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Your district defines what content you desire in your curriculum.  Below you will find a list some examples of optional fields available to customize your curriculum. Your district will define these fields during the Configuration Meeting. Please note – if your district utilizes a curriculum template, these fields will be used to mirror your template.

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The units below have defined durations and; therefore, provide a solid guide to both students and staff regarding the content and pacing of the course.  Unit durations can be expressed in terms of days, weeks, months, periods or hours.

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Topics are required in Embarc to utilize the incorporate learning target targets and activities. A district can use activities topics in two ways.

1. For units that will not be broken out further, simply title the topic with the same name replicate the title and duration of the unit. In the example below, the Welcome unit/topic are identical.

2. For units that will be are broken out by into smaller chunks, learning targets, or standards, create separate topics. For example, if a teacher wanted to cover two standards within a unit, she/he may break that unit into 2 separate topics. In the example below, the Introduction to Medical Terminology unit is divided into 2 topics; Word Analysis and Directional Terms.

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Learning Targets

Embarc understands that clearly identifying and sharing student expectations is an important factor in improving academic achievement and student growth. Learning targets can be thought of as clear, understandable, and measurable knowledge/skills to which we will hold students accountable. Below is one take on differentiating between a standard and a learning target:

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Standard: Broad learning goals for a course provided by the state and/or national organization.

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Targets

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Learning Targets are written directly from the standards and are assigned to the topics in which they are taughtare necessary for accurate analytics. Districts can develop their learning targets using 3 different approaches. There are 3 ways to unpack a standard. options. Each are valuable depending upon where your district the specific course is in the curriculum writing/revision process. Below are the options for developing creating learning targets in Embarc:

• Option 1: Learning Target BY Standard

  Take the Standard and create Learning Targets for each part

  by Standard

  • Learning Target BY by Standard is the best option for you if you have not yet unpacked your standards into manageable chunks for student learningwritten learning targets for the course standards. In this option, curriculum authors select a standard and then write the learning target.

• Option 2: Learning Target FROM from Standard

  • Copying the Standard and exact language into a Learning Target Learning Target FROM from Standard is the best option for you if you want to simply align your course to standards and/or to quickly create units and a scope and sequence in a coursePlease note, in many cases this option requires revision as EMBARC will create a learning target using the exact language of the standardlearning targets for a course. With this option the exact Standard language is copied into a Learning Target- and can be edited if necessary.

• Option 3: New Learning Target

  • Write the Learning Target and then find a Standard to attach

  • New Learning Target is the best option for you if you have already created learning targets and/or unpacked your standardsPlease note, using this method prior to unpacking standards can result in gaps in your curriculum. In this option, curriculum authors write a Learning Target and then align it to a Standard. 

*Assistance with learning targets creation may be available (purchase from a content partner - Common Core, SMCAA, etc. or using EMBARC contracted services.)

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