When I was younger, my parents would regularly threaten to enroll me in finishing school. The key here is to create a curriculum design that makes sense for you and your students. Graduating the basic school requires that the student learns the curriculum at least a satisfactory level together with passing three basic school graduation exams consisting of the Estonian language or Estonian as a second language, mathematics and an exam on a subject of the student’s choice as well as completing a creative assignment. She lives in Westminster, MD with her husband and daughter. But this will help you ensure that you teach all of the standards required for your content and that they are taught when it’s most appropriate.Take a look at other content areas and arts areas to see if there are any standards that make a natural alignment with any of yours.Question to consider: Are all of my standards included and in the most natural topic areas?Step 5: Write the lessons to provide a comprehensive student learning experience.Once you have the topics and standards outlined, now you can write your lessons.You’ll also want to make sure you include transitions within the lesson so that it sequences appropriately throughout.If you’ve developed arts integrated lessons, you’ll need to make sure your lesson teaches both content areas intentionally and equitably throughout.Question to consider: Does my lesson intentionally teach the standard(s) selected in a smooth, connected way?Step 6: Create or attach a variety of assessments to the lessons.In this step, we’re looking at all kinds of assessments.By including a variety of assessments, there are multiple measures of the learning process.In our curriculum supplement, we included things like rubrics, checklists, written response and likert scales as examples.Question to consider: Are the included assessments varied and do they measure the standard(s) selected?Step 7: Determine what materials and resources you’ll need.Once you’ve created your lessons and assessments, it’s time to take a look at what materials you’ll need to complete each lesson.This is also the time to create and add in any resources or student guides you want to include for each lesson.As an example, we’ve created all of the student handouts as well as the teacher powerpoints in our curriculum.Question to consider: What materials, vocabulary, and resources should I include that will set a teacher up for success with each lesson?Finally, you’re able to pull everything together into a nice, neat curriculum package.We like to include a survey link so that teachers can share what they love and what they wish was different.Remember that curriculum is a living, breathing thing.Question to consider: Have I provided a way to get feedback and make adjustments as necessary?There are so many different ways to design curriculum and only you know what works best for your situation.