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How can we design curriculums to prepare our learner for the future? 💭💬

 Mapping ðŸ’­ðŸ’¬

** Only One Rule of Engagement! 

Mapping is A Solution for:

  1. Gain Information: from previous levels to avoid repetition “redundancy”

  2. Identify Gaps: we have some gaps. 

  3. Align standards: do not teach standards instead demonstrate how to master them

  4. Integrate Curriculum: must be a natural integration - not a forced one. 

  5. Upgrade for Timeliness

  6. Design for internal Coherence: “architect” analogy, who is the building for? Are you building your thoughts? 


Four Phase Implementation Model for Mapping

  1. Foundation: unpacking students needs; have a mission; Who are your learners? Have a clear reason embraced by your school and to respond to the population. 

    1. Pedagogy/Mission: To inform, personal, family, school, local context and global challenges.

    2. Department grade level decision making: curriculum and instructional design choices

    3. Teacher design choices k-12 subjects, interdisciplinary themes

Sources: Future forward learning goals. 

Learners as an agent of change

Clarifying the role of standards: they are proficiency targets not curriculum

Hazards of cherry-picking standards

Targets bundles of standard in a year long context 

Using standards


  1. Mapping Process: 

    1. Creating a year long context tool

    2. Connect standard to our work, central idea, theme,  connections

    3. Laying out standards deliberately across the year 

  2. Informing maps with assessment

  3. Upgrade maps to be responsive and timely