Planning our long-anticipated summer family road trip from Portland, Oregon to White Bear Lake, Minnesota has made me examine my personal philosophy behind Curriculum Mapping. Odd, right? In life I am a planner, which makes mapping my curriculum something I really...
By Josh Ruland, Indian Prairie School District 204 SPEAKING A COMMON LANGUAGE When working with teams, don’t underestimate the importance of speaking the same language– words matter. At the beginning of our journey in curriculum development, it became very apparent...
Written by Sarah Hanna, Atlas Team As education and policy leaders make decisions about which sets of standards schools will align to, classroom teachers continue to wrestle with determining why/which/when/how/to what extent each standard is taught in their...
Written by Megan Davenport, FariaPD THREE PERSPECTIVES ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM PLANNING Even as a lower elementary teacher, lover of language, and avid reader, it is difficult to find words that capture the phenomenon of reading. Watching my students first...
How we assess students is a critical element in how we educate students. Thinking through assessments, in terms of the ideal mix we hope to use, can be complex. When we consider a mix of formative and summative assessment methods, different depths of rigor, and...
by Heather Kent, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in La Cañada Flintridge, CA For the last four years at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, we have been working on developing curriculum maps in Atlas. During this time, I have worn two ‘hats’- that of a full time teacher...
