The teaching and learning division supports student achievement by providing comprehensive support to schools, including curriculum best practices, professional learning, early learning programs, and Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) initiatives. We further enhance learning with academic enrichment through fine arts, physical education, world language, talented and gifted, and the International Baccalaureate program. Additionally, teaching and learning oversees MTSS, extended-day tutoring, and summer school to maximize student achievement.

Our goal of education in City Schools of Decatur, Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12, is to cultivate and nurture extraordinary, critical thinkers who are ethical and inspired to make the world a better place.  

Learning Standards/Expectations

• The College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center serves children from infant to Pre-Kindergarten. The curriculum and instruction in infant to Pre-Kindergarten classrooms align and/or are guided by the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS).
• Please click here for the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS).
• For Kindergarten to Grade 12, we align our curriculum and instruction to the Georgia Performance Standards of Excellence. Please click here to review the standards for a specific subject and grade level. For resources for specific subjects, please click here .

 
Our Core Beliefs about Curriculum and Instruction
Both instructional frameworks (EL Education and International Baccalaureate) and the learning standards/expectations support our core beliefs about curriculum and instruction.

• • We believe all students can learn.
  • We believe students learn best when they experience meaningful, rewarding, and challenging instruction that prepares them for lifelong learning.
  • We believe the best learning is active and experienced and happens in a community with others.
  • We believe the curriculum is most impactful when it combines rigor with joy.
  • We believe it is essential for curriculum and instruction to promote intercultural understanding.
  • We believe student achievement is defined not only by mastery of the content standards but also by character development and the quality of the work produced.