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SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WAUPACA

SERIES 300 INSTRUCTION CODE: 330

Curriculum Development and Improvement


The major objective of curriculum development is to improve the District’s educational
offerings and its instructional activities and practices in order to increase student
engagement in the learning process and improve student achievement. The School Board
will provide the resources to develop and implement the curriculum within the financial
capabilities of the District. The District's curriculum and instructional programs shall be
in line with the state’s educational standards, goals, and expectations; other applicable
legal requirements; and the local goals and standards established by the Board and/or the
administration.

To the extent consistent with the remainder of this policy, the Board delegates
responsibility for the development, evaluation and improvement of the curriculum to the
District’s professional staff, under the leadership and direction of the District
Administrator, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, building principals, and other
administrators who have direct responsibilities in instructional areas.

Curriculum and instructional program development should be a participatory process


within the District.

1. Communication and coordination among grade level and subject area teachers
should be emphasized on a K-12 basis whenever curriculum is developed or
evaluated. The Board encourages the use of intra-disciplinary and inter-
disciplinary work teams.

2. The Board encourages practices that seek to engage the broader community in the
evaluation of curriculum and instruction and in generating ideas for
improvement.

3. The Board’s belief is that all instructional personnel have a professional


obligation to participate in and contribute to the curriculum development and
evaluation processes.

4. Curriculum development and evaluation should be guided and supported by


appropriate internal and external research.

5. The Board expects that the District’s professional educators will seek and utilize
resources and expertise from outside the District as they strive to develop and
improve the effectiveness of the District’s curriculum.

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The District Administrator, or an appropriately-licensed designee, shall develop and
implement a District curriculum plan to structure the curriculum development,
evaluation, and improvement process.

As part of the District-level plan, the District shall develop and maintain sequential
curriculum guides, in either a print or electronic format, in the various subject areas
identified in state law.

1. These guides shall provide the instructional framework for each broad area of
study, and for specific courses.

2. Each guide shall specify the sequential learning objectives for the subject area and
the core course content; identify the instructional resources that are available for
each course/grade; identify appropriate means of student assessment; and include
a program evaluation method.

3. The guides shall be aligned with applicable standards and goals. Explicit
connections should be made between the standards and goals that are being
addressed by particular curricular objectives and content.

4. The guides shall also be aligned with the District’s locally-established learning
goals and objectives. Explicit connections should be made between the local goals
and objectives that are being addressed by the specific learning objectives and
content of a given course of study.

The Board shall make decisions to add or remove District programs and areas of study.
However, subject to the limitations and expectations defined in this policy, the
administration shall have authority to approve and implement revisions to the various
curriculum guides created for various subject areas. Within the programs and among the
various courses and areas of study that have been approved by the Board, the District
Administrator and building principals may also decide, without obtaining Board
approval, whether a particular course, class, or curricular activity will be offered in a
given semester term, or school year.

Instructional personnel are responsible for providing student instruction that is consistent
with applicable academic and instructional standards, the approved curriculum, any
mandatory instructional elements or assessments that are included in the relevant
curriculum guide(s), and such other directives or expectations as may be established by
the employee’s supervising administrator(s). In most cases, these general boundaries are
expected to leave instructional staff with reasonable professional latitude to creatively
define particular instructional activities, approaches to instruction, assignments, and
means of assessment that will further the objective of improving student engagement and
student learning, and that will also further the District’s locally-established learning goals
and objectives for students.

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The District Administrator, or an appropriately licensed designee, shall establish,
continuously monitor, and revise as necessary (e.g., due to newly issued standards or due
to targeting a specific area for improvement) a schedule for conducting periodic program
evaluations in each area of study that is covered by the District’s sequential curriculum
guides. After reviewing the results of such periodic evaluations, the District
Administrator shall provide the Board with any reports and recommendations for possible
Board action that he/she deems necessary or prudent.

ADOPTED: 031417
REVISED:
REVIEWED:
LEGAL REFERENCE:
WISCONSIN STATUTES
Section 118.01 [state educational goals and expectations]
Section 118.015 [development of a comprehensive reading curriculum]
Section 118.019 [human growth and development instruction]
Section 118.30(1g)(a)1 [board adoption of academic standards]
Section 120.12(14) [school board duty to determine school course of study]
Section 120.13 [school board broad power to do all things reasonable for cause of education]
Section 121.02 [school district standards; generally]
Section 121.02(1)((k) [school district standards; curriculum plans]
Section 121.02(1)(L) [school district standards; required instruction]
WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PI 8 [school district standards, generally]
PI 8.01(2)(k) [curriculum plan requirements for school districts]
CONTRACT REFERENCE:
CROSS REFERENCE:

The School District of Waupaca is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The School District of Waupaca does not discriminate on the
basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical,
mental, emotional or learning disability.

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