International Center for Leadership in Education

Curriculum Matrix Series

NEW ! - Setting Social Studies Priorities Using the Social Studies Curriculum Matrix

Social studies education is critical to developing tomorrow’s informed and interested citizens, as well as future economists, financial advisors, politicians, and community activists. High-achieving schools bring focus to their instructional programs by using data to answer three questions:

What is on the state social studies test(s)?
What will students need to know and be able to do after they graduate?
What knowledge and insight must students develop to prepare them for citizenship and to interact with various cultures and societies?

This kit, which includes professional development activities, provides answers to these questions. The kit is available in the online store for $295.

Achieving AYP Using State-specific Curriculum Matrix Data

This kit provides comprehensive user-friendly crosswalks of your state standards to state assessments in English language arts, math, and science and to the International Center’s Essential Skills. Useful and immediately applicable high, medium, and low priorities are assigned to the standards based on the crosswalks. The kit also includes:

professional development activities to help educators set instructional priorities, improve pedagogical skills, and teach for rigor and relevance
150 Gold Seal Lessons linked to essential skills for grades K-12

This kit includes a CD and is available in the online store for $295.

Academic Excellence Through Career and Technical Education — A Resource Kit Incorporating the CTE Curriculum Matrix

This specialized kit will help to focus instruction in CTE on the skills and knowledge students will need for success both on your state-mandated tests and in their adult and work worlds. It provides:

comprehensive CTE Curriculum Matrix data on the test priorities that can be addressed in CTE programs/courses crosswalks to your individual state standards
video presentations that capture key aspects of strengthening CTE
Gold Seal Lessons to teach essential skills/standards in the context of CTE
professional development activities

This kit includes a DVD and is available in the online store for $295.

Improving Performance for Special Education Students — With Curriculum Matrix Data for Meeting AYP

This kit is intended to assist administrators and teachers in improving the performance of students with disabilities who take part in the general education curriculum and related state assessment program. It includes:

an essential discussion on the importance of raising expectations
an assessment tool for effective instructional programs geared to special education students
practical ideas for K-12 classrooms to help improve student performance
professional development activities to help educators set instructional priorities, improve pedagogical skills, and teach for rigor and relevance
a comprehensive K-12 Curriculum Matrix for English language arts, mathematics, and science crosswalks to your individual state standards

This kit includes a CD and is available in the online store for $295.

Meeting High Academic Standards Through Arts Education — A Resource Kit Incorporating the Arts Curriculum Matrix

With the ongoing emphasis on high-stakes testing, schools need to provide multiple pathways to success for students by focusing on their strengths and interests. This specialized kit will help educators:

implement a highly successful discipline-based arts education program that assists all learners with improved academic performance.
prioritize curriculum through a comprehensive K-12 Arts Education Curriculum Matrix that crosswalks high-priority English language arts, math, and science standards to visual arts, dance, music, and theatre with your individual state standards
integrate professional development activities that help educators set instructional priorities, improve pedagogical skills, and teach for rigor and relevance

This kit is available in the online store for $295.

No Child Left Behind State-specific Resource Kit for School Leaders

While the AYP challenges of No Child Left Behind may be steep, the reality is that:

our technological world demands a higher level of academic competency than ever before
the push for higher standards has continued unabated for two decades and is not going away
all students deserve a rigorous and relevant educational experience

This kit, which includes a comprehensive K-12 Curriculum Matrix of English language arts, math, and science standards crosswalked to your individual state standards and professional development activities, can help administrators move their schools closer to that end. This kits is available in the online store for $295.