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=CURRICULUM MAPPING FOR LUTHERAN SCHOOLS = === What is it? A tool enabling teachers, students, parents, and administrators to follow academic progress from beginning to end in any given content area. Data collected gives snapshots as well as a complete album into a school's curriculum. It's like taking a drawer full of photos, and organizing them into a story that anyone can read and understand. ===

Why is it helpful?
A map can identify gaps and overlaps in a curriculum, viewing content vertically and horizontally, that is to say from a student's perspective as well as from a content area. A standards based map can identify gaps and overlaps in meeting state standards.

How will it benefit our schools?
Maps effect positive change in curriculum, instruction, assessment, and for Lutheran schools, faith development. Knowing what must be done to improve curriculum will streamline spending and focus schools on a forward direction. Changes will be the result of analyzing data collected at the school based on what __is__ happening, rather than what __should be__ happening. ===How will it benefit the Kingdom? T he Christian faith is the core to every content area and an integral part of mapping. Our faith should start the learning conversation. How can we begin in and with God's Word and grow each content area? ===

USE THE DISCUSSION PAGE TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES, RESOURCES, OR ASK QUESTIONS!

Curriculum maps need to be useful tools for each individual school. Ask yourselves the following questions; 1. What do **we** need to know about our curriculum? 2. What do **we** want to know about our curriculum? 3. Which of **our** content areas would be the best place to begin? 4. Is there something our standardized tests have revealed that would lead us to begin in a specific content area?