If it stands, this is a tremendous victory for the students of Cave Creek Unified and long time in coming. Too long.
The bad news, the remaining choices are middling at best.
We will have a great deal more to say on this, but for the time being we have a member trying quite hard to give the committee input, feedback, and constructive suggestions. Whether they listen remains to be seen.
You put this up two days ago. Not one comment. People seem to comment much more when they do not like a CCUSD staff member or the closure of a school community, rather than curriculum choices. Sad, but true.
ReplyDeleteWhat's there to say "Congratulations after 10 years you finally realized EM was a really bad curriculum choice" Let's see where have I heard that. Has anyone taken a look at the math choices? Does anyone in the district know there is a new K-8 textbook adoption? Maybe everyone was satisfied with EM and CMP. Or maybe it should be on the front of the district website not buried under the committee link. I have spoken to more than a few teachers who had no idea there was a textbook adoption taking place. Why not reach out to your own teachers for input. I'm sure there are teacher reps on the committee but why not ask them to stop by and take a look. BMES had the info posted in there bulletin but when I tried to look at the adoptions the FAC doors were locked. I think our community really would care if given the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteFYI ---Mr. Hill, the DWES principal, put out a notice in the weekly school flyer (e-mail) about the textbook adoption and that copies of the proposed choices were available for review at the school. He invited all to come take a look.
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ReplyDeletePerhaps it is because without good administrators and excellent teachers with excemplary professional development it really doesn't matter what the curriculum is...the outcome will not be successful.
As a parent, do you really know what to look for in terms of curriculum? Do you go by what you "hear is good" or do you actually feel confident you know how to evaluate the materials to see if the curriculum 1.) addresses state standards since that is what all CCUSD success is built on. 2.) Is something our teachers will teach well -- or is there enough professional development $$ built into the curriculum adoption to ensure it is implemented effectively.
ReplyDeleteHow is it going to be implemented? Is it going to be rolled out or immediatel applied to all grades? What is the advantage of continuously changing math curriculum?
Has EM (though I know Watch doesn't like it...) actually been around long enough to evaluate its effectiveness for someone who started with it in kindergarten and graduated high school? I know it hasn't been around that long...so we are again changing before any student has even had a chance to experience a full cycle of the curriculum.
I'm just asking...I know that since its implementation the test scores have been going up in math...at least they did at my child's school.
Anyway, if we as parents do not feel qualified to make a curricular decision I guess the only thing we can do is hope the committee put together to make this evaluation had the information/skill they need to make the best decision possible for our students.
That goes back to administration. If we do not trust the decisions of the administration or doubt the professionalism, then that puts doubt on the curriculum evaluation process...
Sorry but the parents who care about the curriculum have already left the building.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that the parents who care about curriculum have left the building. The parents who left cared more about "the Building"
ReplyDeleteIf they gave a darn about curriculum, "where" the kids were taught would have meant less to them than "what" the kids were taught.
To those that left CCUSD Bon Voyage and good luck at your new school districts where you are one among 25 to 30,000 and not one among 6,000.
7:10pm... don't be in such a rush to your assumption that those who left cared about "the building". We removed our middle schooler NOT because of the "building" --that's superficial --but because the teachers and cirriculum were not up to snuff at those grade levels in our opinion. There are others I know for a fact that feel the same way. If the job could get done in a one room schoolhouse, that would be fine. You are too quick to judge...
ReplyDeleteI don't give a darn about the old building that my child has been in from his very beginning at BMES. it was never about the building. It was about a great Principal, teachers that loved being there and loved teaching my child. That atmosphere is dead and gone. I care about what he was learning from those great teachers...they figured out a way with old text books...my kid learned. That is gone...
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