Annual Curriculum Updates: Preparing for the New Academic Year
Curriculum Development | February 6, 2025
At the beginning of every academic year, there is an opportunity for reflection and curriculum adjustments. As schools review their curriculum, teaching practices, and student outcomes from the year, consider these steps to maintain the quality of your curriculum maps... 
Where to Start: Mapping Elementary ELA with Standards and a Textbook
Curriculum Development, PD Team Insights | September 19, 2024
Written by Megan Davenport, FariaPD Sitting down to begin mapping your curriculum is a daunting task—where do you even begin? There are many entry points, but here I walk you through one way that the process can look in order to help you begin your own work! Pre-Work... 
Articulating the Why and How Behind Curriculum Mapping
“To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.” Stephen Covey,...
Three ways to use concept-based practices in your curriculum mapping
Curriculum Development, PD Team Insights | July 26, 2024
A Concept-Based Curriculum is one rooted in three-dimensions: what students will know, do, and understand. While this is an intuitive model to consider when mapping a course or unit of study, applying theory to practice, or rather, concept to practice, requires... 
3 Ways to Integrate 21st Century Skills in Curriculum Planning
Curriculum Development | July 5, 2024
In education, 21st Century Skills refer to the transformation of classroom strategies and curriculum to shape students prepared to meet the demands of an evolving world. Increasingly, citizens in the 21st century must participate in intercultural communication,...