Instructional Visions Matter; Here’s How to Create One.
When my daughter was three, we giggled at Laura Numeroff’s book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Every time […]
Implementation
Making the Case for Curriculum-Based Professional Learning: 3 Ways to Unlock Deeper Insights Into Curriculum Implementation
In a world where the answers to many questions can be displayed with a few single keystrokes, so much of our knowledge about how students are learning in K-12 education is obscured by the fragmentation of state and local education agencies.
A New Roadmap for Curriculum Implementation
In a recent professional learning session, the facilitator talked about the “trauma” that teachers have experienced the past several years without a roadmap for curriculum implementation. And it’s true. We have been so focused on getting great materials into the hands of educators for the past several years that we have overlooked the fact that very few district leaders, school leaders, or teachers know what the implementation journey looks like to use these materials skillfully.
