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Curriculum & Staff Development
Assessment Guide
by Brad Best | Wednesday, August 11, 2010
You can access our district assessment guide, which includes information about the assessment process and charts showing when specific assessments are to be given to students, by clicking on the link below. Seward Assessment Guide read more
Welcome to Curriculum & Staff Development!
Supporting Quality Instruction
Mr. Brad Best is the district's Director of Curriculum and Staff Development. He can be reached at his office at the High School at 643-2988, or via email at brad.best@connectseward.org . Kathy McLaughlin serves as the . . . read more
Curriculum Guides
Below are the current links to the Seward Public Schools' curriculum guides. We are in the process of reformatting all of our curriculum guides and additional subjects will be added as they are completed. All are in .pdf format . . . read more
New Adademic Testing for Students
Tests begin after the Labor Day break
During the weeks of September 7th – 17th students in grades 2-11 will take tests called Measures of Academic Progress™ (MAP). This is the first year for this type of testing. We will give students MAP tests to determine a . . .
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Professional Development 1/4/10
On the first day back in 2010, teachers had a full day of professional development time, spending the morning with our guest speaker, Mark Shaeronbroich. Our focus for the morning was to provide ideas and stimulate thinking in regard to . . .
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Teachers Teaching Teachers
Annual Technology Mini-Conference
On November 25th, teachers were actively involved with what has
become our annual technology mini-conference here at Seward Public
Schools. Throughout the day, teachers were able to select
technology-related sessions from which they . . .
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Seward Public Schools Data Review - 2009
This download is a .pdf file of data collected and utilized for
school improvement purposes. The file is rather large at
13.5mb and you may download the document by clicking here.
Please direct any questions about the data to . . .
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Curriculum & Course Offerings Study
The administration of the School District of Seward conducted a
study of 15 schools in regard to staffing, curricular offerings,
and instructional units. This information will be used to
assist in the decision-making process for next . . .
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State Standards, Assessments, and Time
Taking the time to insure quality teaching and learning
The Nebraska State Board of Education has recommended specific
learning standards in the area of math, science, reading, speaking,
listening, and social studies. These standards are recommended to
serve as the "backbone" of the school . . .
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Instructional Initiatives Take Time
As a progressive district, we continually read
the research related to instructional practices. We utilize great care in not
"jumping on the bandwagon" every time some new initiative receives
some press. Before
making any . . .
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Time Is Precious
Committee meets to discuss possibility of additional time for teachers
Time is a very precious commodity. In this fast paced world, it
is most trying to find the time to be our very best. This holds
true not only in our personal lives, but in our workplace, as well.
Finding the time to do our best with all of . . .
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Students Perform Well on Science Standards
During the 2005-2006 school year, the science curriculum was
evaluated and realigned with the state science standards. New
materials were selected and classroom assessments were redesigned
and evaluated to obtain data on how well our . . .
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Students Perform Well on Social Studies Standards
During the 2006-2007 school year, the social
studies curriculum was evaluated and realigned with the state
social studies standards. New materials were selected and
classroom assessments were redesigned and evaluated to obtain . . .
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Spreadsheet Completion
Please click on the link below to see a movie on how to complete
the Nebraska Standards Data spreadsheets:
Spreadsheet Completion Movie
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