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 educational standard set by government. The impact of curriculum alignment cannot be over-emphasized because it is a driven-force that propels educators to a certain degree of accomplishment of job well done.

 

Staff Development

 

       Staff development is greatly essential to the successful implementation of curriculum alignment. Teachers must possess necessary skills in order to perform effectively in the classrooms. Rice and Howard (2003) stated that teachers and non-teachers were carefully selected and trained in curriculum alignment and assessment through workshops, training materials developed by the consultant and partnered conferences (p.37).Basic skills in curriculum alignment will help educators to implement it in the classroom with minimal supervision. Glatthorn, et al (2006) defined staff development as a concept to designate all those district and school programs, both formal and informal, offered to groups of teachers in response to organizational needs (p.234).

 

The Role of Educators in the Implementation of Curriculum Alignment

The engagement of educators is widely spread beyond a specific and the role of educators varies from place to place. Their primary objective is to ensure that curriculum alignment meets the educational goals of the student. Glatthorn (1999) stated that rather than focusing solely on the written, the tested, and the taught, alignment should be expanded so that it gives well beyond this restrictive focus (p.28). Educators in the implementation of curriculum are stakeholders that include teachers, principals, curriculum consultants and school administrators.

Conclusion

    This paper has greatly reviewed the importance of curriculum alignment and educators engagement in the school districts. It further discussed the impact of curriculum alignment, staff development to help teachers gains necessary skills to be more effective in the classrooms. The role of educators in the implementation of curriculum alignment also examined.

 

 

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