Welcome to the
Office of Academic Programs.
The Office of Academic Programs houses the curriculum department, as well as our data and technology specialist. We work with the leadership team and staff members to create academic programs that will increase student achievement and provide valuable experiences for all of our students.
Saddle Brook's curricula is undergoing continuous refinement with it's alignment to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
The New Jersey Student Learning Standards include Preschool Teaching and Learning Standards, as well as nine K-12 standards for the following content areas:
21st Century Life and Careers
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Visual and Performing Arts
World Languages
On June 3, 2020, the State Board of Education adopted the 2020 NJSLS in the following content areas:
These standards truly represent a foundation from which districts will build coherent curriculum and instruction that prepares each New Jersey student with the knowledge and skills to succeed in our rapidly changing world. They will put New Jersey again at the forefront of national education by including the following:
- Climate Change across all content areas, leveraging the passion students have shown for this critical issue and providing them opportunities to develop a deep understanding of the science behind the changes and to explore the solutions our world desperately needs;
- Computer programming in all grade bands K-12, ensuring all students receive a 22nd century education in the critical computational thinking skills that are the underpinning of so much of our work and so many of our transactions; and
- National standards for science and visual and performing arts, ensuring access to, and opportunity in, science and the arts, for every New Jersey public student.
The New Jersey Student Learning Standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics were adopted by the New Jersey State Board of Education in May 2016 and are not currently under review. English Language Arts Instructional Units and Mathematics Instructional Units were created in collaboration with educator teams to assist districts in creating standards-based curriculum and assessment.
