Curriculum & Instructional Practices
The General Education Services team is committed to supporting educators in enhancing their instructional practices to ensure all students experience high-quality learning yielding increased outcomes. Our priority is to provide support and resources to districts, buildings, targeted groups, and individual educators.
How We Can Support
- Supporting or facilitating professional learning for district, building, or targeted groups of educator
- Coaching and consulting on implementation or content-specific needs
- Coaching and consulting administrators, teams, and individual educators
- Facilitating district, building, or grade level/department meetings
- Conducting instructional coaching cycles
- Coaching and consulting data-informed decision making
Service Areas
- English Learners (EL)
- Essential Practices for Disciplinary Literacy
- Essential Instructional Practices in Early Mathematics: Prekindergarten to Grade 3
- Essential Instructional Practices in Literacy
- Essential School and Center Wide Practices in Literacy and Mathematics: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
- Standards Based Learning
- High Leverage Practices
- Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Differentiation
- Collaborative Inquiry
Content-Specific Instructional Resources
Literacy
- Michigan K-12 ELA Standards
- ELA Crosswalks: Claims, Targets, and Standards
- Essential Instructional Practices in Literacy
- Essential School-Wide Practices in Disciplinary Literacy: Grades 6 to 12
- Achieve the Core - ELA / Literacy: Text Complexity & Analysis
- Achieve the Core - ELA / Literacy: Text-Dependent Questions
- Achieve the Core - ELA / Literacy: Foundational Skills
Mathematics
- Michigan K-12 Math Standards
- Mathematics Crosswalks: Claims, Targets, and Standards
- Essential Instructional Practices in Early Mathematics: Prekindergarten to Grade 3
- Essential School and Center-Wide Practices in Literacy and Mathematics: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
- Achieve the Core Math Focus Documents by Grade Level