To establish clear student centered learning goals and ensure equity of student learning, Guilford County Schools’ Department of Curriculum and Instruction created North Carolina Course of Study aligned curriculum and pacing guides.  Using the curriculum and pacing guides, GCS teachers are expected to maintain consistency of their instruction through their use of specified objectives that include delineated difficulty levels in order to best facilitate student learning. Since the NCSCOS serves as a framework for the guides along with research-based best practices, the GCS curriculum guide is not solely textbook driven.

Not meant to be a series of day to day lesson plans, these guides give individual teachers choices using a variety of instructional strategies, resources, and assessments in order to develop daily lesson plans that accommodates the individual and collective needs of their students. Currently, the guides include instructional resources including district adopted textbooks, supplemental materials, DPI resources, and online resources.

The GCS curriculum and pacing guides will be reviewed and revised annually to ensure that they are closely aligned with the NCSCOS and that they reflect emerging curricular and assessment trends. GCS Secondary Curriculum and Instruction would like to thank:

Elementary School
Elementary School:  Robyn Barrett, Meredith Chandler, Katrina Daniel, Julia Gordon, Gisela Hood, Cheryl Lynch, Donna Martin, Joyce Parham, Rebecca McAtee, Randy Morgan, Lee Ann Segalla, and Natalie Stewart.

Middle School
Rosalind Anderson, Brian Biles, Fannie Bratcher, Louise Deanes, Terri Fay, Melissa Garrison, Dorie Davis Hall, M. Jill Hall, Andrea Hesman, Christy Howard, Sandra Hurley, Angie Kratzer, Erica Lyles, Susan Marshall , Linsey McCarthy, Mark McGregor, Rebecca McKnight, Tarsha Reid, Meghan Sharp, Doris Sides, Sharon Swanson ,Sandra Wegner

High School
Charles Abourjilie, Jo Adams, Harold Ashworth,  Diana Becker, Desiree Best, JaMese Black, Heather Blackmon, Fannie Bratcher, Sylvia Cates, Beverly Cea, Kevin Conway, Amy Dunn, Susan Fleenor, Deborah Foust,  Keisha Gabriel, Dawn Harris, Sabrina Hinson, Rhonda Hudson, Wendy Jackson, Morris Johnson,  Leslie Kinard, Angie Kratzer,  Elaine McCone, Elaine McCone, Janiese McKenzie , Leslie Mise, Ben Morgan, Ashley Morrison,  Charnelle Newkirk, Martha Ray, Christine Ricci, Audrea Saunders, Gregg Slate, Megan Smith,  Susan Twaney, Anita Winfree , Malishai Woodbury and Shannon Wyrick. for helping create this curriculum guide.

Click here to view the GCS Guidelines for Student Personal Education Plan
Click here to view the Directions for Completing Student Success Plan
Click here to view the Elementary Student Success Plan (PEP)
Click here to view the Middle School Personal Education Plan (PEP)
Click here to view the High School Personal Education Plan (PEP)