I

NTRODUCTI
ONTOCURRI
CULUM

Curri
culuminliter
alsensei sapathwaytowar dsagoal .The
educationalpr
ocessi ssetintomotiontowardsitsai mthrough
curri
culumorcour se.Curri
culumisalatin word,‘cur r er
e’ means
‘ther ace,thepath,orr unway’ whichonehastof ol
low tor eacha
goalappli
edtothestudy.I ftheteacheri sagui de,thecur r
iculumis
the path.Hence,curricul
umi sthetotalstructureofideasand
acti
viti
es.

DEFI
NITI
ONOFCURRI
CULUM

Acurri
culumisprescri
ptive,andisbasedonamoregeneralsyl
labus
whi
chmerelyspeci
fieswhat topicsmustbeunder
stoodandtowhat
l
eveltoachieve aparticulargr
adeorstandard:

 Acourse,especi
all
ythecour
seofstudyi
nauni
ver
sity. -
Di
cti
onary

 Accor dingtoFlorenceNighti
ngaleI
nternati
onalFoundati
on,
‘cur riculumi
sasystemati carr
angementofthesumtotalof
selectedexperiencespl
annedbyaschoolorapar ti
culareducati
onal
program’.

PRI
NCI
PLESOFCURRI
CULUMCONSTRUCTI
ON

 Conser
vati
onpr
inci
ple

 For
war
dlook
ingpr
inci
ple

 Cr
eati
vepr
inci
ple

 Acti
vitypr
inci
ple

 Pr
inci
pleofpr
epar
ati
onofl
ife

 Pr
inci
pleofchar
acterbui
ldi
ng

ROLE OFCURRI
CULUMCOORDI
NATOR
 Def
ini
tion ofcurri
cul
umcoordi
nator

Curricul
umcoordinatorisapersonwhodi rectl
yinvol
vesinplanning,
impl
ementationandevaluationofcurr
iculumtok eepthewholeteam
togetherand coordinatesvari
ousactivi
tiesinvol
vesindevelopment
ofcur ri
cul
um.

Requi
rementsandel
igi
bil
ityf
orcurri
cul
umcoordi
nator

1.Educati
onandtr
aini
ng

I
nstructi onalcoor
dinatorsshouldhavetr ainingincur ri
culum
developmentandi nstructionorinthespeci ficfi
eldf orwhichthey
arer esponsibl
e,suchasmathemati csandhi story.Coursesin
researchdesi gnteachhowtocr eateandi mplementr esearchstudies
todeter minetheef f
ectivenessofagi venmethodofi nstructi
onor
curri
cul umandhowtomeasur eandi mpr
ovestudentsper formance.
I
nstructi onalcoor
dinatorsareusual lyrequiredtotak econtinuing
educationcour sestok eeptheirski
llsupdate.

Topicsmayincludeteacherevaluationtechni
ques,cur
ricul
um
trai
ning,newteacherori
entation,consulti
ngandteachersupport,
andobser vati
onandanalysisofteaching.

Thecur
ricul
umcoor
dinatorshoul
dbe:

Mi
nimummsci
nrespecti
vef
iel
d.

Hadunder
gonespeci
altr
aini
ngi
nfi
eldofcur
ricul
umdevel
opment.

Previ
ousworkexper
ienceascur
ricul
umcoor
dinatoratschooll
evel
andblockordi
stri
ctlevel
.

Offi
cialbody’seval
uationofapersonsoragenci
esabi
li
tytomeet
establ
ishedcri
ter
iaorstandardsatagiventi
me.

I
tinvol
vesthef
oll
owi
ng:

2.Cr
edenti
ali
ty

I
tisdef
inedasthef
ormalr
ecogni
tionofpr
ofessi
onalortechni
cal
 competenceandattai
nmentofminimumstandar
dsbyaper sonor
agency.Accor
dingtoHinsvar
k(1981)thi
shasf ourcomponents

 Topr
oduceaqual
itypr
oduct

 Toconf
erauni
quepr
oduct

 Topr
otectpr
ovi
derandpubl
ic

 Tocontr
olthepr
ofessi
on.

3.Li
censur
e

I
ndividuall i
censurei sacontr actbetweenthepr ofessionandthe
state,inwhi chthepr of
essionandthestate,inwhi chthepr ofessi
on
isgrantedcontr oloverentr yintoandexistsfromthepr ofessionand
overqual ityofpr ofessionalpracti
ce.Theli
censingpr ocessr equir
es
thatr egulationsbewr i
ttentodef i
nethescopeandl imitsofthe
professionspr acti
ce.

4.Accr
edi
tati
on

Accredi
tati
onprocessprimari
lyevaluatesonagency’sphysical
str
ucture,organi
zationalstructur
e andpersonalqual
ifi
cation.

5.Cer
tif
icati
on

I
tisusual lyavol
untar yprocesswithinthepr ofession.Aperson’s
educationalachi
evements,experienceandper f
or manceon
examinationareusedtodeter minetheper son’sual if
icati
onsfor
functioni
nginani denti
fiedspecial
ityarea.

6.Otherqual
ifi
cati
on

I
nstr
ucti
onalcoor
dinator
smusthaveagoodunder
standi
ngofhowto
 teachspecifi
cgroupsofstudentsandexper ti
se indevelopi
ng
educati
onalmaterial
s.Asar esul
t,manypeopl ebecomeinstructional
coordi
natorsafterworkingforsever alyearsasteacher s.Al
so
benefi
ciali
sworkexperiencei naneducati onadmi ni
str
ator position,
suchasapr inci
palorassistantpr i
ncipal
,ori nanotheradvisoryr ole,
suchasamasterteacher ,departmentchairper son:

- Shouldhavespeci
aldegr
eeordi
plomai
nspeci
all
anguagel
ikehi
ndi
,
Engli
sh.

- Undergonevari
ouswork
shop,confer
encesandeducati
onpr
ogr
amof
i
n-ser
viceinthefi
eldofcurri
culumdevel
opment.

I
nstr ucti
onalcoor dinatorsmustbeabl etomak esounddeci si
ons
aboutcur r
icul
umopti onsandtoor gani zeandcoor dinatework
effici
ently.Theyshoul dhavestr ongi nterpersonalandcommunicati
on
skil
ls.Famil
iari
tywi thcomputertechnol ogyal soimportantfor
instructi
onalcoor dinators,whoarei ncr easi
nglyinvolvedi
ngatheri
ng
technicalinformationf orstudentsandteacher s.

ROLEOFCURRICULUMCOORDI
NATORINCURRI
CULUMPLANNI
NG,
CURRI
CULUMI
MPLEMENTATIONANDCURRI
CULUM EVALUATI
ON.

I
nstructi
onalcoordinators:Alsok
nownascur ri
culumspeci
ali
sts,
i
nstructi
onalcoaches,ordi r
ectorsofinstr
ucti
onalmateri
al-
pl
ayal argerol
einimpr ovi
ngthequalityofeducationi
nthe
cl
assroom.

 Theydevel opcurricula,selecttextbook
sandother
materials,trai
nteacher s,andassesseducational
programsf orqual
ityandadher encetor egul
ationsand
standar ds.
 Theyal soassisti
ni mplementingnewtechnologyinthe
classroom.Atthepr imaryandsecondar yschoollevel
s,
 instructi
onalcoordinatorsoftenspeci al
izeinaspeci fi
c
subject,suchasr eading,languagear ts,
mathematics,or
science.
I
nstr ucti
onalcoordinatorsevaluatehowwel laschoolor
trainingprogramscurricul
um,orpl anofstudy,meets
studentsneeds.Basedonthei rr esearchandobser vations
ofinstructionalpr
actice,theyr ecommendi mprovements.

 Theyr esearchteachingmethodsandtechniquesand
developprocedurestoensur ethati
nstructorsare
i
mplementingthecur r
icul
umsuccessful
lyandmeeting
programgoals.

 Toaidintheirevaluati
on,theymaymeetwithmember
sof
educationalcommi
tteesandadvisor
ygroupstoexplore
howcur ri
culummaterial
srel
atetooccupati
onsandmeet
students'needs.

 Coor
dinator
salsomaydevel
opquesti
onnai
resand
i
ntervi
ewschedul
eaboutthecurr
icul
um.

 Someinstructi
onalcoor
dinatorsrevi
ewtextbook
s,
software,andothereducationalmateri
alstomak
e
recommendations.

 Theymoni torthewaysinwhichteacher
susemater i
alsin
theclassroomandsuper vi
seworker
swhocatalogue,
distr
ibute,andmaintai
naschool'seducati
onalmateri
als
andequi pment.

 Someinstr
ucti
onalcoor
dinatorsfindwaystouse
technol
ogytoenhancestudentlearni
ngandmonitorthe
intr
oducti
onofnewtechnologyintoaschool
'scurri
cul
um.

I
naddi tion,i
nstructionalcoor
dinatorsmightrecommend
educationalsoftware,suchasi nter
activebooksand
exercisesdesignedtoenhancestudentl i
teracyand
developmathsk il
ls.

I
nstr
ucti
onalcoor
dinator
smayi
nvi
teexper
tstohel
p
 i
ntegratetechnol
ogicalmater i
alsintothecurri
culum.
 Besi
desdevelopi
ngcur ri
culumandi nstr
ucti
onalmateri
als,
manyofthesewor k
erspl anandpr ovideonsi
teeducation
forteacher
sandadmi nistrators.

Instr uctionalcoor dinator smentornewteacher sand

trainedexper iencedonesi nthel atesti nstr ucti
onal
methods.Thi sr olebecomesespeci al l
yi mpor tantwhena
schooldi stricti ntr oducesnewcontent,pr ogr ams,ora
diff
er entor gani zationalstr uctur e.
 Workenvi ronment:manyi nstr uctionalcoor di natorswork
longhour s.Theyof tenwor kyearr ound.Somespendmuch
ofthei rti metr avel lingbetweenschool sandmeeti ngwith
teacher sandadmi nistrator s.
 Devel opandconti nual lyeval uate/ reviewobj ectivesof
schoolcur ri
culaandi dentifygapsi ncontextofspeci fic
needsofstudentsandteachi ngstaf fi ncludi ngstatutory
needs.
 Resear chteachi ngmethodsandtechni questodesi gn
optimalcur r
icul umf orallgr adel evel sandk eepabr eastof
currentteachi ngtechni quesandnewdevel opmentsinthe
curriculum.
 Devel opacur ricul ummaponquar ter lybasi sandsubmi ta
recommendati onr epor ttoPr i
ncipalandDi rector .

 Provi
deinputsi
ncur
ricul
umbudgetpr
epar
ati
onf
orthe
fi
scalyear.

 Reviewtextbook
s,softwar
eandothereducati
onal
materi
alsandteachingmethodol
ogi
es.

 Coordi
nateor der
ingofappr ovedstudymaterial
sand
othersuppl
iesforrespecti
vegr adelevel
swithPrinci
pal
andotherCoor di
nator(
s).

 Overseesuccessf
uli
mpl
ementati
onofappr
ovedcur
ricul
um
forallgr
ades.

Rol
eofCurri
cul
umCoordinatori
nCurri
cul
umPlanni
ng
Cur
ricul
umPl
anningi
sdynamicnatur
eofhumanli
feand
 essenti alf eatur eofadmi ni
strativepr ogramsof
instructi onandi tsconcomitantef fectontheeducati onal
scene.Level sofcur ricul
umplanni ngar ei
nvolve-
societal
cur r
icul um,institutionalcurri
cul um.Thecur ri
cul
um
coor dinatorshoul dpl anthecur riculum
basedonphi l
osophyandpur poseofschoolandi ts
constr ucti onr equireanunder standingofeducati onal
psychol ogytogetherwi thknowledgeandsk i
lli
n
principlesandpr acticeofnur singeducati on.I
tshouldbe
drawn- upbythecur ricul
um,sothatal lmemberswil
lbe
familiarwi ththesubj ectsarer elatedtooneanotherand
howtheycontr ibutetooveral lpur poseofthepr ogram.

 Duringtheestabl ishmentofeducationalpur
posein
curricul
um,coor dinatormustknowaboutthesocial
andheal thneedsofthepeopl ethatdependon
students.Char acteristi
csandneedsofthe
students',
e.g.nowadayscomputeri sneedofstudents
tomeetthei rpr esentneeds.

 Forsetti ngtheobj ectivesthel evelofthe

professi onalcompetenceshoul dbeattained.
Coor dinatorshoul dconsi derthef uturer ol
eof
studentnur seinthesoci etyandtheteachi ng,
cli
nical ,physicalresourcesavai labl
e.
 Thesel ectionoflear ni
ngexper ience,whichwillmost
li
kelyhel ptoattaintheobj ecti
ves,becomeoneofthe
centr alpr oblemsofcur ricul
umpl anningand
devel opment.

 Thekindoflearningexper i
ence,whichthestudent
requi
res,wil
ldependupontheobj ectivesof
curri
culum.I
nthesel ecti
onofl earni
ngexper i
ence,
eachoftheobj ecti
vesshoul dbestudi ed.

 Thesubjectmatterandtheexperi
encerequi
red
shoul
dbeselectedandsystemati
call
yor
ganizedinto
acurricul
um.

Rol
eofCur
ricul
umCoordi
natori
nCurri
cul
umI
mpl
ementati
on
 CurriculumI mplementati oni saver ydi f
f i
cultandcompl ex
procedur e.Itispr er equi siteofanyk i
ndofi nstr uctional
program.I neachcour seofstudy,subj ectwi se,cl asswi se
curriculumor gani zati ontak espl ace.Thedetai ledsyl labiar e
prepar ed,astheyser veasthebasesf orwr iti
ngthetextbook .
Highlycentr alizedanddecentr ali
zedsystemofcur ri
cul um
constr uction,r econstr ucti onandadmi nistr
ati onar ef unctional
aspectstobesati sfiedf ortheef fective
impl
ementati onef fecti venessofcur ri
culumor gani zationdepend
upon-qual i
tyofsyl l
abusespr escri
bed,typeofhandbookand
textbookpr epar ed,adequacyofgui dancepr ovidedtoteacher s
andi nstitutionalai dssuppl ied.Af tercontentk nowl edge,
learningexper iencear esel ectedcar efullyinr elati onto
desiredobj ectives.Ther ef or e,theymustbeor gani zedi nthe
curriculum.

ROLEOFCURRICULUMCOORDI
NATORI
NCURRI
CULUM
EVALUATI
ON.

Educationaladministrationhastotak e-uptheresponsi bil

ityof
curri
culumevaluation.I tprovidesneededf eedbackf orf urther
revi
singandr eformingthecur riculumimpl
ementati
onf r
omti me
totime.Curri
culumeval uationiscar ri
edoutbysuper vi
sor y
programofclassroomi nstr ucti
on,guidanceanddi rectionbased
oneducationalsuper vision,planning ofmethodsandmeansf or
theimprovementofef f ectiveimplementati
onofeval uated
Program:

 Eval uationi neducati onisthepr ocessofj udgi

ngthe
effecti venessofeducati onalexper i
encethr oughcar eful
appr aisal.I
ti nvolvesaconti nuouspr ocessofcol l
ecting,
recor ding,assembl ingandi nterpreti
ngi nf ormati
on.Avar iety
ofmethodssuchasgi ving
writtentests,mak i
ngandobtai ningr epor ts,recordi
ng
obser vationandstudyi ngdatai sincluded.
 Thecur ri
culumcoor di
natorsshoul dmeetannual lyoratl east
biennial l
yf orthepur poseofeval uatingthecur ri
culumasa
whole.Per i
odicr eviewchangesataf utur edate,aper i
odwhen
theteachi ngstaf f
sar efreetodevoter easonableamountof
 timetopl anandbui ld-upr evi
sedcur r
icul
umcannotedown
changestobemade.
 Theteachi ngstaf fshoul dr eviewthei rownsubj ectsin
advance,i .e.beforetheti mesetf ortheevaluati onofthe
cur ricul umbythecommi ttee.Cur r
iculumcoordi natorshould
eval uateper formance.I nthecl assroom,thek nowl edge
andabi li
tyar emeasur edbyf r equentassi gnmentand
examnati on.
 Pr ogr ess- report:-cur ri
culumcoor dinator
sdeter mineand
standar dizeopti malpr ogressr eportsortempl atesf or
students ofr especti vedepar tment.
 Admi ssi ontests: -Recei vef eedbackf romcoordi natorson
techni caleval uationofcandi dates.
 Recr ui tments: -optimizeandstandar dizeemployeeeval uati
on
for msf oral ldepar tments.

OTHERACTI VI TESANDEVENTSOFCURRI CULUM

COORDINATOR
 Assistpr i
ncipalandconcer nedcoor dinatorapl anni
ng
activitiesandschooleventsf orupcomi ngyear .
 Professi onaldevel opment:devel oppr ofessional
devel opmentpl anf orupcomi ngyearf oremployeeatal l
depar tment.
 Accr edi tation:resear chaccr editationopti onsavailable
totheschoolandpr epareaccr ediatioplansand
objecti vesf ordi rectorandpr incipalonper i
odicbasis.
 Schedul eandattendmeeti ngswi thr espective
coordi nator sandteachi ngstaf ftounder standan
concer nedorr equi r
ementsr elatedtocur ri
culum.
Whatevecur ri
culumi spr eparedbycommi tiesthatar e
evaluatedi nter msofstandar df ormat,r eportinagenci es
andaccr edi
tationser vices.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTI ONSOFCURRI CULUMCOORDI NATORS.

 Advisesthecur ri
cul
umdi r
ectoronthecur ricul
um
areabudget.
 Conductscur r
iculummeetingsforareaasr equi
red.
 Coordinatesthedevel opmentofcur ri
culum
objecti
vesf orthear ea:monitorstheimplementati
on
andeval uationoftheseobj ecti
ves.
 Coor dinatesthepr ocessf orsel ectionoftextbook s
equi pmentsandi nstructionalsuppl iesf orthe
cur riculumar ea.
 Actsasar esour ceper sontoteachi ngfacultyon
issuesi nthecur ri
culumar ea.
 Meetsandcoor dinateswi thothercur ricul
umar ea
coor dinator stopr omotei nter disci
pl i
nar yprograms.
 Attendscur ri
cul umandotherpr ofessional
conf er ences.
 Pr ovidessuppor tandgui dancetoteacher sin
handl i
ngofdaytodaypr oblemsofi nstituti
onand
implementati onofcur r i
culum.
 Pr omotesi nnovati onwthi nthecur r i
culumar ea.
 Wor kswi thcur riculumcommi tteestoensur e
successf ulcompl etionofal lphasesofthecur ri
culum
cycl e.
 Wor kswi thcur riculumcommi tteesi nor ganizingand
coor dinatingappr opriatemeeti ngsi nor derto
af fectconti nuityandar ticulationofthecur r
iculum
thr oughoutthedi strict.