Sustaining the Joy of Teaching
Blog, Discipleship, Encouragement, Podcast, Reflection, Spiritual Formation, Teaching for Transformation | October 13, 2023
Curriculum Trak was pleased to be joined in The Teacher’s Lounge by Stacy Kok, senior kindergarten teacher at Cairn Christian School in Stony Creek, Ontario. Stacy was originally from Tennessee, but after teaching at a missionary school in Indonesia, where she...
Going the Distance: A Reflection on 36 Years in Education
In addition to these words of perspective and encouragement, you can hear Renee’s advice to teachers and administrators facing accreditation in this episode in the Curriculum Trak Teacher’s Lounge. When I started teaching, we used a ditto machine to churn out...What’s In It For Me? Making Curriculum Mapping Work for MY Good
Saved By The Bell was one of my all-time favorite television shows growing up. I’ll never forget sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of cereal watching reruns before getting ready to hop on my own bus to school. The slapstick comedy, the relatable characters, and...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...
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...