Strategies for Successfully Implementing Curriculum Compacting
Researchers Renzulli and Reis (2004), share the following about teachers who successfully implemented curriculum compacting in their classrooms.
1. Work Together: Successful teachers worked with a colleague or colleagues with whom they shared a common bond. They wanted to improve their teaching practices and were not afraid to ask each other for help or support.
2. Start Small: Successful teachers started with a small group of students and not their entire class. They understood that this process would take some time and organization and became committed to working first with a group who really needed the process.
3. Ask for Help: Successful teachers asked for help from their liaisons, the district content consultants, and each other. They shared strategies and visited each others' classrooms to model procedures and share success stories.
4. Make Time to Reflect: Successful teachers consistently asked their colleagues and liaisons what had worked best and how current practices could extend and improve this strategy. By reflecting on what worked, they were able to modify and change their practices, leading to content improvement. In schools that found the most success, teachers were given time to work with liaisons, some funding for curriculum replacement costs and substitutes for observation times.
1. Work Together: Successful teachers worked with a colleague or colleagues with whom they shared a common bond. They wanted to improve their teaching practices and were not afraid to ask each other for help or support.
2. Start Small: Successful teachers started with a small group of students and not their entire class. They understood that this process would take some time and organization and became committed to working first with a group who really needed the process.
3. Ask for Help: Successful teachers asked for help from their liaisons, the district content consultants, and each other. They shared strategies and visited each others' classrooms to model procedures and share success stories.
4. Make Time to Reflect: Successful teachers consistently asked their colleagues and liaisons what had worked best and how current practices could extend and improve this strategy. By reflecting on what worked, they were able to modify and change their practices, leading to content improvement. In schools that found the most success, teachers were given time to work with liaisons, some funding for curriculum replacement costs and substitutes for observation times.