Consultation for Planning

Three services are offered:

·        Assistance with planning curriculum writing, assistance in planning school and district-based implementation of the balanced curriculum, and teaching school and/or district-based implementation teams facilitation strategies to ensure the curriculum is taught and assessed.

·        Planning Curriculum Writing

This service assists districts in planning how the curriculum will be written. Under expert guidance, districts decide:

·        the criteria for selection of representative teachers,

·        a schedule of staff development times,

·        roles of central office and school administrators in the writing process

·        site selection and site support planning for the training

·        communication plan to assure all school district groups know about the balanced curriculum process.

·        Planning school and district-based implementation

·        training of school administrators to monitor curriculum implementation and handle resistant staff,

·        reporting requirements of teachers in schools

·        reporting requirements of schools to the central office

·        role of central office administration

·        rubrics for determining effective school implementation

·        rubrics for determining effective central office administration

·        teleconferences to each school for progress reports on implementation successes and needs.

·        Facilitation Strategies