CUR 512 - Curriculum Analysis and Planning

Credits: 3
Prerequisites CUR 501, CUR 503 and CUR 509
This course explores processes for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of a given curriculum to meet national, state, and local content standards. Candidates will reflect upon the curriculum they are assigned to teach and the effectiveness of their implementation of that curriculum. Consideration will also be given to the resources of the local educational community dedicated to support curriculum. At the completion of the course, candidates should be confident of their own ability to analyze the approved curriculum provided to them, adapt the curriculum for the student population they are assigned to teach, and determine the effectiveness of these adaptations.