Curriculum Blog - Sandra Barton Smith

What's going on around us? Plenty!

At the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Career and Technical Education (CTE) is part of the college and career-readiness initiatives.

Washington STEM was launched in March 2011 and this website serves as a hub of conversations and initiatives occurring regionally and throughout the nation. Advocating for STEM education is core through teaching and learning, experiences outside of the classrooms, and developing ...

The data is in and the reports are ready! This year, the Office for Catholic Schools is happy to report that we are have an ADVANCED Search feature available on most reports allows our schools leaders to filter and sort the annual data collection more comprehensively to assist schools with future planning and a deeper sense of data analysis.

School Annual Data Report - The annual school data book includes the NCEA data collection that is required to report. By following this link, ...

Science Standards at OSPI are transforming!

http://www.k12.wa.us/Science/NGSS.aspx Through a collaborative, state-led process, new standards called the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are being developed that will be rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades, to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education.

The National Research Council (NRC), National Science Teachers Association, the American ...

Policy 2.3A in the Policies and Procedures Manual states, "The basic curriculum of Catholic schools shall seek to teach all students basic values, curriculum content, and skills, while providing for a variety of student needs. The basic curriculum shall conform to the laws of the State of Washington as set forth in Chapter 28A.195 RCW and 180-90-160 WAC."

Our Catholic schools are taking many of our curriculum signals from the state of Washington (OSPI), the SMARTER Balanced Assessment ...

Tony Wagner in his book, The Global Achievement Gap, states that 21^st century skills learned through the curriculum (which is interdisciplinary, integrated, project-based, and more) are enhanced by utilizing these seven essential skills:

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Collaboration across Networks and Leading

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