Rio Grande City CISD offers all the courses
necessary in grades Prekindergarten to 12th to adequately cover
the State Required and Enrichment Curriculum and also local curriculum
standards. Much time is spent every school year to ensure that the
content included in each of these courses is relevant to the students
from Rio Grande City CISD. Both campus and District staff review
the content to make certain that these courses adhere to the standards
of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Personnel
from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction work on an on-going
basis with instructional personnel from the campuses to ensure
that all new updates made to the TEKS as well as new changes made
to the content by the State are included and aligned to the District’s
existing curriculum. Much has changed over the years in the delivery
of the curriculum and in the methodology utilized to make it relevant
and meaningful for all student populations. Once can easily say
that during these past two decades, technology has had the greatest
impact in the instructional delivery of all areas of the curriculum.
Technology will definitely drive the future of out curriculum,
especially when we reach the point of having all our school fully
equipped with the necessary bandwidth, appropriate technology
infrastructure, and with an adequate supply at each of our campuses
of the technology equipment needed for instruction provided through
video conferencing, online learning, game simulations, and a wide
variety of other new technology applications which are available
now to make instruction more relevant and meaningful for each
of our students.
Our District has made it a top priority over the past few years
to have the most updated infrastructure possible with as much
connectivity and networks to implement the technology applications
that we now have in place; however, it is the goal of our School
Board of Trustees and Administration to have a state-or-the-art
technology component which can play a critical role in the teaching
and learning opportunities required for educating our students in the 21st
Century.
Work is on-going in the area of Curriculum and Instruction here
at Rio Grande City CISD. We want to have a curriculum that will prepare
our students to graduate ready to succeed in college and in
high-skilled jobs. We want our students to become fully literate,
problem solvers and critical thinkers. Therefore, we will make
every effort to consistently upgrade our curriculum and ensure
that it integrates the essential features needed for post high
school success.
