What is Curriculum & Instruction Services (CIS)?

Curriculum and Instruction Services is a key area of San Mateo County Office of Education's services to teachers and educators as it provides curricular and instructional guidance in several content areas.

This webpage includes information regarding district administrator meetings and curriculum framework development and adoption. 

To access administrative and instructional support as well as deep, sustained professional development opportunities for the different content areas, select the applicable content area below.

Content Areas

Two children and an adult looking at a laptop

Computer Science
Child and adult reading together

English Language Arts
Student reading

Multilingual/English Learner Services

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History and Social Sciences
Lego rover

Maker Education
Student doing math on a small whiteboard

Mathematics
Students in science class

Science and Engineering
student art on a wall

Visual and Performing Arts

District Administrator Meetings

Curriculum Framework Development and Adoption

Download a timeline of the California Department of Education's schedule of K-12 curriculum framework development and adoption of K-8 instructional materials.

Gwenn Lei

Executive Director, Curriculum & Instruction Services

Email: glei@smcoe.org

Phone: (650) 802-5624

Ellen Arenas

Administrative Assistant

Email: earenas@smcoe.org

Phone: (650) 802-5332

Kylie Carpenter

Administrative Assistant

Email: kcarpenter@smcoe.org

Phone: (650) 802-5404

Rashami Kaur

Administrative Assistant

Email: hkaur@smcoe.org

Phone: (650) 802-5417