Alaskan Resources
The Blueprint was created by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and a State Literacy Team of Alaskan educators, to focus on the development of children's literacy from birth to graduation. The Blueprint is intended to provide guidance to policymakers, districts, school and community leaders, educators and families about ways to support all children in becoming literate and prepared to fully participate in their chosen.....
Curriculum Resources
Alaska State Literacy Blueprint-Birth To Graduation
The Blueprint was created by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and a State Literacy Team of Alaskan educators, to focus on the development of children's literacy from birth to graduation. The Blueprint is intended to provide guidance to policymakers, districts, school and community leaders, educators and families about ways to support all children in becoming literate and prepared to fully participate in their chosen.....
Proposed New Alaska Standards
The State Board of Education & Early Development welcomes your comments on proposed new standards in English language arts and mathematics for public school students.
All public comments will go to the State Board for their consideration. The State Board, which has the authority to adopt state standards, is scheduled to decide the issue in June 2012. The State Board could choose to adopt the standards as proposed, adopt them with changes, or not adopt them.
If the new standards are adopted in June 2012, the state will work with school.....
New eLearning Module from EED: Alaska Steps Toward Educational Progress and Partnership (STEPP)
This course is for school and district staff participating in Alaska STEPP. The course is organized into 17 chapters. The first chapter is an overview of the purpose and process of Alaska STEPP. The remaining 16 chapters outline other specific details in navigating STEPP and applying it to the School and District Improvement process.
1. To access this course, you must first login as a user at www.eed.state.ak.us/ELearning/
2. After successfully logging in, you will see a Welcome page. On the right hand side of the page is a link for.....
AKSCI Science Curriculum
After a monumental effort by the team at the Geophysical Institute at UAF, the new AKSCI science curriculum is now ready and available for use by district throughout the state. While this curriculum was created with the Yukon Flats School District in mind, it is available to, and should be applicable to, all 54 of our districts in the state.
Briefly, it is a spiraling, integrated curriculum that teaches concepts in earth, physical, and life sciences in each year. It is a complete K-12 curriculum; however, districts, sites, or teachers are.....
The Alaska Arts Education Consortium (AAEC)
The Alaska Arts Education Consortium (AAEC) is an affiliation of school districts, organizations and individuals committed to preparing and supporting educators so that they can teach the arts across the curriculum.
Mission Statement
Their mission is to promote high achievement for all Alaskan students in and through the arts by:
* Creating and sustaining communication networks
* Initiating and strengthening community partnerships
* Preparing and supporting educators through professional development.
Alignment Institute Resources
Meaningful Exposure to Content Standards
"Content standards" are broad statements of what students should know and be able to do as a result of their public school experience. In addition to providing "meaningful opportunities" for students in state assessed reading, writing, mathematics, and science standards, districts are expected to provide "meaningful exposure" to content standards not tested by the state so that students receive a balanced education. The concept of meaningful exposure comes from a ruling by Judge Gleason in Moore v State of Alaska.
Alaska State System of Support (SSOS) Operations Manual 2010-11
Alaska State System of Support (SSOS) Operations Manual,
Building Local Capacity, 2010‐2011
The Alaska SSOS's mission is to support districts as they build their capacity to implement sustainable school improvement strategies with fidelity. Authority for developing and implementing a system of support for districts and schools comes from both State and Federal law. This document provides an overview of the SSOS program and resources that are available to districts and schools in Alaska.
Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN)
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN) is an AKRSI partner designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia. Anyone wishing to participate in the Alaska Native Knowledge Network or contribute to the development of the resources in this.....
Alaska District Curriculum Survey
The Department of Education & Early Development asked the Alaska Comprehensive Center and Education Northwest to collect up-to-date information on reading and mathematics curricula, including texts and other published materials, that each district has adopted/purchased. It was EED’s intention by means of this survey to provide information to districts regarding curricula in use in the state and the ways districts are aligning the curricula to the standards.
Alaska Self-Study Tool
The Self-Study Tool (SST) was developed to help schools conduct an internal review as part of their school improvement effort. The SST materials are based on the Instructional Audit Tool that has been used throughout Alaska to conduct on-site school audits by external teams of educators. The SST process provides teams from a school community an opportunity to engage in discussion and evidence-based inquiry. It is not intended to be the basis for evaluation or for making comparisons across schools. The end product is not a score, but the.....
State of Alaska Standards, GLE's, and Formative Assessment
This links to the State of Alaska "Standards" web page which contains the AK Content and Performance Standards, GLE's, Formative Assessments, and more important information related to AK State Standards and Performance.
Educators' Resource Guide to Alaska Standards - from the Curriculum Frameworks Project
The Educators' Resource Guide to the Alaska Standards is an online resource that will help districts and teachers develop, teach and assess a standards-based curriculum. The Guide is divided into two sections:
1: For Curriculum Developers
This section provides information about the Alaska Content Standards and the Performance Standards. It includes a district standards-based curriculum development process and links to useful resources including the legal references related to the Alaska State standards.
2: For Teachers
This section.....
"Fireweed Magazine" from Port Graham Students: Reading in a Cultural Context and Place-based Science Activities
"Fireweed" Magazine was developed in the early 80's at Port Graham and offers online offers examples of reading in a cultural context. The work of transcribing from the magazines was completed in 2001-2002 by students at Port Graham.
Alaska Computerized Formative Assessments (Online)
Using CAL's online computer test delivery and reporting system, CAL TestBuilder is the online tool that brings the Alaska Computerized Formative Assessment (ACFA) program to all Alaskan schools. ACFA items are linked to specific Alaska content standards and grade level expectations (GLEs). The system is intended to provide feedback that can be used to adapt teaching and learning to meet student needs. ACFA tests in reading and mathematics are already assembled and available for immediate use.
Publications for Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools
The following standards have been developed by Alaska Native educators to provide a way for schools and communities to examine the extent to which they are attending to the educational and cultural well being of the students in their care. These "cultural standards" are predicated on the belief that a firm grounding in the heritage language and culture indigenous to a particular place is a fundamental prerequisite for the development of culturally-healthy students and communities associated with that place, and thus is an essential ingredient.....
EED Curriculum Framework
The Curriculum Framework created by stakeholders in Alaska, provides the ground work for districts to align their materials and resources to the Alaska Grade Level Expectations (GLE). The Framework is downloadable in a Word format. A district should review the skills and content columns with district educators as a staff development process. Once the district educators have reviewed the content and skills sections, the materials and resources within the district can be identified and listed.
It is important to note: when selecting materials.....
