Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum by Angela Lalor

Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum by Angela Lalor

We know that curriculum is the core of the classroom experience, but what makes a quality curriculum? How can educators be sure that what they teach is strongly aligned to the specific standards that their district or school has adopted? What kinds of lessons, learning experiences, and assessments are most effective, and how should they be embedded within the curriculum? You'll find the answers to these and many other questions in this definitive, step-by-step guide to curriculum design and evaluation.

Drawing from her work with teachers and administrators to facilitate curriculum development, Angela Di Michele Lalor offers targeted advice and real-life examples from elementary and secondary units of study across a variety of content areas and standards, as well as field-tested rubrics, protocols, and other tools. She provides criteria for evaluating each component of a curriculum and end-of-chapter checklists to help you ensure that the criteria are met.

Relevant to anyone who is creating or revising curriculum, or evaluating options among published alternatives, Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum is a comprehensive and accessible roadmap to developing a solid foundation for teaching and learning--and better results in the classroom.

Angela Di Michele Lalor is a national educational consultant and curriculum design expert who has facilitated schoolwide professional development initiatives for more than 20 years. Her primary focus has been helping districts develop curriculum, assessment, and instruction practices that reflect the vision and mission of their schools.

Lalor is also the author of Ensuring High-Quality Curriculum: How to Design, Revise, or Adopt Curriculum Aligned to Student Success, which provides a comprehensive guide for educators looking to create, revise, or evaluate curriculum. Additional information about Lalor and her work is available at adlalorconsulting.com. She can be reached at angela@adlalorconsulting.com and found on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/angela-di-michele-lalor-2319677b/) and Twitter (@ADiLalor).