Code No.: 602.3
CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION
Policy: Without careful and continuing attention to implementation, planned changes in curriculum and
instruction rarely succeed as intended. How change is put into practice, to a large extent, determines how
well it fares.
Implementation refers to what actually happens in practice as compared to what was supposed to happen.
Curriculum implementation includes the provision of organized assistance to staff in order to ensure that
the newly developed curriculum and the most powerful instructional strategies are actually delivered at
the classroom level. There are two components of any implementation effort that must be present to
guarantee the planned changes in curriculum and instruction succeed as intended:
Understanding the conceptual framework of the content/discipline being implemented; and,
Organized assistance to understand the theory, observe exemplary demonstrations, have
opportunities to practice, and receive coaching and feedback focused on the most powerful
instructional strategies to deliver the content at the classroom level.
The Superintendent or designee is responsible for curriculum implementation and for determining the
most effective way of providing organized assistance and monitoring the level of implementation. A
curriculum framework will describe the processes and procedures that will be followed to assist all staff
in developing the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully implement the developed curriculum in
each content area. This framework will, at a minimum, describe the processes and procedures for the
following curriculum implementation activities to:
Study and identify the best instructional practices and materials to deliver the content;
Describe procedures for the purchase of instructional materials and resources;
Identify/develop exemplars that demonstrate the learning behaviors, teaching, and learning
environment to deliver the content;
Study the current status of instruction in the content area (how teachers are teaching);
Compare the desired and present delivery system, identify differences (gap analysis), and develop
a plan for addressing the differences;
Organize staff into collaborative study teams to support their learning and implementation efforts
(address the gaps);
Provide ongoing professional development related to instructional strategies and materials that
focuses on theory, demonstration, practice, and feedback;
Regularly monitor and assess the level of implementation;
Communicate with internal and external publics regarding curriculum implementation;
Involve staff, parents (Guardians), students, and community members in curriculum
implementation decision.
It is the responsibility of the Superintendent or Designee to keep the Board apprised of curriculum
implementation activities, progress of each content area related to curriculum implementation activities,
and to develop administrative regulations for curriculum implementation including recommendations to
the Board.
Approved
Revised 1/17/00
Revised 3/01/04
Revised10/1/07
Reviewed 1/5/09
Revised 2/1/16