Describe the school and community (use pseudonyms): # of students, age, cultural profile, academic profile, socioeconomic profile, etc.

1. Narrative Description (I want 3 pages and half for narrative)

a. Articulate your personal theory of curriculum:
i. Identify where you align yourself on the T-T-T (transmission, transaction, transformation) continuum, and explain why.
ii. Cite several theorists that have contributed to your personal curriculum theory.
iii. Identify how this theoretical perspective is applied to your understanding of:
1. The purpose of school
2. The teacher’s role
3. The student’s role
4. Learning experiences
5. Assessment practices
b. The context of your teaching:
i. Describe the school and community (use pseudonyms): # of students, age, cultural profile, academic profile, socioeconomic profile, etc. (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html)
ii. Describe the students: grade, # in the class, age, cultural profile, academic profile, socioeconomic profile, etc.
iii. Describe the learning environment: room arrangement, resources, interactions, etc.
iv. Describe the organization and structure of the content: organization of instruction, length of class, instructional strategies, available resources/limitations, etc. Describe using language from this course (eg., transmission, transaction, transformation, etc.)

c.Planning for instruction: (I want 9 pages for Planning for instruction)

i. Identify the grade level, subject/content, length of unit/lessons
ii. Explain how the unit outcomes align to SOLs/PA standards or Common Core/IEPs (or appropriate state/content standards)
iii. For the 10 research-based instructional strategies, 5 strategies of culturally responsive curricula, and 4 assessment strategies aligned with essential questions, identify the following:
1. Name of strategy.
2. Explain how you will use the strategy to facilitate student learning.
3. Explain how the strategy aligns with the T-T-T continuum.
4. Explain how the strategy aligns with your personal theory of curriculum.
5. Cite accordingly as per APA 6th edition.

2.Curriculum Map – Two word-processed curriculum maps: ( I want 3 pages for Curriculum Map)

a. A year/semester long curriculum map of the course. May be a district document or syllabus.
b. A unit curriculum map of the unit (minimum of 2 weeks/10 lessons) selected for this project from the year/semester long curriculum map of the course, which includes these components of the Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ model of curriculum mapping for each lesson (see Curriculum Map template):
i. Essential Questions (approx. 3/unit)
1. Broad, overarching questions for the unit
ii. Day/Period/Time of Lesson
iii. Content/Skills
1. List concepts, knowledge, and/or skills the students will learn
iv. Research-Based / Culturally Responsive Instructional Strategies
1. Per lesson, list all instructional activities.
2. In bold font, identify at least ten instructional strategies that apply learning from this course. These strategies are the same strategies described in the Narrative Description (section #1 above).
3. In bold italics, identify at least five culturally responsive approaches that apply learning from this course. These strategies are the same strategies described in the Narrative Description (section #1 above).
v. Assessment Strategies
1. Per lesson, list all assessment activities (formative/summarization, summative, diagnostic, etc.).
2. In underlined font, identify at least four examples of varied assessment strategies that will measure student learning of the content and apply learning from this course. These strategies are the same strategies described in the Narrative Description (section #1 above).

3. References :
List a minimum of 10 current resources consulted in your project according to APA 6th Edition format. See samples: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPAReferences.html
http://www.emu.edu/education/apa/

4. Evaluation
f. See attached rubric.
g. This project may not be submitted before the end of the course as it is expected that concepts from the entire course will be included in the project.
h. In keeping with EMU’s Academic Integrity policy, this assignment may not in any way duplicate or replicate any part of an assignment submitted for any other course if you wish to receive credit for this assignment.