The core business of the Office of Curriculum and Instruction is to promote, implement and support research-based practices for instructional leadership and teaching designed to provide meaningful and engaged student learning.


CURRICULUM IS:
· What students should know, be able to do, and be committed to (CONTENT)
· How it is taught (INSTRUCTION)
· How it is measured (ASSESSMENT)

ESSENTIALS OF CURRICULUM:
· Balanced Core
· Standards Based
· Coherent
· Consistent
· Challenging, high expectations for all
· Differentiated Instruction

OFFICE of CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION'S STRATEGIC VISION (2009-2014)

DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2009-2010

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Our Preschool Program has two sessions this year. There is an a.m. session and a p.m. session. Classes are currently filled for the 2011-12 school year.  Eligible children will be placed on a waiting list.  Openings are filled as they occur.

Applications are now being accepted for the waiting list for 2011-12. 

THE 21st CENTURY PROGRAM
Developing tomorrow’s leaders, today!

The 21st Century Community Learning Center is designed to develop community learning centers that will increase learning opportunities and enrichment support to students, families, and community members. This program will focus on helping students meeting academic standards in core subject areas such as reading and math.

SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (SES) PROGRAM
For the 2011-2012 school year, eligible Abraham Lincoln School, J.F. Kennedy/Rockside School and Stafford/Barack Obama School students may take advantage of these services.

In 2002, Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act. The Supplemental Educational Services (SES) provision of the law provides free tutoring services in Reading and Math to students in schools that have not met Annual Yearly Progress  over a three year period. There is no cost to these tutoring services to parents/guardians.