The flow diagram, Curriculum Development Framework, on the following page provides a visual representation of the curriculum development process that was used to develop the model curriculum contained in this CDK. This process has been successfully replicated with several pilot projects in four of the eight career clusters (Technical Support Representative, Programmer/Analyst, Interactive Digital Media Specialist and Database Administration Associate). Each of the phases of the curriculum development process is described in more detail on the following pages. The process itself can be applied to any industry skill standards.

Industry skill standards should play a major role in informing curriculum, but they are not the curriculum. The important knowledge, skills and abilities described in the skill standards must be extracted by educators and translated into appropriate learning content and processes. These should be combined with the knowledge, skills and abilities identified from other sources such as:

• Existing course syllabi
• Local business advisory boards
• Academic and industry discipline experts
• Other sources such as academic standards

NOTE: All examples are from the model Technical Support Curriculum and the complete model curriculum is available in the Model Curriculum section.