Curriculum & Instruction

The office of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction provides oversight and coordination of the District’s K12 Curricular Initiatives and the professional development necessary to implement the curriculum, California State Standards and their alignment to the California State Frameworks. Additional oversight includes programs such as English Language Development (ELD), Gifted and Talented Education (GATE), Music, Guidance and Secondary Summer School.

Textbooks are submitted to the Board of Education for approval for use in specific courses or content areas. These submissions originate through a process involving teachers, administrators and district staff before submission to the Assistant Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer.

The Spanish Dual Immersion program at Whittier Elementary School currently serves grade K-5 and will expand to K-6 in the 2021/22 school year. In grades 4-6, Spanish will be delivered through Science and History-Social Science. For two years, the Spanish dual immersion teachers at Whittier Elementary have piloted the McGraw Hill History-Social Science curriculum in the upper grades. Through an evaluation process with teacher involvement, this program has been deemed the best fit for our students and the dual instructional program.

 

To access the materials for review, please use this link and codes:

URL: my.mheducation.com
USERNAME: NewportMesa
PASSWORD: IMPACT2021

Title: Impacto California: Un Estado Cambiante
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Grade 4

Title: Impacto Historia del los Estados Unidos: La Creacion de una Nueva Nacion
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Grade 5

Title: Impacto Historia y Geografía Mundial, Civilizaciones Antiguas
Publisher: McGraw Hill
Grade 6

 

Questions? Comments? 

 

John C. Drake
Assistant Superintendent
Elementary Education

Kerrie Torres
Assistant Superintendent
Secondary Education


Questions?Curriculum@nmusd.us