Office of Curriculum and Instruction
27 High Street  Allentown, NJ  08501
609-259-7292 extension 200

~Preparing our young people to be active, articulate, and socially responsible citizens who appreciate the beauty and complexity of the world and strive to make a difference in it~

Stephen C. Cochrane	Suzanne Matthews
Assistant Superintendent	Secretary

 

Dear Parents, Staff, and Students:

Welcome to the website for the Office of Curriculum and Instruction in the Upper Freehold Regional School District!  I hope these pages provide you with insight into what we are teaching, how we are teaching it, and the initiatives we are undertaking to constantly enhance our work with students.

Parents

For parents, these pages should serve as a vehicle for both information and input.  Click on Curriculum Overview for information about content.  Click on Testing for information about achievement. Click on Parent Resources for a list of links that may offer ways to support or extend your child's learning.  For an up-to-date explanation of proposed changes to the curriculum as well as current initiatives related to instruction, click on the Curriculum Update button under the Quick Links column.

  As Ernest Boyer wrote in The Basic School, "parents are a child's first and most essential teachers." We value your input. If at any time you have questions or comments about the curriculum and how it is being taught, please feel free to contact me by phone or email. 

Staff

Teachers may find the Curriculum Overview useful for exploring the content taught by their colleagues at different grade levels or in different departments.  The Teacher Resource page represents an attempt to compile those documents and weblinks most useful to our staff.  Feel free to explore them and to email me with others you think might be helpful to your colleagues.  Under the Professional Development link you will find, by October, an electronic version of the in-district workshops that are part of our PD Forum.  Click on the workshop in which you are interested and sign up online!

Students

The Student Resources on this site are a selection of those available on the websites at each individual school.  I encourage you to use them to reinforce what you are learning, to explore new ideas, and to support you in your research.  All that we do in this district is designed to foster your curiosity, creativity, and competency as learners.  If you have suggestions for more we can be doing, please feel free to let me know.

I am honored to be serving as the assistant superintendent in a district so committed to the crafting of high quality curriculum and to the implementation of instruction based on recognized best practice. Most of all, I am honored to be serving in a district so committed to developing the mind and character of each individual student.

I look forward to working with parents, staff, and students throughout the year ahead, and I appreciate your patience and your input as we continually add to the content of this website.

Sincerely,
Steve Cochrane
Assistant Superintendent