Not exact matches
• Make it a «non-negotiable» • Recruit and hire teachers who buy - in from the get - go • Provide them with hands - on professional development and plenty of examples • Share and celebrate «best practices» • Identify teachers who do it well and have others visit their classrooms • Give instructional teams time to collaborate and to develop quality prompts • Stockpile successful A.R.T. plans and incorporate them into the school's
curriculum map • Hire and / or bring in practicing artists to participate • And,
most importantly, get excited - as though you had just seen a narwhal tusk for the first time!
These conditions are
most articulated at the classroom assessment level, through the use of clear
curriculum maps for each standard, accurate assessment results, effective feedback, and results that point student and teacher clearly to next steps.
Although it is definitely possible for a single teacher to create a
curriculum map for the subject and grade that they teach,
curriculum mapping is
most effective when it is a system - wide process.
This means
mapping out which skills are
most needed and actively building these into school and university
curricula.