Assessing Your Assessment Methods

Educator Insights, School Leadership, Teaching Strategies, Product Updates | May 15, 2019

Written by Megan Davenport, Team Atlas How often do you take a moment to reflect on the different types of assessments your students experience? Everyone has their go-to assessments, and busy teaching days don’t offer much time (or mental capacity) to step back and...

5 Essential Strategies to Facilitate Collaborative Curriculum Conversations

School Leadership | February 12, 2019

by Chic Foote, Educational Consultant, New Zealand This post was originally published in February 2015 and was updated July 2019. In their book The Curriculum Mapping Planner, Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Ann Johnson devote module 6 to the review cycle. Within this they...

What is the Foundation of Effective Professional Development?

School Leadership | January 30, 2019

What is the Foundation of Effective PD? Three Research-Based Characteristics of Results-Oriented Professional Development for Educators PD FORMAT: PD Facilitation, Form and Style PD CONTINUITY: PD Length and Recurrence PD PLANNING: PD Design Professional Development...

Powerful Curriculum Partnerships

Curriculum Development, Educator Insights, School Leadership | January 5, 2019

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...

Building a Sustainable QSAC Process, Advice from a Curriculum Leader

Educator Insights, PD Team Insights, School Leadership | October 24, 2018

Written by Christine Zimmermann, Atlas Consultant and Retired Director of Curriculum and Instruction, NJ During my first years as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a New Jersey public suburban PreK-12 district of six schools and approximately 3000...

Need Teacher Buy-In? Start with Professional Development

Educator Insights, School Leadership, Product Updates | October 10, 2018

Written by Megan Davenport, Faria Education Group featuring Kim Rayl, Director of Teaching and Learning American International School of Lagos When we think about teacher professional development, we tend to think about equipping teachers with concrete skills that...