Leadership Guidebook to Curriculum Mapping

Leadership Guidebook to Curriculum Mapping
In your role as a curriculum mapping leader, you will find that this process involves many of the same steps each time. For this assignment you will create a resource you can customize, revise, and share as needed in the future: your curriculum mapping guidebook.

Below you will see parts you will need to include in your guidebook. Plan to personalize your guidebook as much as possible while simultaneously meeting the requirements of the assignment.

Cover: Design for your own district or school.
Introduction: Discuss the purpose of this guidebook in one page or less.
Mission and vision statements: You may use the content from your earlier assignment or make revisions to that content based on your experiences in this course (1–2 pages).
Leadership needs of curriculum mapping: Using your readings, discuss how a leader can be effective in leading the mapping project and what characteristics of good leadership will empower your stakeholders and leaders to stay on board with the project and develop into leaders in their own right. You may address use of PLCs, professional development, and upper leadership support and planning. You may use the content from your earlier assignment or make revisions to that content based on your experiences in this course (1–2 pages).
Overview of long- and short-term mapping: In 2–3 pages, provide an overview of the process of long- and short-term curriculum planning using support from readings and explain the process in a step-by-step fashion. Be sure to address ethical strategies for planning diverse and inclusive curriculum for all learners. Place samples of each type of map in one of the appendices you create.
Data for curriculum mapping. Include the following (3–4 pages):
The demographics of the school or organization.
The type of data that is or will be available to you and your team. Provide a discussion of the data you would include in your guidebook or direct your stakeholders to:
P–12 examples: Test scores in the content area, growth, standards.
Organizational examples: Department, growth projections, standards, or objectives for the curriculum.
Planning: In 2–3 pages, use the rest of the appropriate content from your Unit 6 assignment, with any revisions you need or want.
Continual evaluation: In 2–3 pages, set up a plan for continual evaluation of the mapping product with those involved and dates. A simple statement on the need for ongoing evaluation and table showing those involved, their task, and projected dates will make up this section. Place any examples you have or create in one of the appendices you create.
Conclusion: Include a personal statement that summarizes your ideas about the importance of curriculum mapping in 21st century learning.
Reference pages: Use APA style and formatting.
Appendices: Include templates that you would like to use, PowerPoint presentations, and any resources you created that would be helpful in meeting with the curriculum leaders and stakeholders involved in the curriculum mapping project.
Be sure to thoroughly review the topics covered in your course readings, particularly your textbooks. They will provide invaluable resources for successful completion of the assignment.

Note: This is intended to be a living document that you can add to or revise once the course has ended and as you continue to work as a curriculum leader in your organization. This project should be no more than 25 pages including cover page, references, and appendices.

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