Curriculum Management Audit Training & Workshops
TASA partners with Curriculum Management Solutions, Inc. (CMSi) to provide Level 1 and 2 training on examining and evaluating deep curriculum alignment issues and system-based issues to optimize teaching and learning and improve student achievement. Curriculum writing and planning workshops are also offered. District cohorts are encouraged to participate.
Curriculum Management Audits
Through the Texas Curriculum Management Audit Center, TASA offers cost-effective audit services to school districts.
CMAT Offerings
CMAT offerings are conducted both in-person and virtually. In-person trainings are two- or three-day programs offered in Austin at TASA Headquarters. Virtual trainings take a blended approach with instructor and participants meeting online via Zoom.
Level 1 CMAT
Curriculum Assessment Design and Delivery is a three-day program designed to examine and evaluate deep alignment issues in order to improve student achievement.
CMAT Level 2
Systems Factors: Governance, Leadership, and Support Services is a three-day program designed to prepare participants to examine and evaluate system-based issues to optimize the delivery of effective teaching and learning.
Writing Workshop
The CMSi Curriculum Writing Workshop is a three-day training that equips district leaders and teachers to develop a framework for written curriculum that is unit-based and supportive of student-centered, cognitively challenging and engaging instruction.
Planning Workshop
The CMSi Curriculum Management Planning Workshop is a two-day training that focuses individuals on the key components of a quality written plan that outlines the priorities and procedures involved with managing written curriculum in the district to assure alignment and to support the most effective instruction in every classroom.
Level 3 Program
School leaders who have completed both Level 1 and Level 2 CMAT must also complete the Level 3 program, which is focused on report writing, for licensure as curriculum management auditors. This level of training is by invitation only, following submission of application materials to Curriculum Management Solutions, Inc. (CMSi).
If you have any questions related to the Level 3 training or application process, please contact Rachel Stukenberg with CMSi at 515.276.8911 or cmsi@curriculumsolutions.net.
CPE Hours
Level 1 and 2 CMAT and the Curriculum Writing Workshop offer up to 20 hours of Continuing Professional Education credit. The Curriculum Management Planning Workshop offers up to 14 CPE hours.
Questions?
Opal Core
Director,
Texas Curriculum Management Audit Center