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HQIR Resources

Access adoption, implementation, professional learning, and monitoring resources — all in one place.

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HQIR Adoption Resources HQIR Implementation Resources Curriculum-Based Professional Learning Resources HQIR Implementation Monitoring Resources

HQIR Adoption Resources

Curriculum Development Process

Phase 1: Prepare for the Process

PDF: Supports logical considerations for adoption.

Phase 2: Articulate Instructional Vision

PDF: Learn about the steps in creating an instructional vision and access key questions and tools.

Phase 3: Evaluation & Selection

PDF: Access tools and resources to support the evaluation and selection of a HQIR.

Key Resources

Communication Plan Template

Word Doc: Template to support the design of a communication plan.

Sample Instructional Visions

Folder: See example instructional visions across content areas.

Selection Criteria & Evaluation Organizers

Word Doc: An organizer to develop and record district selection criteria.

Sample Vendor Questions

PDF: See sample questions to ask your HQIR vendors.

Consumer Guides & State HQIR Lists

Reading & Writing

Reading & Writing Instructional Resources Consumer Guide.

Mathematics Instructional Resources Consumer Guide.

Science Instructional Resources Consumer Guide.

State Approved R&W HQIR List

State Approved Math HQIR List

State Recommended Science HQIR List

Instructional Resource Alignment Rubrics

Health & Physical Education

Visual & Performing Arts

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HQIR Implementation Resources

Phase 4: Implement and Monitor the Curriculum

PDF: Learn about the steps to developing a yearly implementation plan and access key tools and resources.

Continuous Improvement Playbook for Curriculum Implementation

PDF: Outlines a sequence of steps to support yearly curriculum implementation with links to associated resources.

Curriculum Implementation Framework

PDF: Provides a detailed roadmap of key responsibilities broken down by role for the three stages of curriculum implementation.

Key Tools

Setting Implementation Goals and Developing an Aligned Monitoring Plan

Word: Supports coherently aligning yearly goals for effective curriculum implementation and a monitoring plan for measuring progress toward those goals.

Professional Learning Planning Template

Word: Supports developing a professional learning plan to address the identified needs aligned to yearly curriculum implementation goals.

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Curriculum-Based Professional Learning Resources (CBPL)

CBPL Guidance Document

PDF: Builds understanding of CBPL and its role in supporting local curriculum implementation and includes purpose, questions and key tools to support each stage of implementation.

Key Tools

Intellectual Preparation Guidance

PDF: Provides an overview of the intellectual preparation and its four core processes, along with protocols and tools to support the work.

Structuring PL Cycles

PDF: Provides a model of how CBPL might be structured to create coherence across the system along with examples for early and ongoing curriculum implementation.

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HQIR Implementation Monitoring Resources

Curriculum Implementation Monitoring Toolkit

PDF: Describes the key aspects for monitoring curriculum implementation along with tools and recommendations for monitoring each aspect.

Key Tools

CBPL Shared Learning Workshop Observation Tool

Word: Observation form to understand the extent to which group learning opportunities support effective implementation of the HQIR and improve classroom instruction.

PLC Observation Tool

Word: Observation form to understand the extent to which the PLC is engaging in the core processes of intellectual preparation to deepen understanding of the HQIR and improve classroom instruction.

Instructional Practice Guide for Mathematics

Word: Observation tool to understand how teachers are implementing the HQIR and how students are engaged in learning in order to improve mathematics instruction.

Instructional Practice Guide for Comprehension in Reading and Writing

Word: Observation tool to understand how teachers are implementing the HQIR and how students are engaged in learning in order to improve reading and writing instruction.

Instructional Practice Guide for Science

Word: Observation tool to understand how teachers are implementing the HQIR and how students are engaged in learning in order to improve science instruction.

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