Atlas Functional Overview

Atlas is a web-based, totally customizable application designed to electronically encompass the process of curriculum mapping to facilitate collaboration among teachers across subjects, grades and schools. Its extensions go beyond just recording and reporting, to the sharing of curriculum strategies with administrators, superintendents, boards of trustees and parents. Armed with the most current and enhanced curriculum information, educators and administrators alike are empowered to make complex curriculum decisions in order to advance and improve the learning experience of all students on a continuum.

Tool Designed for Teachers ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ

Allows links to online tools and library resources in curriculum development. Immediate, continual access to curriculum data. Ideal for orientation of new teachers in classroom practices. Aids in aligning curriculum with school guidelines. Incorporates easy access to school and state standards. Allows for rapid development of new courses. Highlights best practices. Facilitates benchmark assessment planning and testing. Supports drag, drop and edit development environment. Uses powerful search engine for rapid lookup and retrieval.

Tool Useful for Administrators ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ

Identifies seams and redundancies in the curriculum. Allows tracking and implementing educational goals and benchmarks. Collaborative tool for developing school-wide curriculum. Resource to view state and national standards. Use in evaluating testing results as they relate to curriculum plans. Accountability reporting to school boards and funding institutions. Promotional tool for school admissions efforts. Facilitates alignment and tracking of curriculum to academic standards.

Tool for Communicating with Students and Parents ƒ ƒ ƒ

Rubicon

Students can anticipate lesson and project requirements. Parents can view skills development expectations. Gateway to student assignments, special projects and resources.

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