Implementation and Services

We understand that successfully introducing a curriculum process to your faculty entails more than just providing them with another online system. Successful initiatives require a strategic vision, thoughtful messaging, and a clear action plan. So we begin by meeting to discuss your goals, help you develop a plan for faculty engagement, and identify key benchmarks to meet along the way.

During an initial planning meeting, we’ll review your success plan, identify key dates & benchmarks to meet your goals, and help begin crafting your messaging for faculty. These documents will serve as a guide for managing your curriculum process moving forward.

Sample Resources:

• The What, Why and How of Curriculum Planning
• Questions to Consider
• Knoster Model for Successful Change
• Crafting a faculty message

Next, we’ll work with you to gather the specific requirements for building an Atlas system that is customized to meet your school’s specific needs. If requested, our Data Services team may also facilitate the import of existing curriculum into Atlas.

To build and customize an Atlas system that best supports your curriculum goals, we’ll help you to gather: school logo & calendar of key dates, custom unit & lesson plan templates, curriculum standards used by each department, assessment methods & types commonly used at your school, and a list of users & courses.

Sample Resources:

• Unit Template Library
• See About Atlas Support to learn about our Support and Training options, Data Services, and more!

Once your Atlas site is complete, your Implementation Specialist will conduct technical trainings to get your team up to speed using your new system. With the purchase of a custom PD Package, you can further engage your faculty with additional training on pedagogy and best practices to enhance your school’s curriculum processes.

Key Technical trainings included (~1 hr each):

1. Atlas System Administration: Your school leadership team learns the Admin tools to manage & customize your new system.
2. Atlas Navigation: Your faculty or curriculum writing team learns the basics of navigating Atlas and developing curriculum in the system.

*All included training is virtual. Onsite options are available.

Sample Resources:

• Orientation
• Atlas Basics
• Professional Development Offerings

What happens after implementation?

As Atlas Implementation comes to an end, we know your curriculum journey is really just beginning! You will be introduced to your Atlas Account Manager and Atlas Support Team to support you moving forward. This team will work to support and empower you in achieving your ongoing curriculum goals, and can assist with strategic planning, site support, and any additional technical training or PD your school may need as you grow your curriculum process.

Ask your Account Manager about:

• Analyzing curriculum for gaps and redundancies with Atlas Reports
• Growing & maintaining a Curriculum Review Process at your school
• Building an Atlas Public Site for parents and the community
• Providing Professional Development Opportunities for your faculty

The Atlas Team provides several add-ons to support your curriculum journey with the ability to share your curriculum to your community with our public site or to help you get started with some pre-written curriculum that can be added to your Atlas system.

Standards

We have almost 3 million standards available for schools to select to use in their Atlas system. The Atlas Services Team adds, updates, and reviews them daily. If we don’t have the desired standards available, schools can request to have our team obtain copyright to have new standards added. Schools also have the ability to add their own standards or customize an available set of standards.

Free

Public Atlas Site

A customized web page for sharing your Atlas curriculum with parents, accreditation teams, and/or community members. An Atlas Public Site allows you to manage what is visible, so you can share just the parts of your curriculum you want to highlight!

$500/ Annual Fee

Some offerings are project based and can vary in length depending the scope of the project All projects are based on an $80 an hour cost with a minimum cost of $320.

School Curriculum Import

Upload pre-written curriculum work to serve as a foundation for getting started in Atlas.

$80/ hour

School Standards Import

Upload your school’s custom curriculum standards into Atlas, making them easily accessible to teachers for unit alignment.

$80/ hour

Standards "Crosswalk"

In some cases, our Standards team can make a connection between different sets of similar standards in Atlas, allowing us to move teacher alignments automatically from one set to another.

$80/ hour

The Atlas Support Team can conduct the following sessions based on the needs of a school. All sessions are technical in nature and about using Atlas. If you are interested in professional development on leading the curriculum process, curriculum writing support or instructional strategies our AtlasPD team offers a variety of sessions.

Virtual Training

Included with Premium Support

30-90 minute virtual sessions which provide targeted instruction on our product.

$200/ Each Training

Onsite Training

Sessions offer an overview of how our products work with individual support for leadership or teachers and built-in work time.

$2000/ day + travel costs

Atlas maintains partnerships and agreements with an ever-growing network of curriculum organizations. For schools using published curriculum, curriculum maps from these organizations can be transferred directly to their Atlas site. For subject area teams using a published curriculum adopted by a school or district/diocese, importing curriculum maps into their Atlas site allows teachers to begin tailoring and implementing their new curriculum:

• Begin planning instruction by customizing a new scope and sequence to align to the school’s academic calendar.
• Adjust scope and sequence to facilitate cross curricular opportunities across teams.
• Tailor units and add supplemental resources.

The Published Curriculum Library now includes:

• Advanced Placement (AP)
• Beyond Technology Education K-12
• BioLogos Integrate
• Bob Jones University (BJU) Press
• Clerestory Learning
• Core Knowledge
  • - History & Geography K-8
  • - Language Arts 6-8
  • - Science K-8
• DeepRoots
• Echoes and Reflections
• Edvance
• EngageNY
  • - Option aligned to NY Standards
  • - Option aligned to CCSS
• Eureka Math²
  • - Option by topic
  • - Option by module
• Green Ninja
  • - Option for General 6-8 Science
  • - Option for IB MYP 6-8 Science
• HMH Into Math: K-8 only
• HMH Into Science: K-8 only
• HMH Science Dimensions: K-8 only
• International Curriculum Association: IEYC, IPC, IMYC (abridged)
• Knowing Science: Grades 3-5
• NYC Public Schools/WeTeachNYC
  • - Option aligned to NY Standards
  • - Option aligned to CCSS
• Oakland Schools, MI
• Positive Action
• Pre-AP
• Purposeful Design
• Summit Ministries
• Wayne RESA

Coming soon to Atlas:

• Knowing Science Grades K-2

To add any of these curriculum maps to your Atlas site or to inquire about another published curriculum not currently in our library, contact your School Experience Manager and schedule a meeting to begin the process. Note that some curricula may require additional information, such as a proof of purchase or permission from the organization.