Curriculum and Instructional Leadership: A commitment to life-long and self-directed learning is essential for effective learning-centered curriculum and instructional leaders. These leaders need to have a deeper understanding of the way students learn and their level of learning. In most cases, effective instructional leaders are extremely committed and involved in both curricular and instructional issues that have a direct impact on student accomplishment ("What is Instructional Leadership?" 2005). Currently, efficient school

Teachers will need professional development to integrate curricula with technology. Strudler (1994, cited in Professional development overview) suggested the need for a technology coordinator who can serve as a mentor or "translator" of technology applications and instructional integration for teachers. Teachers who engage in collaborative planning and sharing of instructional strategies with other teachers most frequently demonstrate effective use of computers in the classroom (Becker & Riel, 2000, cited

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTTeacher Involvement in Curriculum DevelopmentAbstractThe relevance of actively involving teachers in curriculum development cannot be overstated. This is more so the case given that for a curriculum to be purposeful and/or effective, it must reflective of not only the objectives and goals of a given program, but also its instructional resources and philosophy. This way, the curriculum can be seen to be aligned with the expectations as well as

Professional Development Seminar Curriculum development as an industry consists of curriculum concept, development, application (that is, direction), and assessment. Conventional, conceptual-empiricist, and reconceptualise are theoretical structures that regulate particular strategies to curriculum problems. Each of these structures can be distinguished by the dominant and subordinate presumptions that regulate the understanding and values which underscore their particular modes of questions. In this paper, we will construct content for professional development seminar where

Curriculum Professional ReadingCurriculum development is a continuous process involving different stakeholders and a series of steps. Stakeholders in the education sector increasingly recognize the significance and role of curriculum development in student learning and achievement. For curriculum development to be effective in achieving desired goals and objectives, the involvement of all relevant stakeholders is essential. One of the stakeholders in the educational sector who play an important role in curriculum

Introduction An educational institution’s curriculum comprises every experience encountered by a pupil under the institution’s direction. All academic systems’ curricula are designed based on societal needs. Thus, owing to society’s dynamic nature, curricula are dynamic as well; educational institutions normally alter their curricula every once in a while. In this paper, the process of math and English as a Second Language (ESL) curriculum development will be addressed, with the following curricular