Curriculum Writing Workshop

The Curriculum Writing Workshop gives curriculum writers, directors and supervisors a personalized, hands-on day focused on high-quality unit design, evidence-based practice and strategies they can use immediately. To begin the day, attendees start with a reflection on their own curriculum, then use that reflection to choose the breakout sessions that matter most to them for the day ahead.

Optional breakouts let attendees go deep in the areas most relevant to their own curriculum work, including unpacking standards into learning goals, crafting compelling essential questions, and using AI as a design partner. Every attendee leaves with practical strategies for refining their units with confidence.

What attendees leave with

• • • Resource Library — access during and after the event to curated tools and templates designed to support curricular growth
    • Unit review rubric — a shared rubric to define and evaluate the quality of theirunits
    • Quality exemplars — a collection of high-quality exemplar units to model and inspire their own design process
    • Hands-on practice — real experience applying evidence-based strategies directly to their own curriculum
    • Collaborative time — Dedicated time for teams to collaborate and implement the new skills they’ve learned

What attendees told us

9 out of 10 attendees say they were ‘Very Satisfied’

Facilitation attendees trusted

Attendees consistently praised our presenters from the Professional Learning and School Experience teams, describing them as outstanding, knowledgeable, dynamic and helpful throughout the day.

Breakouts that built real comfort with Atlas

The breakout sessions met the diverse needs of the educators and leaders in the room. Attendees said the focused time on the Atlas platform increased their comfort and familiarity with the system, while the pedagogical focus allowed them to turn the day's practice into skills they could carry straight back into their own curriculum work.

Clear next steps

Attendees left with concrete plans, including:

• • • Preparing for preparing for accreditation requirements, such as NJ QSAC (Quality Single Accountability Continuum)
    • Exploring the lesson planning features in more depth
    • Applying the day's tools to summer curriculum writing and unit development
      

Appetite for more

Attendees expressed strong interest in future regional workshops, AI professional learning and asynchronous courses, and dedicated professional learning packages for their school or district.

The highlight of the day

Two things stood out above everything else: the new AI-powered Curriculum Insights and Standards Overview reports in Atlas.

Game Changer

Attendees repeatedly described the Curriculum Insights report as a “game changer”, especially valuable for supervisors managing multiple course curricula at once. The AI tools built into the day, used for combing through data, creating assessments and supporting overall curriculum design, generated real excitement about what attendees could do next.

Looking ahead

The Curriculum Writing Workshop gave attendees more than a toolkit. It gave them confidence in their own curriculum design and a clear sense of what to do next. We're building on that momentum with more regional workshops, AI professional learning, and school and district professional learning packages.