Adventist Education curriculum and subject learning materials are regularly improved and augmented. You’ll find a few selected new and improved or otherwise notable curriculum-related items below.
Adventist Education Curriculum Snapshot
MUSIC CURRICULUM
The Adventist Education Fine Arts Music Website provides four years of cycle charts and weekly plans for small schools. Supplementary materials—Hymns, Our Christian Heritage, The BASICS, and Playing the Recorder—are also included.
ADVENTIST LEARNING COMMUNITY
ALC offers free online courses designed especially for SDA teachers. The courses are self-guided and provide Continuing Education Credits (CEU).
bydesign Labs science Curriculum
ByDesign Labs are interactive virtual experiences in an immersive environments not typically available in the classroom and are available on the ByDesign website. Email the Centennial Complex at Loma Linda University for more information. Don't miss the Demo labs or tutorials for teachers, developed by PUC.
MAP Growth Testing
NWEA MAP Growth is the new recommended standardized assessment program. MAP Growth measures what students know and informs what they’re ready to learn next. By dynamically adjusting to each student’s responses, MAP Growth creates a personalized assessment experience that accurately measures performance.
Curriculum Standards
Standards PDFs are posted to the Adventist Education website. Physical folders can also be purchased from AdventSource for $1.50 each.
Visual Art Curriculum
Arts Attack online and Davis Art: Explorations in Art are the two recommended curriculums. Arts Attack has been updated to include 8 new lessons for each grade. Davis Art has an online or text-based option.
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH BOOKS
For continued learning, check out the NAD’s annual list of professional growth books.
AEtech
Professional development webinars, Adventist college and university summer school schedule, and more can be found on the Adventist Education Technology website. Archived webinars are on the NAD Dashboard.