Curriculum
Development (January 2005)
Naindeep Singh, a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University with a
Master of Arts in Teaching and an emphasis in Educational
Administration was hired as a Curriculum Developer. He completed the
first draft of the standards for Kindergarten to Grade 12 and also
developed the curriculum plan that provides a schedule and timetable
for each grade. After an intensive review process, the final drafts
of standards for Language Arts and Sikh Virsā for K-12 were
completed.
Education
Symposium (March 2005)
A Sikh Education Symposium was hosted in San
Antonio, Texas on April 2-3rd, 2005. The purpose was to
enlist the Sikh community’s support, counsel, and assistance for
development of Sojhī’s standards,
curriculum, and lesson plans. The workshops focused on the details
and processes of the project. The three workshops highlighted the
critical evaluation of Standards, lesson sharing and planning
processes, and an opportunity for participants to provide their
feedback and submit key names and contacts that might help push the
project further towards completion.
Curriculum
Project Lead (September 2005)
Jasmine Kaur, a graduate of Wheelock College with
a Masters degree in Human Development with a specialty in Family
Studies was hired as the Sojhī Project Lead. She serves as the project
Communication Coordinator, and Elementary Content Coordinator.
Jasmine is also a Courseware Developer.
Document
Collaboration Database (November 2005)
Parambir Singh, a graduate of Penn State
University with a Bachelor’s degree in Management Science and
Information Systems, was brought on as a Technology Coordinator.
Parambir was able to implement a Collaboration Database, which can
be used to develop, edit and review Lesson Plans.
Lesson
Plans for K-5 (January 2006)
Lesson plans for Kindergarten through fifth grade
were developed based on the finalized Standards and Curriculum.
Harliv Kaur, a graduate from The Upper Iowa University, with a
Bachelors degree in Elementary Education and an endorsement in
English as a Second Language, developed lesson plans for
Kindergarten and Grade 3. Jasmine has developed lesson plans for
grades 1, 2, 4 and 5. While Harliv Kaur developed lesson plans for
kindergarten and grade 3.
Review
(March onwards)
Harinder Singh, Naindeep Singh, and Simran Singh
will review all documents internally. The Sojhī project team has
identified a team of experts, consisting of a Sikhi expert and 2
curriculum specialists to validate suitability and effectiveness of
lesson plans.
Community
Review (April 2006)
After
a completion of an internal review and a review by the Review board,
a sample of lesson plans will be available for community review.
Sikh
Education Symposium (June 2006)
The Second Education Symposium will showcase material that
has been developed by the project thus far. This will give
individuals a chance to familiarize themselves with the development
process, and enable open dialogue with members of the community.
Develop
Curriculum Kit K-5 (June 2006)
A
Curriculum kit will be developed including the following materials:
•
“Guide
to Classroom Management”
•
“How to use the curriculum kit”
•
Finalized
standards overview
•
Curriculum
overview
• Finalized
Lesson plans
•
Resource
materials lists
•
Assessment
tools
Implementation
Program (July 2006)
An implementation program will be created to
include Teacher training criteria and session dates, Licensing of
Curriculum Kit, and Pricing of packaging for non-sponsors.