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BVSD High School Curriculum Overview: Preparing Students for the 21st Century

The Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) encompasses 53 schools, including 13 high schools, with a diverse student body of 27,926. The curriculum is designed to develop the Century Graduate with a focus on essential knowledge, skills, and life competencies. Core subjects include Literacy, Mathematics, Science, and Arts, alongside personal characteristics like respect, responsibility, and ethical behavior. The educational approach emphasizes communication, global perspectives, and critical thinking, supported by innovative teaching strategies, diverse activities, and partnerships within the community.

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BVSD High School Curriculum Overview: Preparing Students for the 21st Century

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  1. High School Curriculum The BVSD example

  2. About BVSD • 53 schools • 13 High Schools (includes alternative and charter schools) • 27,926 Students • 16.9 Pubil/Teacher Ratio (a little misleading)

  3. Visioning the New Century Graduate: Knowledge & Skills • Life Competencies • Communication: Speaking and Writing • Multicultural/Global Perspective • Literacy: Reading • Mathematics • Thinking and Reasoning • Technology • Interpersonal Competency • Government and Civics • History • Science • Arts

  4. Visioning the New Century Graduate: Personal Characteristics • Respect for Others • Initiative and Courage • Citizenship • Responsibility • Ethical Behavior • Flexibility and Open Mindedness • Self-Respect

  5. Curricular Areas • Alternative Language Arts (ESL) • Family and Consumer Science • Health Education • Language Arts • Mathematics • Music • Physical Education • Science • Social Studies • Visual Arts • World Languages

  6. Standards • The State vs. The District

  7. Comparison of Colorado and BVSD Content Standards Science

  8. Physical Science Integrated Science Biology Earth Science Marine Biology Geology Chemistry Consumer Chemistry Physics Anatomy Astronomy Botany Global Science Courses offered to meet the Standards

  9. Approved Texts and Curriculums • Text Books • Narratives • Activities/Equipment • i.e. Foss Kits

  10. The Teacher • Organizes the units • Based on logical order • and availability of equipment • Develops lesson plans/activities for specific learning objectives • Provides assessment

  11. going beyond… • Accessing additional tools in the District Media Center • Accessing to the community (i.e. Guest lecturer, community gardens, field trips) • Making greater use of the web • Partnering with classrooms across the world • Applying for special grants

  12. Lesson Plan • See example

  13. CSAP Assessment • 9th & 10th - Reading/Writing • 9th & 10th - Mathematics • 10th - Science

  14. Websites • BVSD http://www.bvsd.org/default.aspx • CDE: http://www.cde.state.co.us/ • FREE: http://www.ed.gov/free/what.html • NEA: http://www.nea.org/webresources/archive.html • NEA Additional Resources: http://www.nea.org/webresources/lessonplanlinks.html

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