Standards-Based Curriculum Notebook Activity 34

Question 1

In your textbook, locate your per-pupil expenditure for your state. Do you feel this amount will support your future students?

Answer 1

9138 yes

Question 2

List and define the following reform models: Professional Learning Communities, School Improvement Process, Success for All, School Development Program, Essential Schools, and STEM.

Answer 2

Professional Learning Communities Teams of teachers who work together to improve student learning.They:
Develop common goals Determine ways to meet goals
Implement different approaches Collect data to determine if the approaches have met their goal

School Improvement Process
An approach for gradual improvement of school curricula
Teams of principal, teachers, team leads, department chairs & parents Hold meetings to determine how well students are performing
Structured approach to the curriculum & support for the children
They identify specific targets that everyone will work on in the next year.

Success for All
Developed around the core assumption that every child can read Includes specific reading books, use of reading tutors & eight-week reading assessments Teachers use prescribed strategy

School Development Program: Researched based, comprehensive k-12 education reform program grounded in the principles of child, adolescent & adult development
Teams are guided by three principles: decision making, problem solving & collaboration. Creation of an environment that promotes the adult-student interactions necessary for good student development & academic learning in school.

STEM: Science Technology Engineering Mathematics

Essential Schools: Students need to master a common core of information and skills. Schools focus on
REAL WORLD application/tasks and multiple forms of evidence.