The personal curriculum (PC), requested by the parent, legal guardian, or emancipated student, allows the board of a school district or public school academy to award a high school diploma providing the student completes the PC, including as many of the content expectations of the MMC as practicable.
Adolescent literacy is the engaged thinking during reading, writing, speaking and listening that connects prior knowledge, test and real world situation to build comprehension.
- Adolescent Literacy Resources
Grade Level Content Expectations
The Grade Level Content Expectations are intended to be usable as a framework for the development of grade-by-grade assessments.
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753_33232---,00.html
Michigan State Board of Education approved model content standards for curriculum.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MichiganCurriculumFramework_8172_7.pdf
MI CLiMB is a project of the Michigan Department of Education to improve teaching and learning by clarifying the language in the benchmarks of the Michigan Curriculum Framework.
http://www.miclimb.net/
MI-FOCUS, with "FOCUS" standing for Focus On Conceptual Understanding in Science.
MI-FOCUS is a series of topic-specific resources to support inquiry-based science teaching, not a curriculum. The essence of each topic-specific resource is a set of inquiry (FOCUS) questions and brief descriptions of contexts for investigations that address the questions.
http://www.wash.k12.mi.us/achieveinit/mifocus.cfm
The Sample Curriculum and Plans for Education (SCoPE) Site offers practical classroom support to all Michigan education professionals.
http://www.michigan.gov/scope
Career and Technical Preparation and Educational Development Plans
The Career Preparation System is designed to provide all students completing the Michigan education system with the necessary academic, technical, and work behavior knowledge and skills for success in a career of their choice and lifelong learning. The Career Preparation System is a continuum from elementary to post-secondary education (K-16).
http://www.wash.k12.mi.us/files/AIteam/CAREERprep.pdf
A collection of literacy and reading strategies to determine a child's progress in her/his development of written and oral language.
http://www.wash.k12.mi.us/files/AIteam/Literacy_Reading.pdf
A collection of web resources for educators and parents.
Math Resources:
- GoENC
- Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Michigan Mathematics and Science Centers Network
- Michigan Math Grade Level Content Expectations and Curriculum Framework
- MMLA Mathematics Assessment
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics