The Amazing Race

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The Amazing Race
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Leg One

• Time
• Planning by team
• Teaching mapping to staff
• Completing maps
• Collaborating on maps

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Leg Two

• Coordination
• Departments
• Grade levels
• Sister high school
• Feeder schools
• District administrators

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Navigating the Roadblocks

• No map to follow
• Do not rush stages(every school/staff is unique)
• Keep your eyes on the prize

Dinner at LaCaille, Utah
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Life on Ellis Lane

• Scurrying to complete map before the end of the
  school year
• Avoiding your complaining neighbor
• Motivating others to join the neighborhood
• Designating table assignments for a function
• Overlooking the neighbors on the next lane

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This Map is Your Map (with humble apologies to
Woody Guthrie) This map is your map, this map is
my map From essential questions, to finding the
gaps From patterns and trends, to repetitions
This map was made by you and meAs I was
assessing a new student I saw before me the map
my team sent I saw integrated curriculum This
map was made by you and me! With this procedure
the answers we find
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Our motto No child will be left behind The fog
was lifting over East High School This map was
made by you and me!As I was teachin I saw a
student and that student - was not learnin but
after modifyin - he was passin That grade was
made by you and me!This map is your map, this
map is my map From essential questions, to
finding the gaps From patterns and trends, to
repetitions This map was made by you and me!
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Guidance Template Curriculum map
for Counselor                                   
                                             
School Year
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Intervention Specialist Template Curriculum map
for Intervention Specialist                     
                                               
School Year
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Administration Template Curriculum map
for     Administrator                          
                                              
School Year
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Life Skills Template Curriculum map for 
Teacher                                         
                               
School Year
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Neighborhood Harmony

• Provide time
• Show sensitivity to needs of staff
• Encourage continually
• Join town watch

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Challenges

• Technology
• Strike
• Construction
• New tribe members
• Old tribe members
• Merging the tribe
• Forming alliances
• Tribal council
• Designing the camp

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Teacher (page 1 of 2) Subject
Date
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Teacher (page 1 of 2) Subject Date
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Teacher Subject School Year
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Ongoing Tribal Council

• Be positive
• Provide instruction/support
• Maintain sense of humor
• Continually increase alliances
• Debrief the show

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And the winners are.
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10. On the first day back from summer vacation,
the district implements new grading and
attendance programs with all 950 teachers
to be in-serviced in a one hour session
at the same time and yes, the computers
crash. Now it is time to introduce
mapping!
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9. Nov. 20th several teachers are wondering
where to get a curriculum mapping template.
8. World language teachers repeatedly ask, Why
should we map? Our books are the curriculum.
7. A teacher cant write an essential question
because he/she cant give a reason for
teaching the content.
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6. Feb 1st some teachers are wondering where
to get a curriculum mapping template.
5. Teachers of electives think curriculum
mapping is an elective activity.
4. Older teachers chant Scope and sequence
whenever mapping is mentioned
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3. Whenever a member of the mapping team
approaches, people scatter in all directions.
2. June 18th Oh , my map is due today!
Does anyone have a template?
1. The school year ended with an unresolved
contract for the 950 teachers.
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West Chester East High School Curriculum Mapping
Team Websitehttp//staff.wcasd.k12.pa.us/teache
rs/east_curriculum_mapping/
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