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	Curriculum & Academic Goals
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	Draw on teachers’ professional knowledge to enhance student learning and meet goals

Administrators make clear that there is a basic common core curriculum but also encourage teachers to use their skills and knowledge in creative ways. A teacher who, for example, has knowledge of Shakespeare may use his or her knowledge in that area to enhance the delivery of the curriculum.

Encouraging curricular creativity is fostered through honest, free, and frank discussions about curriculum. Drama, poetry, and literature provide pathways for this creativity.

A teacher at Ulysses Byas Elementary, Roosevelt Union Free School District, devised eight simple writing tips and developed a rubric that teachers use for student writing across all disciplines.