Where do we begin with curriculum mapping?  We understand the benefits of the completed process and the challenges of going through the process of mapping the curriculum.  As a curriculum coordinator, for an entire summer, I asked myself where to begin.  Do I read a book about it? Do I recommend purchasing mapping software?  After clicking through a presentation online and reading a few articles it is evident that we should avoid skipping steps.  The first step is to create a mapping committee.  Considering that teaching staff will be the ones recording the assessment, curriculum and instructional strategies, it hardly makes sense to have administrators dictating the tools to be used without the teachers' input.

Lesson #1 of Curriculum Mapping 101 is to create a Mapping Committee.

The Mapping Committee will determine:

Do you want to undertake this? Why?
To what extent?
What are the goals?
What are the costs?
Investigate mapping tools - select one.
Who will do this: The design, the decisions, the
data entry.
What is a reasonable timeline?
What professional development is needed?