Community reviews for Common Curriculum

I am excited to build off the lessons that I started last year. My goal is to introduce the Common Curriculum website to the new teachers on my team as well as my student teacher. For example, when my student teacher initially starts writing her plans, it will be helpful for her to have the lessons that I have taught before it, as well as the lessons that will follow. She can add the state standards and type in her plans and then send them to me. I will be able to review her plans and if necessary, add suggestions. Furthermore, my team will already be used to this resource, and the student teacher will be able to share the plans, just like I had been doing. My team will appreciate the extra time we have once everyone is using and sharing lessons using Common Curriculum as our lesson planning tool.

Common Curriculum is an awesome digital plan book that is saved in the cloud. It has a lot of room for customizing your schedule to make it useful for elementary, middle, or high school teachers. It has the same useful features that I've seen in other digital plan books such as the ability to bump lessons, add standards (which has a bank from which you can choose your state and the standards aligned to it), and a basic layout that allows you to build your classes, schedule, and view it in a daily or weekly format. What makes Common Curriculum stand out above other digital plan books is the collaboration feature. The option for collaboration changes a regular plan book into a 21st century tool by moving it up the SAMR ladder into the redefinition stage. Not to mention, it is free! I love this planner! A digital planner is more versatile than a paper planner, and it will keep teachers much more organized.