Presentation Created By Janet Hale, Curriculum Mapping
Consultant www.CurriculumMapping101.com Slide 2 Mapping the Big
Picture 1997, ASCD Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping 2004,
ASCD All that is shared in this slideshow is based on the work of
Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs Active Literacy Across the Curriculum 2006,
Eye On Education and Slide 3 Keys to Curriculum Mapping: Strategies
and Tools to Make It Work Susan Udelhofen 2005, Corwin Press Slide
4 A Guide To Curriculum Mapping: Planning, Implementing, and
Sustaining the Process Janet Hale December, 2007 Corwin Press Slide
5 1. Curriculum mapping is a multifaceted, ongoing process designed
to improve student learning. 2. All curricular decisions are
data-driven and in the students' best interest. 3. Curriculum maps
represent both the planned and operational learning. 4. Curriculum
maps are created and accessible using 21st century technology. 5.
Teachers are leaders in curriculum design and curricular
decision-making processes. Slide 6 6. Administrators encourage and
support teacher- leader environments. 7. Curriculum reviews are
conducted on an ongoing and regular basis. 8. Collaborative inquiry
and dialogue are based on curriculum maps and other data sources.
9. Action plans aid in designing, revising, and refining maps. 10.
Curriculum mapping intra-organizations facilitate sustainability.
Hale, J. (2007). A guide to curriculum mapping: Planning,
implementing, and sustaining the process. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Press. Slide 7 Curriculum mapping is a calendar-based process for
collecting and maintaining an ongoing database of the operational
and planned curriculum in a learning organization. Curriculum
mapping encourages teachers to be curriculum designers via
authentic examination, collaborative/collegial conversation, and
student-centered decision making. Slide 8 Two CM Guidelines
Data-driven Reviews and Collaborations If it is in Chris best
interest to change, modify, stop, start, or maintain a practice or
other school/District-related issue, there must be data-based
proof. Maps are a form of data! The Empty Chair Whenever teams or
entire staffs meet in person, there is literally or figuratively an
empty chair placed front-and-center in the room. This chair
represents all of the students in a school or a district. Usually,
the student in the chair is referred to as Chris. Slide 9 Types of
Maps (Monthly) Essential Consensus Projected Diary (Daily) Lesson
Plans Reality State/Other Standards Proficiency Targets
ON-GOINGPROCESS Mapping is a continuous cycle of reviewing what has
actually happened (Diary Maps) compared and contrasted with
curriculum planning (other Types of Maps) through ongoing
curricular dialogue. Why Map? Slide 10 Four Types of Curriculum
Maps Diary Map Projected Map Consensus Map Essential Map Slide 11
The Essence of Curriculum Mapping Diary Map (Recorded Monthly) A
personalized* map recorded by an individual person that contains
data reflecting what REALLY took place during a month of learning
and instruction Commonly due by the 7 th of the next month *There
is no such thing as team diary mapping. I am a data- collection
portal Slide 12 The Nuts N Bolts of Mapping Language Projected Map
A map that has been created by an individual person for a
discipline or course before the actual yearly testing out of its
planned itinerary These two types of maps are, in actually, the
same map. Differentiation is based on the current month of the
year. Slide 13 Consensus Map (An Entire School Year Of Months) A
map designed by two or more educators wherein all designers have
come to agreement on the course learning based on standards and
serves as the planned- learning map wherein all who teach the
course use the Consensus Map as a foundation* for his or her course
learning and instruction *Flexibility in additional learning,
length of learning, assessments, resources, and how learning is
executed is up to the discretion of each teacher teaching the
course and is reflected in his or her Projected Map/Diary Map.
SCHOOL-SITE LEVEL MAPS Slide 14 The Nuts N Bolts of Mapping
Language Essential Map (An Entire School Year Of Learning Usually
Recorded By Grading Periods) A map created via a team of educators
(Task Force) that is representative of District learning
expectations.* The Essential Map serves as the base-instruction map
wherein all who teach the course use the map to plan learning and
create collaborative, Consensus Maps and/or personal Projected Maps
*There needs to two or more like schools or courses offered to
warrant creation and use Essential Maps. DISTRICT LEVEL MAPS Slide
15 When we travel, road maps become more distinctive the closer we
get to the main destination. Quote By: Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Keynote Presentation, 2005 National Curriculum Mapping Institute.
Slide 16 Weekly/Daily Lesson Plans Diary Map Janet Biggins Grade 1
Math Consensus Map Grade 1 Math Janet Biggins Nicki McGrane Susan
McGuire Lincoln Elementary School B ergenfield School District
Grade 1 Essential Maps Base DETAIL Most (Monthly) DETAIL More
DETAIL Much More Specific Day By Day DETAIL Slide 17 Diary Map
Janet Biggins Grade 1 Math = A Months Worth Of Learning Slide 18 We
will all become Stepford Teachers? No. Mapping focuses on Fair
Access and Equitable Education for ALL students Mapping Establishes
Consistency (Essential/Consensus Maps) and Flexibility
(Projected/Diary Maps) Slide 19 What Curriculum Mapping is NOT Set
in Cement State Standards Documents Curriculum Guides Scope and
Sequences A Syllabus A Forgotten List Of What We Do Or Did
Curriculum mapping is ongoing collaboration and reflection on the
realities of what is planned and happening in each classroom-- each
month and each year! Slide 20 Maps equal data Data equals facts and
figures Facts and figures show trends And with this knowledge, we
can give all the above meaning by looking at the trends and
comparing it to other data bases. Curriculum Mapping Conference,
2003 Slide 21 Curriculum mapping is NOT STATIC Curriculum maps
serve as the living, breathing, ever-changing, archived and current
history of your learning organization! ITS ONGOING! Slide 22
Curriculum = A Path Run In Small Steps Curriculum Mapping =
Systemic Second-Order Change It is all about doing business
differently. Please realize up front that teachers and
administrators will be learners for some time. As with all
learners, new knowledge is best presented in small steps Slide 23
Sustained, systemic change takes 3 to 5 years to fully implement!
Curriculum Mapping is an ongoing process, not a program! And
remember Slide 24 Curriculum mapping is not something you add to
what you already do. It is a replacement model that means learning
a new way of conducting the professional business of teachers
improving student learning by designing rigorous, vertically
aligned curriculum. The beauty of starting off and moving forward
slow, steady, and in small steps is that there will never be an
epilogue. (Jacobs, Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping,
2004).
