Catapult Mapping Quality!
Explore the breadth of your capabilities in Atlas to advance the quality of your curriculum. Discover how the quality of your maps can have significant impact on student achievement. Your discoveries will answer the following questions:

• What determines a quality map?
• How should one employ mapping rubrics to facilitate quality articulation and reflection?
• What constitutes a quality mapping process?

Diagnostic Curriculum Forensics Lab
Using the lens of quality, you will examine the different analytical tools available in Atlas to assist in driving curriculum conversations. Take the opportunity to dive into conversations that can uncover the clues to help move your curriculum to the next level.

• Explore the search and scope and sequence capabilities in Atlas
• Determine what curricular conversations are needed to further student achievement
• Examine different protocols to structure review of the curriculum

Build Tools and Resources*
Continue to expand the tools and resources you need by creating an interactive podcast for your team or brainstorming with colleagues from around the world on key items.

Participants will select one focused activity from one of the following:

• Create a podcast to:
  • Define what a quality map is at your school or district
  • Explore how to use the analytical tools to answer key curricular questions
    
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• Join a facilitated conversation in the morning focused on:
  • How to answer tough curricular questions
  • Reviewing the curriculum in a large district or campus

Adopting, Implementing and Analyzing a Standards Based Curriculum (2 Days)
Explore how standards are being used as a foundation for curriculum development and how Atlas supports this approach. Once the groundwork is set, review, interpret and analyze the standards and benchmarks to review the taught curriculum.

• Examine the different types of standards that are available.
• Explore how standards can be customized to meet the needs of your school or district.
• Review how schools are editing their own standards.
• Determine what standards and benchmarks are being set as goals compared to those assessed.
• View the variety of assessments being used to assess students.
• Create specific reports that can be used to facilitate review and critical conversations.
• Spend individual time with an Atlas consultant to answer any critical questions.
   

* As a prerequisite for the Build Tools and Resources workshop, participants must have attended a prior AEC workshop session, during either the same or a different visit.  Additionally, these workshops begin at 8:00 am.