PENNCREST Curriculum Department

The Curriculum Department is responsible for designing and maintaining the entire K-12 instructional program.

Martha Troutner [Elementary Curriculum/Title I Supervisor]

Gerald Malarik [Secondary Curriculum Supervisor]

Cathy Boyle [Elementary Curriculum/Title I Secretary]

Linda Wyant [Secondary Curriculum Secretary]

Also, the Curriculum Department is responsible for:

• Developing a 7-year curriculum revision timeline
• Revising existing courses of study (to align with the PA Standards) with committees of teachers and administrations
• Creating new planned courses of studies as needed
• Selecting new textbooks and other learning materials
• Monitoring implementation of curriculum programs
• Developing local assessment plans which include state-required standardized and district-created assessments
• Planning all teacher and staff in-services

Responsibilities of the Elementary Curriculum Department include supervising:

• Literacy Programs – Assured Readiness for Learning (ARL); Accelerated Reader (AR); 4-Blocks Framework for Teaching Balanced Literacy, Sitton Spelling Program
• Title I – Four (4) PENNCREST elementary schools, Bethesda, and Hermitage House
• Federal Programs – Title IIA, Title IID, Title V
• K-12 Student Assistance Program (SAP) (IST) – On Applebee Pond, TATU, Stand TALL, Tobacco Control Grant, Act 211, Lifeskills
• PENNCREST Child Development Centers – Day Care and Head Start
• French Creek Outdoor Learning Center – “Earthkeepers”
• College/Schools Collaborative – C/SC
• Access PA Library Programs
• K-8 Reading Is Fundamental – RIF
• Act 48 Credit Compliance – K-6
• Test Coordinator – Terra Nova
• CAPP – Child Assault Awareness Program
• Aesthetic Education – Academy Theatre, Allegheny College Collaborative, Erie Philharmonic

Responsibilities of the Secondary Curriculum Department include:

• Monitoring Home Schooling programs
• English as a Second Language programs - ESL
• Alternative Education Programs
• Foreign Exchange Programs
• Secondary Summer School programs
• Adult Education programs
• District Health Services
• District Guidance Services
• PIAA Programs
• PSSA District Test Coordinator
• Act 48 Credit Compliance – 7-12