Curriculum & Assessment Support
We offer a variety of options to support you with Curriculum and Assessments!
Review the offerings below to get an idea of how we can help!
You can also contact us with questions, or to get a custom-tailored plan.
The SAT prep is more clear, and understandable. The resources for students/teachers are awesome.
This training not only gave me strategies, but it also gave me avenues of continuing the learning through books and other avenues.
This past year spent with April has been phenomenal. She has a true talent for picking up on our individual/district needs while still expertly imparting the information intended for us.
Our Curriculum Specialists will lead your ELA, Math, or Science team through the Rigorous Curriculum Design model. This five day process is spread out to ensure maximum success. Your teachers will learn the process of prioritizing standards, grouping them into units of study, designing common formative assessments, creating engaging learning experiences, differentiating instruction, and much more.
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ILEARN: Setting Students up for Success Grades 3-8
Are you fully aware of how the new ILEARN Assessment will be changing for the 2024-25 school year pilot program and fully in 2025-2026 school year? Do you struggle to find all the resources required to completely understand the 2023 Indiana Academic Standards for ELA and Math and how they will be assessed on the new ILEARN Assessment? Do you spend day after day working hard on reading and math skills with your students only to have them struggle to show progress? Do you want to help improve your ILEARN Assessment scores?
Join April Connelley for ELA and Bill Reed for math, to get one simple easy to use spreadsheet that will include all the resources you need for your specific 2023 Indiana Academic Standards and learn how they will be assessed on the new ILEARN Assessment. Learn exactly when each standard will be assessed on the ILEARN CheckPoint Assessments and which standards will be on the summative ILEARN Assessment at the end of each school year. Learn when teach each standard. You will also, learn how to use your classroom instruction to maximize students’ achievement on the new ILEARN CheckPoint and Summative Assessments. You will be provided with resources that show the types of questions used on the ILEARN Assessments as well as best practices that you can use to increase student performance for those questions. You will receive many valuable resources, activities, and ideas for increasing student performance and they will be modeled for you throughout the professional development.
Audience – Grades 3 – 8 – Administrators, Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Testing Coordinators
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Do you know what will be assessed on the Reading & Writing and Math sections of the Digital PSAT & SAT Assessments? Do you need to raise your PSAT and SAT scores for school accountability? Are your non-college bound students unmotivated to take the PSAT and SAT? Do you know simple and easy steps you can use to help ALL students perform their best on the Digital PSAT & SAT Assessments. Do your teachers think that the PSAT and SAT are only for the English and math departments?
Bill Reed will outline and provide in-depth details of exactly what will be assessed on the Digital PSAT and SAT Assessments. Learn how getting all teachers in all subjects working together can help your students perform their best on the Digital PSAT and SAT. You will be provided with resources detailing how you can use simple and easy methods to help students perform their best on the PSAT and SAT Assessments. Find out how scores can be used by everyone, including students NOT going to a 4-year college, which can help motivate the unmotivated students to score their best!
You will receive copy-ready information, materials, and resources that you can disseminate to parents and students to help them better understand and prepare for the Digital PSAT and SAT. We will delve into the types of questions used on the Digital PSAT and SAT as well as the best practices teachers of all subjects can use to increase student performance. Additionally, you will receive valuable classroom resources, activities, and ideas for helping students achieve their best possible scores.
Audience– Grades 9 – 12 – Administrators, Teachers, Instructional Coaches, Instructional Aides
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High School Math Course Sequencing and Changes for Student Success
Do you struggle with which high school math course sequence (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 OR Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry) is best for your students? Is your screening process for placement in a student's initial math course helping your students succeed? Do you have students struggling to complete their Core 40 math requirements by passing Algebra 2? Do you want more students taking higher level math classes beyond Algebra 2?
Join Bill Reed as he lays out ways to increase student success in Algebra 2 by integrating simple steps like ordering math courses and including more Algebra skills in Geometry. Learn how to create a strategic screening process for student placement in their initial high school math class. We will also model how effective teachers use a variety of question types to assess and gather evidence of student thinking and learn how this will improve your teaching effectiveness. You will also learn how to utilize current IDOE math course offerings to help your students complete the required Core 40 math courses and fulfill their greatest potential.
Audience– Grades 9 – 12 - District Administrators, Stie Administrators, Curriculum Directors, Math Coaches, Administrators, Teachers, Instructional Aides
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