| Purpose
Public education
provides planned instruction to enable students to attain State and
local academic standards. A Planned Course of Study shall be prepared
for each course of study required by the State, by the Board, or both.
Once approved, it is the responsibility of all appropriate certificated
staff members to successfully implement the Board approved curriculum.
Planned instruction consists of at least the following elements for
each planned course of study, instructional unit, or interdisciplinary
curriculum.
Elements
- Specific
and measurable objectives directly related to the academic standards
to be achieved by students.
- Content
to be used to reach objectives including materials and activities.
-
Estimated instructional time to be devoted to achieving objectives.
- Procedures
for measurement of student progress on the objectives.
- An explanation
of how student grades will be determined.
Scope
The successful
completion of each planned course of study shall represent the minimum
requirement. Within this framework, each teacher may supplement
the approved planned course of study with the prior written permission
of the Principal and the Assistant Superintendent in order to meet the
identified data-based needs of students.
Responsibility
The Superintendent
or designee shall be responsible to assure the development of planned
courses of study, and shall develop a plan for such preparation, which
includes:
- The participation
of appropriate staff members and resource personnel.
- Continuing
research in instructional methods, materials, and activities.
- Systematic
review of all planned courses to insure their continuing usefulness
in achieving established goals.
- A system
of administrative review to insure that planned courses are being
successfully implemented by teaching staff members.
Copies of
all current planned courses of study shall be kept on file in a location
designated by the Superintendent or designee.
Only those
planned courses of study on file constitute courses of study officially
adopted by the Board.
Parents may
exercise their right to have their child excused from specific instruction
that conflicts with their religious beliefs by directing a written request
to their child’s building principal in timely fashion, who will then
coordinate a scheduled appointment to review and act upon that request
in writing. |