February 14 professional development focused on Canvas. In the fall, Colonial's secondary students will find all of their courses and assignments in one place.
Curriculum
The Curriculum Department features a team of content supervisors who have the “big picture” view and can make sure that concepts are covered in a relevant way and that the curriculum builds effectively from year-to-year – offering our students all the academic skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in the future.
The curriculum serves as a living document that can continually evolve in response to student and societal needs. With embedded 21st Century Skills (such as communication, collaboration and active participation) and authentic real-world experiences, course offerings foster skills and attitudes that enable children to think critically, creatively and constructively – and gives our students the tools they need to be ready for college and a career.
In addition to monitoring and refining what students learn in the classroom, the Curriculum Department also studies best practices in lesson delivery and design and administers a strategic award-winning professional development program for staff.
Curriculum News
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about CMS and PWHS working toward one Learning Management System
Visible Learning looks at hundreds of factors on student success and determines each factor's effectiveness by pulling in data from research that involves more than 80,000 studies and 300 million students.
The visitors explored Makerspaces at each building level and saw how computer programming, engineering and science help Colonial students become future ready.
The full day of professional development introduced teachers to new curriculum, teaching strategies, classroom management skills and more.
Thirty girls from fifth to eighth grade designed, built and programmed robots and drones.
Colonial has more than 120 students who are learning English as a second language, and classroom teachers learned tools and strategies to support them.
Congratulations to Susan Burns, Amy Campbell, Brooke Carpenter, Rich Madel, Tom Ortlieb, Erin Powers, Jennifer Ramsden and Josh Rothstein!
CONTACT CURRICULUM:
Dr. Liz McKeaney
Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
610-834-1670, ext. 2155
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Dr. Katy Giovanisci
Curriculum Supervisor
610-834-1670, ext. 2225
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Edward Merk
Curriculum Supervisor
610-834-1670, ext. 2164
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Maria Wileczek
Curriculum Supervisor
610-834-1670, ext. 2149
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Nancy Aiken
Administrative Assistant
610-834-1670, ext. 2154
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Curriculum Reports
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