Iowa Core

Welcome to the Iowa Core portion of the SCS Web Site. You can navigate the subcategories within the Iowa Core portion of the SCS Web Site by using the links below.

Vision Statement
Visual
Implementation Plan

Iowa Core Vision Statement

Sully Christian Grade School works with the five area Christian Schools (Newton Christian, Oskaloosa Christian, Peoria Christian, Pella Christian, and Pella Christian High School) to implement the components of the Iowa Core curriculum. Below is a summary of our Iowa Core Vision.

The Christian Schools of South Central Iowa strive to provide rigorous academic programs rooted in God's infallible Word. As we prepare God's children for a life of service in His kingdom, we review various curricula to determine best components for the task. The Iowa Core has components that may assist us in accomplishing each school's mission. A leadership team has been established to review, recommend, and integrate components of the Iowa Core Curriculum that fit appropriately into our Biblical Framework, which upholds the Truth of God's Word.

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Iowa Core Visual

The Iowa Core Logo pictured above is a visual interpretation of the area Christian schools Iowa Core Vision. Our vision for the Iowa Core begins with the centrality of God's Word. The Iowa Core has six pieces; the first two are support structures around the "hub" of God's Word. These support structures are "shared leadership" and "community". Notice that both of these support structures are rooted in the hub of the wheel. The spokes in the wheel represent the remaining four parts of the Iowa Core. These four parts are "Characteristics of Effective Instruction", "Ongoing Assessment", "Professional Development", and "Curriculum Alignment". The visual also expresses the desired outcome of implementing the Iowa Core, that being student success. We define student success by the accomplishment of each Christian schools respective mission. For Sully Christian this means that students will be challenged to develop their individual God given gifts for a life of service in God's kingdom.

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Iowa Core Implementation Plan

1. Review our current professional development model.
   1. SWOT of our current Professional Learning Model.
   2. What is needed to sustain professional development that builds capacity to deliver the Iowa Core Curriculum?
   3. How might technology be used?
   4. How might the AEA support district/school level professional development?
   5. What other supports are available?
   6. Who will deliver professional development?
   7. If external expertise is needed, how will skillful trainers be accessed?
2. Write a Professional Learning Plan for our Schools.
3. Continue to utilize the CurriculumTrak CMS by requiring teachers to map the content, infusion codes, accommodations, assessments, and standards of their curriculum.
4. SWOT of our current status regarding 21st Century Learning Skills with Parents & Teachers. Using the completed SWOT determine course of action.
5. Sully Christian Grade School will add information and data from the 2010-11 Iowa Core Implementation Plan into our 2011 CSIPs and APRs.  We will also report on our 2011-12 Iowa Core Implementation Plan in the 2011 CSIP.
6. Iowa Core Math Standards will be imported into the Curriculum Mapping CMS.
7. The Vermeer Workshop Planning Committee will determine how we will incorporate the Iowa Core Literacy Standards into our current Language Arts Standards.
8. Complete the introduction of the Characteristics of Effective (CEI) Instruction. (Student Centered Classrooms & Assessments for Learning).
9. Determine the first CEI focus and use PLC model to deliver instruction to our staff on targeted CEI.

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