| School District Of Westfield |
| Bylaws & Policies |
2210 - CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
The Board of Education recognizes its responsibility for the quality of the educational program of the schools. To this end, the curriculum shall be developed, evaluated, and adopted on a continuing basis and in accordance with a plan for curriculum growth established by the District Administrator.
The Board directs that the curriculum of this District:
| A. | provides instruction in courses consistent with statute and regulations of the Department of Public Instruction or appropriate State agency; | |
| B. | ensures, consistent with 115 Wis. Stats. and other applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, that special learning needs of students are provided for in the context of the regular program or classroom and provides for effective coordination with programs or agencies that are needed to meet those needs that cannot be dealt with in the regular program or classroom; | |
| C. | consistent with 118.30 Wis. Stats., incorporates State-recommended performance standards for students as the basis for determining how well each student is achieving curriculum objectives; | |
| D. | provides that, in the social studies curriculum, instruction in the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of Federally-recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin takes place at least twice in the elementary grades and once in the high school grades. |
As educational leader of this District, the District Administrator shall be responsible to the Board for the development and evaluation of curriculum.
The District Administrator and/or Director of Instruction shall make progress reports to the Board periodically.
The District Administrator and/or Director of Instruction may conduct such innovative programs as are deemed to be necessary to the continuing growth of the instructional program and to better ensure accomplishment of the District's educational goals. Each such innovative program must be consistent with Chapter 118 and appropriate State regulations and receive the approval of the Board.
The District Administrator and/or Director of Instruction shall report each such innovative program to the Board along with its objectives, evaluative criteria, and costs before it is initiated.
Unless the Board disapproves, the District Administrator and/or Director of Instruction may proceed to conduct the program.
The Board directs the District Administrator to pursue actively State and Federal aid in support of the District's innovative activities.
118.01, 118.24, Wis. Stats.
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