RM-S&S

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WHEN I'M A TEACHER...the district will just TELL me what to teach and how to do it, right?
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Scope and sequence is simply the WHAT and WHEN of student knowledge, understanding, and skills to be attained. It IS a big deal--it guides our instruction. Determined primarily by the national legislature, it is revised and adopted by state legislature who then receive input from school districts and grant some flexibility in adoption. As a result, each school district makes available to their stakeholders (students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members) what content subjects will be taught and at what grade level and in what sequence.

Scope and sequence is usually prescribed in a matrix / chart with embedded or attached documents providing more detail. S cope and sequence documents are intended to serve as general guides to help teachers and curriculum developers align their curricula and instruction to support the National, State and District Standards of Learning. The samples you will see are organized around specific standards to help teachers present information in an organized, articulated manner. Scope and sequence guides are not intended to prescribe exactly how curriculum should be developed or how instruction should be delivered. Instead, it provides examples showing how teachers and school divisions might present information to students in a logical and effective manner information that has been aligned with the Standards of Learning. Teachers should correlate the scope and sequence content identified in the guides with available instructional resources and develop lesson plans to support instruction.