Whether you are an instructional coach helping teachers with curriculum maps or are are a teacher mapping your own curriculum, this Curriculum Map & Planning Guide are for you! Imagine feeling ORGANIZED and PREPARED every step of the way.
 
These were designed with coaches, teacher leaders, or administrators in mind to help coach teachers through the curriculum mapping process, but they can absolutely be used by individual teachers or teams to develop curriculum on their own with a built-in coach.
 
You will find the templates listed below to be an excellent guide for navigating every level of planning your curriculum. Not only are there editable templates, but the best part is the included “Coach’s Edition” (much like the Teacher’s Edition of a textbook) to guide you through the processes and intentions behind the different sections of the curriculum maps planning documents.
 
GET COACHING THROUGH EVERY STEP OF PLANNING!!!
 
What is Included?
 
The Curriculum Map & Planning Guide includes the following templates all based on backward design planning:
 
Expectations & Standards to establish groundwork for the course
Standards Planning Guide for unpacking standards
Course Overview to break the course into purposeful units
Current Resources List to establish the value of existing resources and determine possible gaps
Unit Planning Guide to establish resources, assessments, and non-negotiables for each unit
Unit Pacing Calendar to assign days for specific skills/tasks
Lesson Planning Guide for quick lesson planning
 
⭐ All templates available as printable PDF, editable Word Doc, and editable Google Doc ⭐
 
 
What is the Coach’s Edition?
 
The Coach’s Edition is what sets this apart from other Curriculum Map planning tools. Throughout this Coach’s Edition, you will find the following:
 
"Tips & Ideas" - These notes will give you suggestions for possible ways to use the section or a list of examples for reference.
 
"Coaching Strategy" - These notes will provide actions to try or resources to reference in order to provide extra support and provide additional clarity.
 
"Troubleshooting" - These tables are at the end of each section to provide a list of common struggles that might come up and how to handle them.
 
“Feedback & Reflection” - These pages for each section include checklists, teacher reflection questions, and coaching reflection questions.
 
Completed Examples of curriculum maps for two courses.