Oversight Academies

From Edupedia

21 Academies are to oversee Academic and Career and Technology curriculum and syllabi (outcomes, objectives, content goals) and these educational components: test items, instructional approaches (lesson plans), assignments, and supplemental instructional materials (SIMs). Edupedia initial goals are to have about 90 basic Academic courses for K-14, and 400 career and technology courses for schools and colleges. One Academy will, on average, oversee approximately 15-25 courses. The goal is to eventually have an Academy consist of 5-9 Academy Directors and a larger number of Academy Associates Members. Most of these Associate Members will be educators. Some Associate Members for career and technology courses may come from industry. Individual Associate Members will be responsible for one or more courses. A director's main task will be to oversee the content goals in courses spanning a number of grade years and select and coordinate the courses created and continuously improved by Associate Members. The goal is to have educators manage education.

Five Academic Academies are to oversee these course categories for grades 3-14
  1. Math (MATH) - Mathematics
  2. Science (SCIE) - Science
  3. Social Studies (SOSC) – Political Science, Government, Economics, History, Geography
  4. Communication (COMM) – English, Reading or Language Arts
  5. Humanities, Arts, Music Science, and Languages (HAML) – Arts, Foreign Languages
The above eleven categories for 'No Child Left Behind' come from Title IX General Provisions, Part A Definitions.
Sixteen Career and Technology Academies are to oversee secondary and post secondary courses
  1. Agricultural & Natural Resources (ANR)
  2. Architecture & Construction (AC)
  3. Arts, Audio & Visual Communications (AVTC)
  4. Business & Administration (BA)
  5. Education & Training (ET)
  6. Finance (F)
  7. Government & Public Administration (GPA)
  8. Health Services (HS)
  9. Hospitality and Tourism (HT)
  10. Human Services (HSE)
  11. Information Technology (IT)
  12. Law and Public Safety (LPS)
  13. Manufacturing (M)
  14. Retail Wholesale Sales & Service (RWSS)
  15. Scientific Research & Engineering (SRE)
  16. Transportation, Dist. and Logistics (TDL)


  • Five Academic Academies
The 5 Academic Academies will oversee approximately 40 primary and 50 secondary courses. For example, the Math Academy will oversee courses for grades K-14 by annually monitoring the content goals of these courses and approving the related test items, lesson plans, and SIMs. Additional courses may be added as desired.
  • Sixteen Career and Technology Academies
The C&T Academies will oversee approximately 350-400 basic courses for secondary schools and two-year colleges. Additional courses may be added.
  • Academy Director
Academy Directors oversee the course content goals for the courses in the Academy. An Academy Director may also contribute to lesson plans, test items, and Supplemental Instructional Material for each course.
  • Three-Year Term.
Academy members may serve up to three years.
  • Academy Associate Member
Associate Members elect Directors, and contribute to lesson plans, test items, and SIMs, and make recommendations to Academy Directors regarding the creation or modification of content goals and test items that are aligned to individual content goals.
  • Member Nominations: We desire to have education associations, or state career and technology directors, or state departments of education, invite educators to become Academy members. If you would like to be a Director and Associate Member please phone 972-364-9600. Edupedia is a division of EduVisor (http://www.eduvisor.org).
  • Changes to Content Goals
It is estimated that once a course's content goals are created that normally 80-90% of the content goals in each course will remain unchanged from year to year.
  • Recommendations:
Academy Directors and Associates Members will constantly seek recommendations from users for new or modified content goals, lesson plans, test items, test items for major exams, and SIMs, or recommended courses. Any state, school district, or college may have an Edupedia site, and place courses from the national Edupedia curriculum site on their own site. These users may modify the courses and thus provide valuable feedback to the Academies.
  • Infrastructure:
The online Academy infrastructure will be provided by Edupedia.
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