High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Overview
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An introduction to High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM), highlighting the characteristics that make instructional materials rigorous, standards-aligned, and supportive of strong teaching and learning. The document outlines the benefits of HQIM for educators and students and explains how high-quality materials promote consistent access to grade-level content and improved achievement. |
Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (CBPL) Overview
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An overview of Curriculum-Based Professional Learning (CBPL), a job-embedded professional learning approach that helps educators effectively implement High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) through intellectual preparation, reflection, and continuous improvement cycles. The document explains the research base for CBPL and its role in aligning standards, materials, instruction, and assessment to strengthen Tier 1 instruction and student outcomes. |
Intellectual Preparation Overview
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An overview of Intellectual Preparation, the process educators use to deeply study and internalize curriculum before instruction to better anticipate student thinking and deliver rigorous, standards-aligned teaching. The document describes four key practices, unit internalization, lesson internalization, student work analysis, and rehearsal and refinement, that support effective implementation of HQIM and strengthen collaborative professional learning.
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