Timeline
Maine Course Pathways Project
Timeline
In February 2008, content area specialists from the Maine Department of Education worked with EPIC staff to create a first version of the Maine Course Pathways syllabus Scoring Guides. A Scoring Guide exists for each of the seven Maine Learning Results content areas to ensure that syllabus reviewers and teachers have a consistent understanding of the level and type of evidence required to confirm the Learning Results in a syllabus.
In Spring 2008, three Maine high schools pilot tested a beta version of EPIC’s SyllabusMaker software, which teachers would use to create their syllabi for Maine Course Pathways.
Pilot Year 1: 2008-2009
- Seven high schools participated
- Developed web-based systems for teachers, school administrators, and syllabus reviewers
- Provided professional development, teacher resources and technical assistance for administrators and teachers in program goals, syllabus creation and syllabus submission
- Refined Scoring Guides
- Recruited, trained, and managed syllabus reviewers in seven content areas
- Began developing Pathways system to analyze which of a school’s course combinations provide the opportunity to learn all of Maine’s Learning Results in a given content area
Pilot Year 2: 2009-2010
- Twelve schools are participating
- Refine Scoring Guides based on reviewers’ and teachers’ experiences in 2008-2009
- Provide professional development, teacher resources and technical assistance for administrators and teachers, including webinars and video tutorials
- Open EPIC’s Client Support Center for technical assistance for schools
- Recruit, train, and manage syllabus reviewers in seven content areas
- Launch the Pathways system to analyze which of a school’s course combinations provide the opportunity to learn all of Maine’s Learning Results in a given content area
Year 3: 2010-2011
- Recruit additional schools to the project
- Ensure Maine Course Pathways’ integration with other state-level projects
- Refine current Scoring Guides and create a Scoring Guide for Career and Education Development standards
- Provide ongoing professional development, teacher resources and technical assistance for administrators and teachers, including webinars and video tutorials
- Manage syllabus review process
- Launch an expanded version of the Pathways system that filters by graduation requirements or college-entrance requirements and reports all possible pathways that provide opportunity to learn all of Maine’s Learning Results