What is Total Instructional Alignment?

Carter Educational Consulting
3628 Lakeshore Drive
       Hope Mills, NC 28348
Phone    910.424.3004
 
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Total Instructional Alignment is a process that has proven to be a key strategy in creating high achieving classrooms, schools and school districts. The Total Instructional Alignment process is comprehensive: From Standards to Student Success! Lisa skillfully assists teachers and administrators in developing an in-depth understanding of the alignment process: What it means, why it is important for all students, what it looks like in schools and in individual classrooms and most importantly, how to achieve it in every school and in every classroom!


 

Key components to the

Total Instructional Alignment process:

1. Align the educational system for effective vertical and horizontal articulation and connection of standards, curriculum, assessment and instruction.

2. Align effective teaming practices through the creation of both vertical and horizontal structures that incorporate flexible grouping and instructional practices.

3. Align the instructional delivery system within the school and classroom to meet individual learning needs of all students.

 

4. Align curriculum with existing standards, benchmarks and assessments.

5. Align through the creation of excellent assessments designed to frequently measure individual student learning progress.

6. Align instructional practices in the classroom to be standards-based- incorporate higher-order thinking and to meet the unique learning needs of each and every student