As a learning management system (LMS) for schools, COMENCE has three modules which reflect the vital facets of curriculum that must be aligned in order to be effective.
CURRICULUM ARTICULATION & ALIGNMENT AT MULTIPLE LEVELS
COMENCE is based on curriculum articulation software that enables schools and districts to approach curriculum development and implementation from two aspects at once. The Curriculum Module in COMENCE features an array of reports and a search function for teachers to zero-in on activities aligned with specific standards and learning objectives. The program component can contain both the Complete Curriculum as well as a subset referred to as Module Curriculum. The Module Curriculum allows educators to spotlight the key learning objectives and knowledge/skill indicators that the district or school designates as essential for students to proceed in the various content areas, both within school year and from year to year.
- High quality education begins with rigorous standards – whether national, state or local.
- COMENCE begins with standards and directly links them to classroom instruction.
- COMENCE guides educators through a hands-on curriculum development process.
- With COMENCE, curriculum can be differentiated based on academic ability and students learning styles.
- COMENCE enables educators to identify key knowledge and skills to develop activities that empower teachers to meet academic needs of all students.
- COMENCE includes embedded professional development for educators to increase pedagogy skills in curriculum design and instruction planning.
This Curriculum Module has built-in features for aligning curriculum and instruction with multiple standards – local, state, and national. It enables districts to provide teachers core activities to develop lessons that address multiple level of cognition as well as student learning styles. For the convenience of clients, standards from sources like Common Core or individual states are preloaded and ready for use in the development process.
The Curriculum Module is built to accommodate curriculum developed by individual schools or school districts. The module also enables educators to import high quality instructional materials for multiple subject areas from a variety of sources, including digitally, and often at minimal cost or free. Schools and communities can save money on curriculum development and distribution and direct more funding to other areas of need.
The COMENCE Curriculum Module assists educators in developing and implementing their curriculum. It is not a one-size-fits-all tool with generic lessons. Instead the tool assists districts, schools, and teachers in planning differentiated activities and targeted lessons that meet the instructional needs specific to their students. The module even features a “Test Item” function that allows educators to develop or import test items aligned with standards and instruction to retrieve later. It enables schools/districts to provide students, parents, and community convenient access to reports that inform learning expectations across all subjects and at every grade level.
