AERO:SBC (Standards-Based Curriculum)
at the Potomac School
Academic Leaders Institute
June 22-27, 2008
The audience for this week-long institute is academic leaders (heads of school, principals, curriculum coordinators, or department heads) in schools that are planning to, or are in the process of, adopting a standards-based approach to curriculum. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with academic leadership peers in examining processes and structures that support schools in this process. The first part of the week will address the change process and will examine steps which best meet the needs of school staffs. In the second half of the week, participants will focus on standards-based curriculum, instruction and assessment as well as school-wide planning and mapping.
The work will be based on the standards developed by Project AERO. These can be viewed at www.projectaero.org. However, attendance at this workshop does not require a schools' adoption of the AERO standards.
The workshop will consider:
- The relationship of standards and benchmarks to curriculum
- The principles of "backwards design," moving from evidence of learning to instruction
- The role of assessment in standard-based curriculum
- Planning the long-term process of standards implementation
- Planning professional development
- Supporting faculty in the change process
Participants may choose to take this course for three university credit hours and apply this credit to the new AERO Certificate in Curriculum. For course participants earning university credit, the cost is $500. (For participants who are not earning university credit, there is no charge for the workshop.)
This workshop will be limited to 20 participants. Schools may send one or two academic leaders.
Please send or fax the completed registration form by March 14, 2008 to:
Lorna Little, Office of Overseas Schools
U.S. Department of State, Room H 328-SA1
Washington, DC 20522-0132
FAX (202) 261-8224
