CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT, AND CATHOLIC INTEGRATION

Catalog description

This course studies various aspects of leading and continuous improvement of the Catholic school curriculum toward Academic Excellence and includes: curriculum theory, design, structure and evaluation; promoting literacy and evidenced based pedagogy; recognizing and adapting for possible barriers to learning and achievement gaps; responding to individual needs; lesson planning and curriculum mapping; the relationship of culture and education; textbook evaluation; data and technology in the curriculum, delivery and evaluation; evaluating the quality of cultural and literary texts for a Catholic school; an introduction to the liberal arts curriculum and related classical liberal arts education and great books curriculums; interpreting and evaluating curriculum light of school mission; threats from modern curricula; the role of standards; alignin g standards to content delivery and evaluation; The Catholic Curriculum Standards and Standards for Christian Anthropology.