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    Elementary and Secondary Education

    Curriculum

    The Division of Instructional Quality provides guidance, materials and resources to educators regarding curriculum, instruction, assessment ​and regulations passed by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (Pa. Code, Title 22, Chapter 4) related to:

    Arts & Humanities
    Driver and Safety Education
    Economic Education/Financial Literacy
    Educating English Learners
    Gifted Education
    Science
    World Languages
    English Language Arts
    Health and Physical Education
    Social Studies
    Environment and Ecology
    Mathematics
    Technology & Engineering

    Standards Aligned System

    The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Division of Instructional Quality maintains and supports a digital curriculum and instruction resource website – the Standards Aligned System (SAS) – which is comprised of six distinct elements that provide a common framework for continuous student, teacher, and school and district growth.

    PDE SAS

    Contacts

    Curriculum​
    		Contact
    Arts and HumanitiesO. David Deitz | 717-783-3958 | c-odeitz@pa.gov
    ​Career Education and Work
    		​Laura Fridirici | 717-783-9202 | c-lfridiri@pa.gov​
    Driver and Safety Education
    		John Kashatus | 717-783-4382 | johkashat​u@pa.gov
    English Language Arts ​
    		Jennifer Wicht | 717-772-3885 | jwicht@pa.gov
    Environmental Literacy and Sustainability​Tamara Peffer | 717-772-0842 | tpeffer@pa.gov
    ​ESL/Bilingual Education

    ​​Julia Puza | ​717-787-5482 | jpuza@pa.gov

    Bob Measel | 717-783-6595 | romeasel@pa.gov

    Health and Physical Education​Nick Slotterback | 717-787-9878 | nslotterba@pa.gov
    Mathematics​Kevin Mauro | 717-772-6904 | kmauro@pa.gov
    ​Personal Finance
    		​Division of Curriculum | 717-787-4234 | RA-EDINSTQUALITY​@pa.gov
    ​School Counseling​
    		​Karen Rubican | ​717-395-9007 | krubican@pa.gov
    Science​
    		David Bauman | 717-783-6598 | davbauman@pa.gov
    Social Studies/Economics
    		Donald McCrone | 717-783-6902 | dmccrone@pa.gov​
    ​Structured Literacy
    		​Katherine Bacher | ​717-783-6559 | kabacher@pa.gov
    Technology & Engineering​
    		Brandt Hutzel​ | 717-214-9391 | brhutzel@pa.gov
    World Languages​Division of Curriculum | 717-787-4234 | RA-EDINSTQUALITY​@pa.gov
    Administrative Support​

    ​Alison Mosher | 717-787-9841 | amosher@pa.gov

    Jeffrey Knee | 717-705-6359 | jeknee@pa.gov