GCPS seeks input in review of AKS for select courses

     Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) invites families, students, Gwinnett County residents, and GCPS staff members to participate in the school district’s review of proposed curriculum for 49 courses. The review, scheduled for September 2 to September 25, addresses AKS for select courses in Career and Technical Education, Special Education, World Language, and Multilingual Learners.

     The public can participate via an online review of proposed Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) standards, offering feedback on new AKS that have been developed to align the curriculum with the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) and/or Georgia Performance Standards (GPS). The AKS spells out the essential concepts students are expected to know and the skills they should acquire in a given grade, subject, or course.

     On October 28, the GEMS Oversight Committee—a group of community and school system representatives charged with the annual review of the AKS curriculum—will review the suggestions and curriculum director comments before making recommendations to Interim Superintendent Dr. Al Taylor for adoption by the School Board.

This year’s review will address the following courses:

Career & Technical Education

1. Aerospace Science: Science of Flight

2. Appropriate and Alternative Energy Technologies

3. Cooperative Agribusiness Sales & Marketing I *

4. Cooperative Agribusiness Sales & Marketing II *

5. Education as a Profession I

6. Education as a Profession II

7. Education as a Profession Practicum

8. Energy and Power Technology

9. Engineering Applications

10. Engineering Concepts

11. Foundations of Energy Technologies

12. Foundations of Engineering & Technology

13. Foundations of Manufacturing and Materials Science

14. Junior Leadership Corps 6

15. Junior Leadership Corps 7

16. Junior Leadership Corps 8

17. Logistics Fundamentals

18. Logistics Operations

19. Materials Management

20. Medical Assisting *

21. Nursery and Landscape *

22. Plant and Horticulture Systems *

23. Production Enterprises

24. Robotics and Automated Systems

25. Sports Nutrition *

Alternate Standards (Special Education)

26. Language Arts K Alternate *

27. Language Arts 1 Alternate *

28. Language Arts 2 Alternate *

29. Language Arts 3 Alternate *

30. Language Arts 4 Alternate *

31. Language Arts 5 Alternate *

32. Language Arts 6 Alternate *

33. Language Arts 7 Alternate *

34. Language Arts 8 Alternate *

35. Language Arts HS Alternate *

36. Math K Alternate *

37. Math 1 Alternate *

38. Math 2 Alternate *

39. Math 3 Alternate *

40. Math 4 Alternate *

41. Math 5 Alternate *

42. Math 6 Alternate *

43. Math 7 Alternate *

44. Math 8 Alternate *

45. Math HS Alternate *

46. Science 5 Alternate *

47. Science 8 Alternate *

48. Science HS Alternate *

49. Social Studies 8 Alternate *

50. Social Studies HS Alternate *

Multilingual Learners

51. ESOL I

52. ESOL II

53. ESOL III

54. ESOL Reading & Writing – Grade 6

55. ESOL Reading & Writing – Grade 7

56. ESOL Reading & Writing – Grade 8

World Languages

57. Advanced Workplace Spanish *

58. Workplace Spanish *

*Indicates the courses going through GEMS for the first time

Total Courses: 58

To review the AKS and provide feedback, please visit this link to begin. Comments will be accepted through Thursday, September 25.