Gallenberger, WKVI
The North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation is making headway in addressing the some of the concerns brought forward during last fall’s curriculum audit, according to Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin.
She told the school board last week that school improvement leaders have spent the last couple months developing a curriculum mapping format. “It’s going to be a very simple document on Google Sheets, and it will have what the standards are, how they teach it, what resources they use,” Zupin explained. “And they can just pull it out and look at it every so often and make adjustments, as needed.”
Zupin said they also came up with a schedule to guide teachers’ discussions about data and curriculum over the next school year. “An example of that would be that at the junior/senior high, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11 English teachers can talk about making sure that they are overlapping or that there aren’t gaps,” she said. “But then also, they need to have a conversation with the elementary, sixth grade, in particular, fifth grade English teachers, to make sure that they’re all aligned. We haven’t had time for them to do that, and we have created time for them. That’s important.”
The curriculum audit also suggested enhancing the schools’ use of technology. Zupin said the school corporation will be able to address that, thanks to a recent $30,000 planning grant. “That will help us get organized, so that we have a plan so that every student, when they’re here at school, will have a device. So that is the plan.”
Zupin said school officials are in the process of reviewing the corporation’s strategic, wellness, and technology plans. The updated plans will be unveiled to the entire staff in March and April.
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