Rigorous Curriculum Design Course

This folder contains the units, learning tasks, and resources used in the RCD online course.

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    Accessing the RCD Book Study

    This activity resource provides guidance on how to access your Rigorous Curriculum Design book study.

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    Accessing the RCD Book Study

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    Course Sylabus

    Rigorous Curriculum Development Book Study

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    Preferred Webinar Date and Time

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    RCD Book Study Schedule

    This calendar provides the schedule for the RCD Book Study activities.

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    RCD Course Resources

    This folder contains resources used in the RCD Course.

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    Rigorous Curriculum Design Units

    This presentation displays the four units available in the Rigorous Curriculum Design Course.

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    Rigorous Curriculum Development Book Study Goals

    This form was used to develop the goals for the Rigorous Curriculum Development Book Study being conducted by the ALCA Board, Staff, and Friends interested in RCD.

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    Rigorous Curriculum Development Book Study Goals Submitted Results Table

    This form was used to develop the goals for the Rigorous Curriculum Development Book Study being conducted by the ALCA Board, Staff, and Friends interested in RCD.

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    Task Instructions Template

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    Unit 1: Seeing the Big Picture Connections First

    This folder contains the unit, learning tasks, and resources used in the "Seeing the big Picture Connections First" Unit 1. The unit defines curriculum in terms of rigor, provides the background of this mode, connects curriculum design to the "big picture" of standards, assessments, instruction, and data practices, previews the step-by-step design sequence, and introduces end-of-chapter reader assignments.

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    Unit 2: Building the Foundation for Designing Curricular Units

    This folder contains the unit, learning tasks, and resources used in the "Building the Foundation for Designing Curricular Units" Unit 2.  The unit explains the five steps that must first be taken to lay the foundation upon which to build the curricular units of study, and provides explicit guidelines for applying each step.

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    Unit 3: Designing the Curricular Unit of Study — From Start to Finish

    This folder contains the unit, learning tasks, and resources used in the "Designing the Curricular Unit of Study — From Start to Finish" Unit 3. This unit gives the "nuts and bolts" directions for designing a rigorous curricular unit of study, from beginning to end, and concludes with an overview of how to implement the unit in the classroom or instructional program.  Formatively assessing students along the way, educators analyze resulting student data to diagnose student learning needs and then adjust ongoing instruction accordingly.

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    Unit 4: Organizing, Monitoring, and Sustaining Implementation Efforts

    This folder contains the unit, learning tasks, and resources used in the "Organizing, Monitoring, and Sustaining Implementation Efforts" Unit 4.  This unit addresses the role of administrators in beginning and continuing the work of implementation.  These final three chapters provide first-person narratives and advice to administrators from administrators who have personally led the implementation and sustainability efforts of curriculum redesign and related practices within their own school systems.

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