WGU D021 TASK 2: |PASSED ON FIRST
ATTEMPT |LATEST UPDATE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
AT WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY
Ariana McKenzie
D021 Course
AMM1 Task Two
date …..
, A1. Curriculum Map Alignment
Now that I have successfully led West Oak Cove Elementary School through the first two
steps of the curriculum evaluation process for the 4th-grade math curriculum by setting project
parameters, identifying the purpose behind the evaluation, and the stakeholders who should be
involved, as well as create a plan to orient the faculty to the Curriculum—my next step in the
Evaluation Process is to help guide my staff through the following four steps of the curriculum
process, which include refining the curriculum map, refining the curriculum materials, and
suggesting time allocations for the process. As educational leaders, we are responsible for
ensuring that the programs we use in our building are coherent and that we prepare our students
for success both in the classroom and beyond the classroom walls. I feel strongly that looking
into our school's current Curriculum Map and assessing its alignment with our state-established
Common Core State Standards will help guide us to ensure we are doing everything in our
power to help lead our staff and students to success in the upcoming school year in the content
area of mathematics.
Author David Squires from the text, Curriculum: District Stories of a Path to Improved
Achievement, states, "Alignment of the Curriculum to state standards and assessment
specifications is very important in districts for getting improved achievement. Alignment means
that the Curriculum is designed to make sure that assessments and standards coverage are
addressed in the instruction process" (Squires, 2014). In evaluating West Oak Cove Elementary
School's current Curriculum Map, I have identified that the current Curriculum Map, as written,
covers all of the State Common Core Standards except two and that it mentions two standards.
However, it only teaches them during the duration of the school year.
ATTEMPT |LATEST UPDATE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
AT WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY
Ariana McKenzie
D021 Course
AMM1 Task Two
date …..
, A1. Curriculum Map Alignment
Now that I have successfully led West Oak Cove Elementary School through the first two
steps of the curriculum evaluation process for the 4th-grade math curriculum by setting project
parameters, identifying the purpose behind the evaluation, and the stakeholders who should be
involved, as well as create a plan to orient the faculty to the Curriculum—my next step in the
Evaluation Process is to help guide my staff through the following four steps of the curriculum
process, which include refining the curriculum map, refining the curriculum materials, and
suggesting time allocations for the process. As educational leaders, we are responsible for
ensuring that the programs we use in our building are coherent and that we prepare our students
for success both in the classroom and beyond the classroom walls. I feel strongly that looking
into our school's current Curriculum Map and assessing its alignment with our state-established
Common Core State Standards will help guide us to ensure we are doing everything in our
power to help lead our staff and students to success in the upcoming school year in the content
area of mathematics.
Author David Squires from the text, Curriculum: District Stories of a Path to Improved
Achievement, states, "Alignment of the Curriculum to state standards and assessment
specifications is very important in districts for getting improved achievement. Alignment means
that the Curriculum is designed to make sure that assessments and standards coverage are
addressed in the instruction process" (Squires, 2014). In evaluating West Oak Cove Elementary
School's current Curriculum Map, I have identified that the current Curriculum Map, as written,
covers all of the State Common Core Standards except two and that it mentions two standards.
However, it only teaches them during the duration of the school year.
