5 Tips to Support English Learners Through Intentional Unit Planning
Written by Marie Mugabe, FariaPD It is generally believed that over 50% of the world’s population currently speaks more than one language (Grosjean, 2010). With this reality in mind, it is important to assess how our current practices and planning meet the needs of...
Enduring Understandings: Seeing the Forest through the Trees
Curriculum Development, PD Team Insights | June 17, 2020
Written by Megan Davenport, FariaPDWhen I sit down to write curriculum, I usually start by looking at the standards to determine how to organize and address them all in a year. It is a big task and something that takes a lot of careful thought. The end result is a... 
Curriculum is Critical: Transitioning Back to In-Person Learning
Curriculum Development, PD Team Insights, Remote Learning, Standards, School Leadership | June 15, 2020
Written by Amber Villa-Zang and Kelby Zenor, Faria Education Group“An excellent education is not just what gets taught today. It’s the cumulative effect of a coherent, cumulative, thoughtfully sequenced, and knowledge-rich curriculum that broadens and deepens over... 
Asking Essential Questions to Inspire Lifelong Learning
Written by Megan Davenport, Faria Education Group How much do you remember from your middle school science class? What about your high school English or History classes? I have various memories from these courses, like writing a screenplay or using Punnett squares to...