Curriculum Adoption

Ensuring quality materials are adopted and used effectively is crucial to improving outcomes and requires a strong instructional materials selection process. We’re here to share guidance and support on leading a rigorous and collaborative curriculum adoption process to select the right materials for your context and goals.

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Curriculum Success for Lasting Impact

We partner with districts to lead a strong and collaborative adoption process that leads to the right high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for your students. Our five-phase curriculum adoption process is anchored in research-based best practices, aligned to the local context, and grounded in the steadfast belief that all students deserve access to HQIM.

We offer a variety of levels of support for your adoption process, including:

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1-on-1 Adoption Support

We partner with you and your District Adoption Leadership Team through every phase of the adoption journey, from vision setting through selection

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Single-day Workshops

Options include rubric development, vision setting, data analysis to identify local priorities, and evaluating your final options to make a recommendation

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Adoption Foundations mini-course (Coming soon!)

A virtual, asynchronous course that guides you and your team through phases one through four of the adoption process

Our Model

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Five Phases of Successful Materials Adoptions

Phase I: Lead with a Vision and a Plan

Form a District Adoption Leadership Team to lead the curriculum adoption process, recruiting and selecting a District Adoption Committee, and creating a district instructional vision to guide instruction across the district.
Phase II: Know Your Needs

Reflect on and analyze data, research, best practices, and previous material adoptions to establish district priorities and needs for the current adoption.
Phase III: Identify and Evaluate Your Options

Identify “cut criteria” and criteria for further investigation, and utilize these criteria to create your own rubric or leverage a state-created rubric or evaluative tool to assess the refined list of materials options.
Phase IV: Select Your Best Fit

Determine how to further investigate and gather data on final contender materials with broader stakeholder groups, and then make a final decision.
Phase V: Prepare for Launch and Implementation

Charting a strong implementation plan is crucial to maximizing your new instructional materials.

UnboundEd’s Curriculum Implementation Team leads work to set district teams up to implement materials effectively.

The UnboundEd Curriculum Adoption Team has been a valuable resource to support our planning of our pilot process, determining our district vision and goals around mathematics instruction and ideas for ensuring equitable access for all staff and students when it comes to high-quality materials. The team is very knowledgeable and helps keep you and your district team on track to go through this process seamlessly.

Danielle Brever, Vallejo City USD, TK-12 Math, Science, Health and PE Coordinator; Professional Learning