Contra Costa County Office of Education

The purpose of the Contra Costa County Curriculum Council is to support district success and build leadership capacity by providing a forum for district curriculum and instruction leaders to receive timely information, share best practices, and engage in collaborative learning and problem-solving around critical instructional topics.

At Curriculum Council meetings, we provide district support in several areas, including:

• Updates on federal and state accountability structures including Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• Updates on legislation, frameworks, instructional practices and textbooks in the primary subject areas, and the integration of English language development and educational technology
• Showcase of best practices from schools throughout the county

2021-2022 Meeting Dates
9:00-11:30

Our COE team hosts the following content-specific subcommittees of our Curriculum Council:

Arts Convening, facilitated by Hanna Ma, STEAM Coordinator

Assessment/Data, facilitated by Shannon Ortland, Assessment, Research and Data Coordinator

Educational Technology, facilitated by Steve Bateman, Manager Technology/Curriculum Integration & Jamie Nunez, Common Sense Education 

English Language Arts/English Language Development, facilitated by
Julie Dooley, ELA/ELD Coordinator

English Learner Network, facilitated by Lilia Tsui, English Language Learner Support Coordinator

History/Social Science, facilitated by Rachel Reinhard, UC Berkeley History/Social Science Project

Mathematics, facilitated by Christen Northrop, Mathematics Coordinator

Social Emotional Learning, facilitated by David Fendel, SEL Coordinator

Science, facilitated by Hanna Ma, STEAM Coordinator


Please see this pdf document for dates of our 2021-22 Subcommittee Meetings:
2021-22 Curriculum Council and Subcommittee Meetings