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Performance in Education: Curriculum Alignment and Educators Engagement

Performance in Education: Curriculum Alignment and Educators Engagement Introduction        This paper examines the relationship between curriculum alignment and educators engagement in schools. It further discusses the impact of curriculum alignment in school districts, benefit of curriculum alignment, role of educators in the implementation of curriculum alignment and staff development.   The Impact of Curriculum Alignment in School Districts   The methodology of curriculum alignment helps educators to follow specific learning guidelines set by state and federal government in order to improve student academic performance. Glatthorn et.al (2006) recognized that the written curriculum, it is assumed, represents a district-wide consensus about instructional objectives and their relative importance for a given group of learners (p.278). Curriculum alignment drives every teacher to work hard in meeting the basic requirement of educ...

Performance in Education: Unique Curriculum Ensures Performance in Special Education

Performance in Education: Unique Curriculum Ensures Performance in Special Education Introduction              This paper will discuss unique curriculum ensures performance in special education. Curricular trend in special education has been a concern to educators and student. The impact of curriculum and its development in special education will be analyzed. Diversity in special education will also be reviewed. Curriculum Trend in Special Education              Change is necessary in curriculum development and that is the only way teachers can learn new methodology of dealing with issues facing special education on a global scale. Sands et al (1995) stated that the issues of special education curriculum raise concerns regarding teacher preparation and practice (p.68). Teachers must be given necessary tools that will help them to teach special education subjects. W...