- City Schools of Decatur
- Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning Overview
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The Teaching and Learning Department includes all general education content areas, Multi-tiered systems of support, and gifted services.
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 – 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.
Our Core Beliefs about Curriculum and Instruction
Both instructional programs (EL Education and International Baccalaureate) and the learning standards/expectations support the core beliefs we hold about curriculum and instruction.-
- We believe all students can learn.
- We believe students learn best when they experience instruction that is meaningful, rewarding, and challenging and that prepares them for lifelong learning.
- We believe the best learning is active and experienced and happens in community with others.
- We believe curriculum is most impactful when it combines rigor with joy.
- We believe it is important for curriculum and instruction to promote intercultural understandings.
- We believe student achievement is defined not only by mastery of the content standards but also by the development of character and the quality of the work produced.
Contact Us
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Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning
Jennifer Burton
Jennifer.Burton@csdecatur.net
404-371-3601 X 1040
Administrative Assistant, Teaching and Learning
Kyla Bahir
kbahir@csdecatur.net
404-371-3601 X 1040