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Getting Started with Curriculum Integration
“It is this culture of collaboration that will lead to the best learning.” – Stephen Noono
Prepared by: Laura Fidler, Instructional Manager, NAF
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Webinar Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will:
1. Understand the benefits and objectives of
curriculum integration
2. Learn techniques for engaging core curriculum
teachers
3. Discover important alignments between class work
and work-based learning experiences
Which ways do you integrate curriculum?
Overlapping Projects or
Classroom extension
activities
Language Arts
Overlapping
Content
Social Studies
Common
Themes/Concept
Mathematics
Work-Based
Learning
Benefits of Curriculum Integration
Effectively address academic and
technical standards
Add value to the
technical
curriculum,
especially for
NAF’s targeted
population
Give “punch” to
the technical curriculum and raise
academic achievement
Address
learning needs
for a diverse
group of
students
Make the
learning experience
engaging through
contextualization
Objective of NAF Academies:
College and Career Readiness for all
Continuum of Curriculum Integration:
Where Does Your Academy Fit?
Math
Arts
English
CTE
For
Lang
Sci
Soc
Stud
Single Subject
Parallel (Paired)
Interrelated
Conceptual
Individual teachers
make connections
within their own
classroom
Two teachers share
some topics, without
team planning
Several teachers
plan to
coordinate topics
and instruction
Teacher team uses a
concept to frame
instruction and create
curricular coherence
BEGINNING
INTERMEDIATE
ADVANCED
Engaging core curriculum teachers
• Team building
• Start small
– Curriculum access
• Introduce content of NAF courses
– Scope and Sequence
– Culminating Project
– Curriculum Integration suggestions
• Common core standards
• Look for ‘natural overlaps’
NAF Curriculum
Culminating projects are great way to incorporate
curriculum integration
How do the culminating projects for each course encourage collaboration across disciplines?
Academy Theme & Course
Culminating project example
Academy of Finance: Financial
Services
“How can we, as company representatives, develop
two profitable financial services products that
respond to the needs of our community?”
Academy of Information
Technology: Principles of
Information Technology
“How do we best design a ‘dream’ computer system
that meets a specific purpose and stays within
budget?”
Academy of Hospitality & Tourism: “How can we, as customer service consultants,
advise a hospitality- or tourism-related business to
Delivering Great Customer Service
improve its customer service?”
Alignments between class work and
work-based learning experiences
Questions to ask teachers
Do you know what
work-based learning
activities are offered
in your academy? If
so, how could you
possibly support this
activity in your class?
What aspects of the
physical layout of your
classroom simulate
the ‘real world of
work’? How can you
adjust accordingly?
Do you
incorporate group
work into any
class activity? If so,
is it assessed?
Aside from content,
what other skills are
needed to succeed or
are ‘indirectly taught’
in your class?
How can you
make it more
direct?
Does your academy
have a 4 year
sequenced workbased learning plan?
Considerations per grade level
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Skills and Attributes
Student Learning Outcomes
Work-Based Learning ‘activities’
Advisory Board
Look for natural overlaps
Example of Work-Based Learning Plan
Align classroom integration with student
learning outcomes
Where We Stand In Relation to Curriculum Integration
What We Have In Place
What We Need to Develop
• Teacher collaboration/buy-in?
• Common planning time?
• Curriculum content mapping with
clear scopes & sequences?
• Cohort scheduling?
• Work-Based Learning Plan?
eCollege course schedule 2012–2013
Immersion Courses
All Short Modules
Teaching the NAF Curriculum
January 28 – May 5
Introduction to
Spring 2013:
January 7 – May 31
Enrollment occurs monthly
Academy Leadership
Spring 2013:
February 4 – April 28
Evan Watkins: [email protected]
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Have we met our goals?
NAF Regional Support
Northeast Region
Tanya Navas, Regional Director [email protected]
Laura Fidler, Instructional Manager [email protected]
Maria Alutto, Academy Development Director [email protected]
Sarah Hickert, Academy Development Manager NYC [email protected]
Jen Geisler, Network Liaison [email protected]
Central Region
Rebecca Privett, Regional Director [email protected]
Jessica Felix, Academy Development Manager [email protected]
Fred Press, Network Liaison [email protected]
Dan Wallace, Instructional Manager [email protected]
West Region
Beth Kay, Regional Director [email protected]
Morgan Pulleyblank, Academy Development Mgr
[email protected]
Aazam Irilian, Instructional Manager [email protected]
Ana Morrison, Network Liaison [email protected]
Southeast Region
Jeanine Flynn, Regional Director [email protected]
Steve Brown, Academy Development Director [email protected]
Jeanne Friedman, Academy Development Director
[email protected]
Dan Wallace, Instructional Manager [email protected]
Tony Asplin, Network Liaison [email protected]