Planning with Quests and Collections

What is in the Quest Forward OE curriculum?

Quest Forward houses Opportunity Education’s high school curriculum for students and OE’s professional learning courses for teachers, as well as original curricular materials that teachers create for themselves. 

What is in the Quest Forward OE high school curriculum? 

• Quests for students: four years of English, Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Science, as well as Pathways
• Quests are designed to engage students through active learning: 
  • inquiry and investigation, 
  • discovery and self-directed exploration, 
  • reflection and self-assessment, 
  • and opportunities for choice 

Opportunity Education High School Curriculum Overview 

Information about OE’s high school curriculum can be found in the links below. 

• Curriculum Overview: provides a summary of all four years of a subject, including mastery projects and key concepts for each course and unit, as well as whole course learning goals
• Course Frameworks: provide a detailed overview of the quests in every collection within each course, organized into units with week by week recommendations for sequencing and pacing

For more on using the OE high school curriculum, check out the OE Curriculum Deep Dive: Course Investigation Checklist. 

What is in the Quest Forward OE professional learning courses? 

• Quests for teachers to learn new strategies and improve their skills through planning, practice, and reflection:
  • Active Learning for Student Engagement
  • Effective Feedback for Student Engagement
  • New Teacher Intensive
• As written, courses and quests are flexible and can be completed independently and asynchronously, at a teacher’s own pace. 
• Quests are also customizable, so that instructional coaches, department chairs, or other teacher leaders can tailor the content and implementation to fit the needs and goals of teachers on their team.