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1. Purpose Statement:
What will this curriculum achieve?
A purpose statement is a brief
explanation of the need that your class
fulfills at your school, community, or
education as a whole.
If you’re having a hard time wording
your purpose statement, you can try
answering a handful of questions to get
started:
o Why do students need to know the
information in your class?
o How will your class prepare students
for their futures?
o What makes your class different from
other classes in your school?
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2. Outcome Statement:
What will students be able to do with this For example, you may pioneer a digital
information? literacy class in your middle
school. Your outcome statement — and
the goals you have for your students —
could include:
o Demonstrating safe use of online
resources
An outcome statement is an official o Identifying whether an online source
list of the goals you have for students is trustworthy
who take your class. o Committing to stand against the
epidemic of cyberbullying
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Essential Resources:
What will you use to teach your class and what will
In addition to simple notebooks,
students use to learn?
textbooks, and writing utensils, you may
also discover that you need:
o Computers
o Internet access
o Visual aids
Your class’s essential resources o Projectors
include anything you need for your o Interactive screens / Smartboards
students to teach everything in your o Game materials
class. o Other rooms in your school
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Strategy Framework:
What teaching approach will you use? Some of the most common strategy
frameworks and teaching strategies
include:
o Lecture
o Online learning
o Blended learning
Your strategy framework shows the o Cooperative learning
different teaching methods you’ll use o Differentiated instruction
to help your students learn. o Gamification
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However, two methods stick
out above all of the others in
terms of effectiveness and
popularity.
These two methods are
called formative assessments
and summative assessments.
Verification Method:
How will you know that you’re effectively teaching?
Your verification method tells
administrators, colleagues, and even
parents how you’ll measure success in
your classroom.
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Standards Alignment:
How well do you adhere to federal, state, and school
Overall, standards ensure a degree of standards for your course?
uniformity in curriculum for important
topics.
Curriculum maps are tricky to create,
if you’ve never made one before. It’s
phenomenally helpful for most Your alignment with existing
teachers because a curriculum map standards ensures that you’re
shows you exactly what you need to
teaching your students the proper
teach, when, and the materials you
need to teach it. information to help them succeed in
life.
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Course Syllabus:
What will you teach and when?
A syllabus is typically an
extensive document, detailing
each lesson to be taught, the
day on which lessons will be
taught, the homework to be Your course syllabus tells your
assigned, and the expectations administrators, colleagues, and
of students at the end of each students about the specific
unit. information you’ll teach your class.
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Capstone Project:
What final accomplishment will your students use to
prove what they’ve learned in your class?
The most common capstone
project is a cumulative final
exam. Other options
include certification exams, Your capstone project is the final
assessment of your class that you use
presentations, and graded to gauge how much students have
projects.  learned throughout the marking
period.
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Purpose Statement: Verification Method:

What will this curriculum achieve? How will you know that you’re effectively teaching?

Outcome Statement: Standards Alignment:

What will students be able to do with this How well do you adhere to federal, state, and school
information? standards for your course?

Essential Resources: Course Syllabus:

What will you use to teach your class and what will What will you teach and when?
students use to learn?

Capstone Project:
Strategy Framework:
What final accomplishment will your students use to
What teaching approach will you use?
prove what they’ve learned in your class?
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