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curriculum strategy & adoption | district leadership
as more and more high-quality instructional materials (hqim) become available, we have noticed a tension with districts across the country between being excited about the opportunities for new, rigorous materials, and the concern about when and how to get started. while some district-level decisions are guided by state policy and timelines, there are five components that we have found that will help to shape any district’s academic strategy, regardless of where it is during a curriculum adoption window. these components include:
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when teachers don’t have access to strong materials, they search for them often online, leading to inconsistent quality and weak alignment to the standards. in fact, some have found that teachers spend 7-12 hours per week searching for and creating instructional resources.
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