Using the Curriculum Frameworks to Develop Program-Wide Curriculum Part 1

Description: This two-part workshop will first orient you to the Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Frameworks and then demonstrate how to use them to develop a program-wide curriculum in manageable stages. You will learn how to use the frameworks to set standards and benchmarks for each class in your program and/or determine which standards and benchmarks you are already covering. You will also develop a draft action plan to guide curriculum development at your program. There will be time to generate draft materials (both action plan and curriculum documents), share materials with fellow participants, and critique them for revisio

Learning Objectives:

As a result of this two-session, six-hour workshop, participants will be able to:

1. effectively use the Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Frameworks to develop curriculum

2. define the components of a “basic” and an “beyond the basic” curriculum as defined by ACLS policy

3. assign particular Curriculum Framework standards and benchmarks to specific classes in their program (“Front On” approach)

4. identify which standards/benchmarks they are currently addressing in their classes and which they are not (“Back In” approach)

5. demonstrate how skills development can be addressed through different knowledge content as suggested by student goals and interests.

6. convert general themes of interest to students into manageable topics and then into lesson plan units.