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Committee hears summer plan: dozens of ELA maps, math alignment, and off-cycle CTE revisions
Summary
Staff told the committee Central York SD will produce about 20–25 ELA curriculum maps over June–July, run coordinated K–8 math work with Wonders, and revise several business and education courses off cycle to align with CTE programming.
The Central York SD Curriculum Committee on May 5 heard an update on the district's summer curriculum-writing schedule, including plans to produce roughly 20–25 ELA maps, complete K–8 math maps using the Wonders resource, and revise several business and education courses to align with career and technical education (CTE) task lists.
A district staff member described a multi-week effort that begins immediately and continues into June and July. The K–6 teams will work with the Wonders resource, which provides a standards-alignment guide to Pennsylvania, and the district built model units (grade 3 for ELA and grade 4 for math) so teachers have ready examples. "Grade 3 teachers will get a surprise tomorrow; they have one unit ahead," the presenter said.
Staff said five additional high-school math courses will be written this summer; six high-school music courses remain to be completed; and four business courses—Accounting 1, Accounting 2, Business Management and Economics—are being revised off cycle to align with CTE programming and the CTE task lists the district will submit. The presenter added two family and consumer sciences courses (General Education 1 and 2) are being revised for CTE alignment as well.
Committee members and staff discussed workload and cadence. The presenter said the committee and staff will coordinate the pace of materials coming to the committee and adjust based on the committee's capacity to review the work. The presenter offered to debrief with the committee on depth and timing as the summer progresses.
The presenter also said the district plans to encourage teachers to use AI as a consistent starting tool for some curriculum-writing tasks and that the district has scripted sentence starters to promote consistency in how AI is used during unit construction. Staff said professional development earlier in the year prepared teachers to use AI for parts of the work and that those resources will be modeled during upcoming sessions.
No formal votes or policy adoptions were recorded on these curriculum-writing activities during the meeting; the update was informational and described staff workplans and timelines.
