The curriculum should make it possible for students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to function effectively as an adult in our society. Each School Improvement Team should review the following descriptions, select the roles they believe should be made part of their school's plan and be incorporated into the District's plan so the curriculum in each school can be focused on and correlated to the same end-results for students.

Our society expects educated, mature, nondisabled adults to assume two (2) primary responsibilities which require the adult to participate in several roles if the responsibilities are to be fulfilled well enough to meet the needs of the individual and society.

Performing the tasks which provide for one's own needs and the needs of those for whom one is responsible.

Performing the tasks required to keep one's body and personality functioning efficiently and as free of disease and harm as possible.

Performing the tasks required to use one's mind to learn what is needed or desired.

Performing the tasks required to obtain needed and/or desired goods and services and to efficiently manage one's resources.

Performing the tasks needed to interact effectively and productively with others in the work and social environment.

Performing the tasks required to make justifiable judgments about beliefs, ideas, actions, things, events, and other phenomenon.

Performing the tasks, independently and in concert with others, to maintain and improve the functioning of society and the condition of the social/physical environment.

Performing the tasks associated with fulfilling one's responsibilities to help society survive and function effectively for the well-being of all of its members.

Performing the tasks associated with fulfilling one's responsibilities to help society maintain and, if possible, improve an environment in which human and other forms of life can survive and flourish.

Courtesy of the Institute for Curriculum and Instruction