Between March and June of 2001:

1. Launch project
2. Establish a common format for a Standards-Based Lesson Guide
3. Develop goals and guidelines for the contents and features of the Standards-Based Lesson Guides
4. Create cross-district teams
5. Divide up units based on OUSD and California Science Standards
6. Create a web site to provide resources to the teams and facilitate communication between them.

Summer of 2001

1. Hold a three day working session to compare progress and establish a common understanding of the contents of a rich curriculum resource guide.
2. Further develop the project web site.
3. Explore the Lesson Study model as it is tried out at CSSC
4. Produce a basic curriculum guide, linking OUSD standards to the adopted text and supplementary resources

School Year 2001-2002

1. Teams continue to work autonomously to develop more resources and lessons to include in an expanded curriculum guide.
2. Teams meet monthly to share progress, and to share research lessons.
3. Resources and lessons are added to the project web site.
4. The District's Science Resource Center will take on the responsibility of supplying teachers with basic materials needed for the lessons.
5. Assessments of particular standards are developed and piloted District-wide.
6. Schools establish an observation protocol. Observation becomes a part of our collaborative process, and is planned so as to focus on prepared lessons that are central to standards-based units.
7. Team members attend regional conferences to gain insights into best practices.
8. By the summer of 2002, we will have a fully developed curriculum guide that will have the following features:

• Objectives drawn from District and State standards
• Key questions to draw out prior knowledge and develop student understanding.
• A list of material supplies needed to support the recommended activity sequence.
• A full range of curricular resources tied to each objective, indicating the recommended strategy for achieving the standard. This will include references to the adopted text, as well as additional resources such as supplementary curriculum, teacher-developed material, and community resources.
• An online version of this guide will feature links to web resources such as recommended lessons, reference material, web-based student activities, field trip destinations, as well as active communication forums for teacher collaboration.
• A timeline will provide teachers with target dates for completion of each unit.
• District-wide assessments will measure achievement of particular objectives.