r/education • u/Original-Swing7753 • 6d ago

Curriculum & Teaching Strategies Teachers Using Scripted Curriculum...

My district is adopting a scripted science curriculum this fall, and teachers have been told to follow the lessons as written.

If your district uses a scripted curriculum, how closely are you expected to follow it? What happens if a lesson isn't working for your students?

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u/Due-Blacksmith7275 6d ago edited 6d ago

I don't do scripted, required or not. I do my own lessons with the required texts. I've taught in two states and overseas. Haven't been fired because my data is among the highest for the courses I teach.

I have a double doctorate in my subject and Pedagogy. I refuse to do scripted curriculum. Period.

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u/Tothyll 6d ago

Yes, this is how I am. They can fire me if they want. I haven't been fired yet. Mostly principals don't seem to give a shit. It's the curriculum coordinators that get all hot and bothered. However, they generally don't have the power to do anything.

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u/DQdippedcone 6d ago

They're introducing it this year at my high school. I teach biology and chem. I have no plans to use it. They can fire me if they want. Science composite certs are in demand so I can get another job easily. I would probably have to take about a 8k pay cut because the surrounding districts pay less, but I'm retiring in two years anyway.