Educational Affairs Office: Curriculum Support

CURRICULUM SUPPORT (our endeavors to inspire America's students, create learning opportunities, and enlighten inquisitive minds.)

Inspirational

INDICATOR How inspiring or effective are our programs or materials?

SUPERIOR Materials or programs create an observable change in behavior(s). The behavior results from some experience or practice, and the change is enduring.

GOOD Materials or programs professional, insightful, and inspire a wide audience

ACCEPTABLE Materials or programs visually interesting, factually accurate; little new in practices or products

NEEDS REVISION Materials restate existing information or knowledge with no new insights

Create Learning Opportunities

INDICATOR How do our programs or products influence learning?

SUPERIOR Materials or programs create an invitation and pathway toward further inquiry or investigation in the process of discovery

GOOD Materials or programs enable all students to be engaged

ACCEPTABLE Materials or programs enable all students to be on task

NEEDS REVISION Materials or programs do not create learning opportunities without guidance from expert teachers

Enlighten Inquisitive Minds

INDICATOR How good are our materials/programs, who do they work for?

SUPERIOR Materials are interesting and enlightening, and applicable to all students and teachers

GOOD Materials are interesting and enlightening to most students and teachers

ACCEPTABLE Materials are interesting to most students and teachers, enlightening to some students

NEEDS REVISION Materials interesting and enlightening to a limited number of students or teachers

Instructional Standards, K-12

INDICATOR How well do our materials align with state and national standards?

SUPERIOR Exceptional alignment with State or National content, instructional, teacher training, and assessment standards; obvious and explicit linkages at each step

GOOD Good alignment with State or National content, instructional, teacher training, and assessment standards

ACCEPTABLE Good alignment with State or National content standards

NEEDS REVISION No alignment with educational standards

Usability

INDICATOR Are our materials usable and accessible for all teachers?

SUPERIOR Usable by all teachers regardless of background or experience; self-guiding.
Materials ubiquitous and freely available

GOOD Usable by nearly all teachers.
Materials easily found and obtained

ACCEPTABLE Usable by most teachers with minimal background
Materials somewhat located or obtainable

NEEDS REVISION Usable by expert or experienced teachers only.
Materials difficult to locate or obtain

Materials Adoption

INDICATOR Is it easy for teachers to adopt our materials?

SUPERIOR Curriculum supplements easily replace required units of study, and enable teachers to meet or exceed state or district requirements.
Materials are far superior to other available resources.

GOOD Curriculum supplements complement required units of study, with minimal expansion of the curriculum. Using these materials, teachers are easily able to tailor their instruction to meet state or district requirements.
Materials are generally better than other available resources.

ACCEPTABLE Curriculum supplements complement required units of study, but necessitate expansion of the curriculum. With a modest amount of time, these materials can be tailored to comply with state or district requirements.
Materials are equivalent to other available resources.

NEEDS REVISION Curriculum supplements are an addition to required units of study, and widen the scope of topics. Using these materials, teachers must devote significant time to tailor their instruction to comply with state or district requirements.
Materials are generally inferior to other available resources.

Adaptability

INDICATOR Are our materials applied effectively in practice?

SUPERIOR Intuitive for use by all teachers; self-adapting by requiring no specialized equipment, training, or expertise.

GOOD Fairly intuitive for teacher use. Self adapting by requiring little specialized equipment, training, or expertise.

ACCEPTABLE Understandable by teachers but requires adaptation. Requires some specialized equipment, some training, prerequisite or expertise.

NEEDS REVISION Requires expensive or specialized equipment, significant training, or prerequisite expertise. Adaptation difficult.

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INDICATOR	How inspiring or effective are our programs or materials?
SUPERIOR	Materials or programs create an observable change in behavior(s). The behavior results from some experience or practice, and the change is enduring.
GOOD	Materials or programs professional, insightful, and inspire a wide audience
ACCEPTABLE	Materials or programs visually interesting, factually accurate; little new in practices or products
NEEDS REVISION	Materials restate existing information or knowledge with no new insights

INDICATOR	How do our programs or products influence learning?
SUPERIOR	Materials or programs create an invitation and pathway toward further inquiry or investigation in the process of discovery
GOOD	Materials or programs enable all students to be engaged
ACCEPTABLE	Materials or programs enable all students to be on task
NEEDS REVISION	Materials or programs do not create learning opportunities without guidance from expert teachers

INDICATOR	How good are our materials/programs, who do they work for?
SUPERIOR	Materials are interesting and enlightening, and applicable to all students and teachers
GOOD	Materials are interesting and enlightening to most students and teachers
ACCEPTABLE	Materials are interesting to most students and teachers, enlightening to some students
NEEDS REVISION	Materials interesting and enlightening to a limited number of students or teachers

INDICATOR	How well do our materials align with state and national standards?
SUPERIOR	Exceptional alignment with State or National content, instructional, teacher training, and assessment standards; obvious and explicit linkages at each step
GOOD	Good alignment with State or National content, instructional, teacher training, and assessment standards
ACCEPTABLE	Good alignment with State or National content standards
NEEDS REVISION	No alignment with educational standards

INDICATOR	Are our materials usable and accessible for all teachers?
SUPERIOR	Usable by all teachers regardless of background or experience; self-guiding. Materials ubiquitous and freely available
GOOD	Usable by nearly all teachers. Materials easily found and obtained
ACCEPTABLE	Usable by most teachers with minimal background Materials somewhat located or obtainable
NEEDS REVISION	Usable by expert or experienced teachers only. Materials difficult to locate or obtain

INDICATOR	Is it easy for teachers to adopt our materials?
SUPERIOR	Curriculum supplements easily replace required units of study, and enable teachers to meet or exceed state or district requirements. Materials are far superior to other available resources.
GOOD	Curriculum supplements complement required units of study, with minimal expansion of the curriculum. Using these materials, teachers are easily able to tailor their instruction to meet state or district requirements. Materials are generally better than other available resources.
ACCEPTABLE	Curriculum supplements complement required units of study, but necessitate expansion of the curriculum. With a modest amount of time, these materials can be tailored to comply with state or district requirements. Materials are equivalent to other available resources.
NEEDS REVISION	Curriculum supplements are an addition to required units of study, and widen the scope of topics. Using these materials, teachers must devote significant time to tailor their instruction to comply with state or district requirements. Materials are generally inferior to other available resources.

INDICATOR	Are our materials applied effectively in practice?
SUPERIOR	Intuitive for use by all teachers; self-adapting by requiring no specialized equipment, training, or expertise.
GOOD	Fairly intuitive for teacher use. Self adapting by requiring little specialized equipment, training, or expertise.
ACCEPTABLE	Understandable by teachers but requires adaptation. Requires some specialized equipment, some training, prerequisite or expertise.
NEEDS REVISION	Requires expensive or specialized equipment, significant training, or prerequisite expertise. Adaptation difficult.