Curriculum Development Is Change Management
Blog, Curriculum Development, Decision-Making, Educator Insights, Efficiency, Leadership, School Leadership | May 19, 2023
“Education is the key that unlocks the golden door to freedom.” —George Washington Carver I am aware that I have a thin threshold for change. Anybody else with me? I find security in the way things have always been done. However, I am willing to be one of the biggest...
Preserving the Integrity of Your Curriculum
Blog, Accountability, Decision-Making, Educator Insights, Pedagogy, School Leadership, Textbooks | February 21, 2023
Teaching is a unique career, and there are elements of the job that are very dissimilar to other work situations. One is autonomy. When a teacher closes the classroom door and begins the day, he/she is in charge. Routines, classroom management, assignments,...
Resilience, part 2: Look Back, Move Forward
Blog, Character Development, Curriculum Development, Decision-Making, Pedagogy, Reflection, Spiritual Formation | February 17, 2023
Reconnecting with a possible future, as the teacher helped her student do in the previous post, does not prevent progress from ever getting bogged down. When forward movement stalls, revisiting how one has been working toward that future can be helpful. A few days...
Exploring Humanity and the Holocaust: The Choice Between Good and Evil
“So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.” — Genesis 1:27 These words in Genesis form the basis of Christianity’s beliefs about what human beings are, what they are capable of, and ultimately...Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Announcements, Blog, Curriculum Development, Decision-Making, Educator Insights, Teaching Strategies, Why Mapping? | December 16, 2022
Decisions have consequences. Educators live and die by this maxim. While there might be some inconsequential decisions (i.e. – what side of your toast do you butter), most of the decisions we make (even as minute as decaf or regular), have the potential to change the...