Designing 21st Century Universal Classrooms

CCSU Music Mission Statement

An understanding of the arts enhances the quality of life and is basic to one’s need for expression, communication, and nurturing of the whole person. The mission of the Chittenden Central Supervisory Union K-12 music educators is to educate all students in a supportive, challenging environment. A well-rounded K-12 music curriculum will provide students with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities for expression in music, enabling them to participate actively as lifelong creators and consumers of music in a global community.

Music Power Standards

The Big Ideas

Our curricula are framed by the CCSU Power Standards. These Power Standards represent a synthesis of the enduring, transferable, “big ideas” gleaned from National Standards, the Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities, and Vermont’s Grade Expectations. More about Power Standards…

• Music Power Standards (pdf)

Music Guaranteed, Viable Curriculum: Power Standards and Power Indicators

The Most Essential Knowledge and Skills

The Power Standards and Power Indicators that comprise the Guaranteed, Viable Curricula outline the knowledge and skills that are most essential  at each grade level for accessing continued learning and making progress in the standards.  The essential knowledge and skills reflected in the Power Indicators are stepping stones to other important and desirable learning opportunities outlined in the Comprehensive Curriculum.   More about Guaranteed, Viable Curriculum: Power Standards and Power Indicators…

• Music Guaranteed, Viable Curriculum, K-12 (pdf)

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