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Board adopts elementary and seventh-grade science curricula after discussion about lesson plans and resources
Summary
The board approved elementary and seventh-grade life science curricula. Members and administrators clarified that the curriculum documents specify content; lesson plans are developed by teachers and there is no district-wide textbook adoption.
The Dover Area SD board voted to adopt the elementary sciences curriculum and the seventh-grade life science curriculum at its Sept. 18 meeting. Board members asked how the district will ensure consistency across buildings without a single textbook; administrators said the curriculum documents specify content while teachers create lesson plans.
“...this is the curriculum which tells you exactly what they're going to teach,” a district administrator said during the discussion, adding that the district does not have a single textbook and that teachers are free to develop lesson plans aligned to the curriculum. The administrator noted a science committee comprised of teachers from every building wrote the curriculum and that teachers meet to coordinate pacing, with an…
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