NSU Curriculum Plan Essay

The purpose of this assignment is to create a curriculum development, design, implementation, and evaluation process for your content area in an educational setting. Your written assignment should be in the form of a proposal which you might submit to a school board as your proposal for the plan. All aspects of the proposal should align with each other in philosophy and approach. You must use APA level 1 headings for each of the aspects listed below. This paper should be between 2100-3000 words in length.

The final document must explicitly and fully address (explain) and exemplify the following aspects:

· Context – description of the school or district including information about the number of students and teachers, size of community, and other demographic information.

· Educational philosophy statement, the organization’s beliefs about the     teaching/learning process.

· Vision, mission, statement of purpose (rationale) for curriculum development/renewal.

· Describe the curriculum design you will follow. What will work best in your setting?     Explain why you have chosen this design (how it fits in with your philosophy and      rationale). Include a discussion of technology in the design process.

· Describe the curriculum development process. Is it technical or non-technical? Who      determines or develops the curriculum? What model will you use and why? What types               of aims, goals, and objectives will be included (cognitive, behavioral, etc. Make sure it is          consistent with your philosophy and purpose. You need only provide a few examples of          each).

· Describe the implementation process. Is it a technical or non-technical model? What is

the culture of the school? How will it affect the implementation? What type of communication plan will be utilized? What support and resources will be included? How

           will the plan address resistances to change, at all levels? Who will be the key players?

· Describe the evaluation process. What evaluation model will you use and why? How

does it  fit in with the design and implementation models you chose?