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2220 - ADOPTION OF COURSES OF STUDY
The Board of Education shall provide a comprehensive instructional program to serve the educational needs of the students of this District. In furtherance of this goal and pursuant to law, the Board shall periodically adopt courses of study.
No course study shall be taught in the schools of this District unless it has been adopted by the Board. The Board shall determine which units of the instructional program constitute courses of study and are thereby subject to the adoption procedures of the Board.
The Superintendent shall recommend to the Board such courses of study as are deemed to be in the best interests of the students. The Superintendent's recommendation shall include the following information about each course of study:
| A. | Its applicability to students and an enumeration of those groups of students to be affected by it; | |
| B. | The intended learning outcome(s), defined in terms of how the learning is applied; | |
| C. | Its scope and sequence and a statement of the rationale used to determine the amount and type of instructional time needed to accomplish the objectives at each level; | |
| D. | Its justification in terms of the goals of this District, especially when it is proposed to take the place of an existing course of study; | |
| E. | Its instructional methods and learning strategy including the manner in which the learning of democratic principles and ethics is provided for, if appropriate to the content of the course; | |
| F. | Its implementation and the resources it will require, including instructional materials, and special equipment; | |
| G. | Its staffing requirements, including the qualifications of existing staff, the need for special training of existing staff or the addition of specially trained personnel; | |
| H. | Its assessment which includes criteria and standards. |
The learning that results from each course of study shall be durable, significant, and transferable and require a high level of student achievement of clearly-defined, cumulative performance objectives.
The plan for student assessment for each course of study shall include the criteria and standards that will be used to determine when students may need to participate in remedial, supplemental, or accelerated activities in order to ensure that each student has been provided the opportunity to achieve at his/her optimum level.
Each course of study is intended to provide a basic framework for instruction and learning. Within this framework, each teacher shall use the course of study in a manner best designed to meet the needs of the students for whom s/he is responsible. Any deviation from its content shall be approved in accordance with the Superintendent's administrative guidelines.
The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines which provide for the development of individual learning plans that contain pre and post assessment activities as well as instructional activities for implementing each course of study. Such plans shall also provide for proper record-keeping and periodic reporting of student performance.
In keeping with the Board's commitment to the school improvement process, such guidelines shall also provide for the appropriate participation of staff, parents, students, individuals, and community organizations in the review of the District's courses of study.
The Superintendent shall maintain a current list of all courses of study offered by this District and shall provide each member of the Board with a current list of all courses of study.
M.C.L.A. 380.1277, 380.1278, 380.1282, 388.1621