Providing Curriculum Transparency to Parents and Community

Are you looking for ways to provide more transparency to your parents and community?

Districts across the United States are working to increase the involvement of parents in local decision making, including gathering input on curriculum taught to students. For years, districts have attempted to engage parents in the educational process. The current movement has even prompted many states to develop legislation to provide more access to the district-adopted curriculum.  

In 2020, Arizona approved SB 1357 to increase parental access to instructional materials. More recently, HB 2035 passed to improve curriculum transparency. Like many states, Pennsylvania requires districts to adopt policies that allow “access to information about the curriculum, including academic standards to be achieved, instructional materials and assessment techniques.” A bill introduced in Missouri would require schools to post all teacher training materials online, in addition to descriptions of what is taught in the curriculum. Florida and Texas also have bills on the floor requiring more transparency about what is taught in public education.  

With the many tasks required of school and district administrators, the need for a simplistic way to share curriculum content with the public is essential. The ability to take relevant content and display it to the public is critical to ensure continued trust with parents and the community.

With Embarc, districts can centralize resources, ensure a standards-aligned curriculum, and provide a public website customized to display curriculum. Districts determine what is seen by the parents and community, from curriculum units and standards covered, to activities and lesson plans.  

Mike Westcott, superintendent of Mingus Union High School District #4, recently shared that Embarc was the perfect solution for his district because with no extra work, their curriculum would be visible to parents and community in compliance with state requirements for curriculum transparency.  

“One of the major reasons that we chose Embarc, besides consolidating our resources, is the easy-to-navigate public website that provides transparency of our curriculum to parents,” he stated.  

With the many tasks facing administrators today, including new legislation on providing the public with more access to content students are learning, Embarc provides an easy way to publish existing curriculum without having to create and maintain additional files and websites. With Embarc, you will ensure instructional consistency with well-defined learning targets available to students and parents through an online public portal. Are you ready to develop a transparent curriculum?

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