How to Scale Instructional Planning, Perspective from a History Classroom
Curriculum Development, Educator Insights | January 16, 2019
By Benjamin Heckscher, History Department Head Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye American Section For most of my career, I was content to take the general topics in my history curriculum that I was to teach and to just move through them in order, trying to... 
Ending with Impact: Practices to Maximize Student Learning
Curriculum Development, Educator Insights | January 15, 2019
By Lynne West, Founder Sunodia Educational Consulting and Former Teacher It is almost the end of the period and the bell will ring in 2 minutes. What are your students doing at this precise moment? They may be packing up their materials and migrating towards the... 
Powerful Curriculum Partnerships
Written by Sarah Sisco, Curriculum and Professional Development Director at the American International School of Jeddah “You can’t make me.” Maybe that’s a phrase you’ve heard before when implementing new processes and pioneering change...
Starting Strong: Practices to Maximize Student Learning
By Lynne West, Founder Sunodia Educational Consulting and Former Teacher Take a moment to think about the students who walk into your classroom each period. Are they focused and primed to engage in the day’s learning? Do they bring enthusiasm and energy to the...
One Click Wonder: Digitizing Lesson Plans and Class Materials
Curriculum Development, Educator Insights | December 19, 2018
By Benjamin Heckscher, History Department Head Lycée International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye American Section I used to have an office full of folders, for each assignment, for each unit, for each trimester… Mountains of photocopies, textbooks, dog-eared...