How School Leaders Cultivate a Culture of Deep Thought

Erika Cravalho Ed.D., the Curriculum and Teaming Coordinator at Kapalama Middle School in Honolulu Hawai’i, shares how they have given teachers time for meaningful collaborative curriculum work in Kauno’o “Deep Thought” Days, where they use Atlas Curriculum maps as a tool to help document their work and conversations. Watch as she explains how they’ve used these days to develop common performance tasks as well as design the learning activities and instructional strategies that align to their formative assessments.