Back to School Blog Bibliography: Professional Reading Ideas for 2023-2024
Blog, Efficiency, Faith Learning, Networking/Collaboration, Professional Development, Resources | August 8, 2023
Every administrator and teacher has experienced the butterflies that come with the first days of school. “Teacher anxiety dreams” are the talk of the lounge and include colorful details of bulletin boards that melt like Salvador Dali paintings, classroom desks turned...
Initial Steps to Robust and Rigorous Curriculum Guides
Editor’s note: If you would like to learn more about what Dr. Long believes should encourage faith-based schools to strive for excellence, click here. One of the goals that I hoped to achieve before my second retirement was to facilitate the development of...
The Basics of Curriculum Development
Blog, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Mapping, Professional Development, Reflection | March 29, 2023
When schools embark on curriculum mapping, the task can seem daunting. There is the initial setup and organization, the need to sell the concept to the teachers, as well as the decisions about what is going to be the most important aspects of the map in the early...
Interview with Jesse Tannetta, Program Manager of Echoes and Reflections
Blog, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Trak, High School, Middle School, Podcast, Professional Development, The Teacher's Lounge | March 1, 2023
Here you can read the shortened version of the interview with Jesse Tannetta, program manager of Echoes and Reflections. If you’d like to listen to the full interview, please check it out on The Teacher’s Lounge. Michael Arnold: We’re joined today in...
Interview with Dr. Mark Eckel, part 1
Blog, Educator Insights, Pedagogy, Professional Development, The Teacher's Lounge | February 8, 2023
What follows is a partial transcript of an interview with Dr. Mark Eckel. To hear the full interview, please go to The Teacher’s Lounge podcast. Michael Arnold: We’re joined today by a longtime friend of Curriculum Trak, someone I refer to as a teacher’s...