Guidance Services

Philosophy

The Olentangy Local School District is committed to providing leadership and support services to staff that will facilitate maximum learning for every student. In the pursuit of that commitment, our goal is to continuously improve in Guidance services as noted in the Continuous Improvement Plan adopted by the Olentangy Local School District Board of Education on June 27, 2000.

The following curriculum maps are based on the assumption that we believe:

• Our most important clients are our students
• We will establish and maintain a respectful, caring and safe environment
• We will provide a variety or services to meets the needs of our students at all grade levels

Mapping

Curriculum at Olentangy is developed through a technique called mapping. This three-step process includes teachers or administrators that would like to participate in mapping, a representative community curriculum committee review and the board of education review and adoption of the map. The maps are aligned and clearly articulate high expectations for our students. Simply, the maps describe exactly what Olentangy students should know and do in a particular subject at each grade level. The maps are concise (one or two pages per grade level or subject) and easy for any stakeholder to read. The maps are designed this way to allow for greater depth of teaching and student understanding. The maps are the adopted curriculum for the district and guide classroom instruction.

Reading the Maps

Mapping Terms

Standard – Overarching goal or theme that runs through the map K-12

Indicator – A specific statement of knowledge and/or skill

National Guidance Standards

The following information will assist you in reading the curriculum map. The maps are directly correlated to the benchmarks from the national standards. Those strands are:

• Academic Development
• Career Development
• Personal Social Development

Board Adopted 1/27/2004