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Curriculum and Instruction

• Educational Technology and Library Media Services - The purpose of this Learning Services team is to collaboratively fashion visions for the use of information and educational technology with educational communities and support them as they strive to make their visions reality.
  

• English Language Arts/Literacy, Social Studies, Arts, ESL/Bilingual & World Language - This Learning Services team provides consultaion and professional development in curriculum, instruction, assessment, program development and technical assistance.
  

• Mathematics, Science, Health, and Design and Technology - This Learning Services team provides consultation and professional development in curriculum, instruction, assessment, program development, state and federal requirements and technical assistance in Mathematics, Science, Design & Technology, Health and Physical Education.

• Michigan's Educational Standards - Michigan's content standards are a set of learning expectations developed by parents, educators, business leaders and university professors to assist schools in the development of local district curricula.

• Sample Curriculum and Plans for Education - is a one-of-a-kind resource, created for teachers - by teachers - to improve student achievement. The SCoPE site provides a model, local, core curriculum for grades K-11 in English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies.

• Research Evaluation and Assessment Programs - This Learning Services team helps inform education decision-makers by collecting and analyzing data and research information.  They help develop and maintain testing and assessment programs and design and conduct research and evaluations.

• Curriculum and Assessment Resource Service - This web site provides school administrators and teachers access to the growing awareness of URL's that link to assessments.
  We link to 755 assessments from all subject areas K-12 with an emphasis on the core areas.

• Rubrics - University of Wisconsin site containing many ready made rubrics on current topics.

• What Works Clearninghouse - Our mission is to provide federal, state, and local education officials, researchers, program providers, and educators with practical, easy-to-use tools to (i) advance rigorous evaluations of educational interventions (i.e., programs, products, practices, and policies), and (ii) identify and implement evidence-based interventions.
  

• Information Center/Library - For research and reference help contact the Information Center Reference Desk via e-mail info.center@oakland.k12.mi.us or by phone 248.209.2362 between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

• Michigan eLibrary Reference Desk (MeL) - This service is funded in part by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan. Additional project support comes from the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) via the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

• Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) - This service provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

• Michigan Department of Education (MDE)
• U.S Department of Education

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) - a community of educators, advocating sound policies and sharing best practices to achieve the success of each learner.
• American Association of School Librarians(AASL) - The mission of the American Association of School Librarians is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field.
• Consortium on School Networking (CoSN) - the country’s premier voice in education technology leadership with a mission to serve as the national organization for K-12 technology leaders who use technology strategically to ultimately improve teaching and learning.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - is the trusted source for professional development, knowledge generation, advocacy, and leadership for innovation.
• North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) - The mission of the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) is to increase educational opportunities and enhance learning by providing collegial expertise and leadership in K-12 online teaching and learning