Board Policy ICFA: Curriculum Guides and Course Outlines

COURSE GUIDES

| | | --- | | Mission: To provide the appropriate instructional materials/textbooks which best support the adopted curriculum. |

Each course in the Board adopted curriculum shall be supported by textbooks or instructional media which shall be aligned to each course as written in the course guide pursuant to policy IC. These materials will be selected during the regular curriculum cycle as the content is revised. Materials will be selected by the members of the curriculum writing committee during the year following the writing of the curriculum. The selected materials will be presented to the Board for adoption during April prior to the fall implementation of the curriculum system-wide. Once adopted, each teacher shall be provided with the resources to support the delivery of the curriculum as written in the course guide pursuant to Policy IC. All teachers shall use the adopted textbook/media with their students in the delivery of the adopted curriculum as written in the course guide pursuant to Policy IC. Proposals for substituting materials for use with the adopted curriculum shall be submitted to the Curriculum Design Department. Should the content appropriate committee within the Curriculum Design Department approve the proposal after piloting, the materials shall be submitted to the Board of Education through the appropriate Deputy and/or Associate Superintendent. Once adopted the materials shall be incorporated into the existing curriculum.