Podcast - Curriculumtrak

Interview with Christina Sasso – Curriculum Design and Mapping

Blog, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Mapping, Educator Insights, Podcast, Student Outcomes, The Teacher's Lounge | December 21, 2022

What follows is an interview with Christina Sasso, a teacher and curriculum developer and a long-time friend of Curriculum Trak. She shares her thoughts and some practical tips for designing and planning curriculum, especially in the Language Arts classroom. To listen...

Why Do Teachers Provide the Best Support for Curriculum Mapping? with Angie Parker

Blog, Curriculum Trak, Podcast, Professional Development, The Teacher's Lounge | August 17, 2022

“I teach a different type of student now. I teach adult students now. So that’s still there, the teaching aspect is there, but also helping them map out their curriculum. We were using Curriculum Trak – I was mapping out all my own curriculum, and being able to...

What Is Supporting Christian Schools Like? with Becki Goniea

Blog, Curriculum Mapping, Curriculum Trak, Podcast, Professional Development, The Teacher's Lounge | August 10, 2022

“I think what experience has taught me, like my time in the classroom and even as support staff at school – I have a greater understanding of what the teacher’s life is like. I live with a person who doesn’t have time to map curriculum; like that’s...

How Can Schools Respond to Enrollment Increases? Bradley Dunn, Valley Christian School

Blog, Podcast, School Leadership, School Mission, Stewardship, The Teacher's Lounge | August 3, 2022

“I think that [enrollment increases in Christian schools are] going to last. When I talked about how we get the chance to pull back the curtain and show families who we are, the families that have come to us, all of these new ones, they have said over and over, I...

How Can Schools and Students Benefit From Alternative Energy Education? with Ernie Delgado

Blog, Podcast, Resources, School Leadership, STEAM, Stewardship, Technology Integration, The Teacher's Lounge | July 27, 2022

“[I]t’s funny to try to explain that to people because when people think of fundraising, they think of: great, they’re going to ask me for more money. And that’s exactly opposite of what this is. I’m not asking – and I’m not only not...

How Can PBL Advance the Goals of the Faith-Based School? Dr. Josh Ornelas

Blog, Podcast, Project-Based Learning, Resources, Rigor and Relevance, The Teacher's Lounge | July 20, 2022

“At the end of the day, we all work in groups. Now we’re not in cubicles anymore; we work as a team. [No] single problem is solved by a single discipline anymore. And so again, we need to work as a team. Those 21st-century skills that the students need: the four...