IMplement MA

IMplement MA encapsulates the Department's goal related to its Curriculum Matters: High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) and Curriculum-Based Professional Development (CBPD) initiative: high-quality instructional materials selected and skillfully implemented across Massachusetts, to promote educational equity and deeper learning for students, coherent with the DESE Educational Vision, Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, and Standards of Effective Educator Practice.

Through guidance, resources, and learning opportunities, IMplement MA promotes our current understanding of high-quality curricular materials and effective implementation:

• Access to standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials, particularly for students from historically underserved groups and communities, is a lever for educational equity.
• Strong selection of high-quality instructional materials is rooted in a shared vision, informed by local equity priorities, and supported by a diverse group of stakeholders.
• The power within high-quality instructional materials is amplified by effective educators within a coherent system, informed by data, and dedicated to continuous improvement.
• High-quality instructional materials implemented with "high-expectations and targeted support" enable all students to thrive.
• Skillful implementation of high-quality instructional materials through evidence-based practices that are inclusive and culturally & linguistically sustaining promotes deeper learning.
• Ongoing, curriculum-based professional learning and coaching for teachers and administrators is necessary to amplify the power of high-quality instructional materials, accelerate student learning, and advance educational equity for all.

IMplement MA Resource

With the available high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) in the market, as signaled by CURATE and other similar educator-driven curricular reviews, how do Massachusetts local education agencies (LEAs) select HQIM that will best support their assets, needs, and equity priorities? How do educators skillfully implement HQIM to cultivate deeper learning for all students, particularly those who are historically underserved?

The Department's IMplement MA Resource outlines a recommended four-phase, equity-centered process to evaluate, select, and implement skillfully high-quality instructional materials, and includes supportive guidance, tools, and resources. Local education agencies considering adopting HQIM may explore the resource by beginning with Phase 1: Learn & Prepare. If already using HQIM, jump ahead to Phase 3: Launch or Phase 4: Implement & Monitor.

Evaluate and Select High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Network

You're invited! Participate in the Evaluate and Select HQIM Network!

The Evaluate & Select HQIM Network combines differentiated virtual sessions with personalized support to engage district teams in IMplement MA, DESE's recommended inclusive and robust four-phase process to select and implement high-quality instructional materials, rooted in equity for students. Network participants are guided by Department staff and provided Department-developed tools and other resources to complete one or more phases of IMplement MA, with focus on the first three phases of the process: Learn & Prepare, Investigate & Select, and Launch.

Participants commit to attend all sessions of the Network, meet as a working team, and lead all Curriculum Council meetings at the school/district-level throughout the school year, to advance equity-centered HQIM evaluation, selection, and implementation that cultivates deeper learning for students, particularly those historically underserved groups and communities.

For questions about HQIM evaluation and selection process for your content area, please email the appropriate DESE content specialist.

• Comprehensive Health and Physical Education: Beth.Williams-Breault@mass.gov
• Digital Literacy/Computer Science: Paula.B.Moore@mass.gov
• ELA/Literacy: Allison.D.Pickens@mass.gov
• Math: Jennifer.L.Sauriol@mass.gov
• Science and Technology/Engineering: Casandra.Gonzalez@mass.gov

FY25 HQIM Professional Development and Purchase Opportunity (PDPO) for STEM Program

The High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Professional Development and Purchase Opportunity (PDPO) is a cost-free program to local education agencies. The program supports (A) HQIM purchase (up to 50% of the cost to procure the approved materials) or (B) HQIM implementation. Program support includes ongoing strategic advising and curriculum-based professional learning, to support practices that are inclusive and culturally & linguistically sustaining, and instruction with HQIM that provides equitable access through learning experiences that are at grade level, relevant, real world, and interactive for all learners, particularly students with disabilities, multilingual learners, and others from historically underserved groups and communities.

FY25 PDPO participating local education agencies include the following: Amherst, Argosy Collegiate Charter, Brockton, Dedham, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Dover, Grafton, Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational Tech, Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Holyoke, Hudson, Milford, Nashoba Regional, Needham, Neighborhood House Charter, Northborough & Southborough, Petersham Center School, Reading, SEZP: Duggan Academy, Sherborn, South Shore Charter, UP Academy Charter of Dorchester, Wachusett Regional, West Springfield, Westwood, and Wrentham.

DESE Instructional Planning and Observation Tools Collection, SY24-25 Pilot and Revision

The instructional tools and resources in the collection are being piloted during the 2024-25 school year. We welcome your pilot feedback through February 2025, to inform revisions.

Contact

For questions related to Curriculum Matters/IMplement MA, please email Woodly Pierre-Louis .

Last Updated: January 17, 2025