Week 3: Curriculum Mapping: A Must or Bust?

Hi all, We started Curriculum Mapping at our school this year. Don't get me wrong, we have always had a scope and sequence for every grade/subject, but we hired a curriculum director and it is now official, we are going with Curriculum Mapping and EVERYONE'S frustrated. For music, our curriculum is aligned and has been for years with our scope and sequence, so it is very simple for us to imput our information into a new template. However, for others, it's proven to be quite challenging! Do any of you utilize Curriculum Mapping at your school and if so, does your curriculum director create the maps or do you/teammates take this task on? It seems very overwheleming and extremely time consuming. I am hoping as it continues and they finally pick a company, we will be able to use one program with ease. Thoughts? Kodaly and Orff Music Teacher's blog: Curriculum Mapping: "Have a curriculum map so that, when your world is turned upside down, you can still teach well. Death of a parent, divorce, illness, famil..."