The start of the school year can feel like a rollercoaster for curriculum leaders. The ups and downs often include planning and facilitating teacher professional learning before students return, ensuring that teachers have both new and existing curriculum materials for the first weeks of school, and onboarding new staff to the district’s curriculum, assessment, and […]
[Note to readers: This column is part of an ongoing series for Iowa ASCD’s The Source e-newsletter.] Leaders of Performance: Planning with the End in Mind What does it mean to be a curriculum lead? This is the sixth column in a series for Iowa administrators, teacher leaders and anyone else interested in enhancing curriculum leadership. Over
[Note to readers: This column is part of an ongoing series for Iowa ASCD’sThe Source e-newsletter.] Leaders of Relationship Building: Listening is a part of leading What does it mean to be a curriculum lead? This is the fifth column in a series for Iowa administrators, teacher leaders and anyone else interested in enhancing curriculum leadership. So
[Note to readers: This column is part of an ongoing series for Iowa ASCD’s The Source e-newsletter.] Leaders of Professional Development: Moving towards a process rather than event What does it mean to be a curriculum lead? This is the fourth column in a series for Iowa administrators, teacher leaders and anyone else interested in enhancing curriculum leadership.
[Note to readers: This column was published in a September 2018 edition of Iowa ASCD’s The Source e-newsletter.] Leaders of Processes: Making Every Professional Learning Opportunity Count Last school year, I challenged readers to join Iowa ASCD by digging deeper into what it means to be a curriculum lead. According to our organization, the functions of our work
(Note to readers: This is part three in a series of columns written about Iowa ASCD’s current focus on supporting curriculum leadership across the state.) In the last column, I proposed curriculum leads consider getting their feet wet and engaging teachers in a collaborative process to understand the nexus between standards, instruction and assessment in
[Note to readers: This column was printed in a November 2017 edition of Iowa ASCD’s The Source e-newsletter.] What does it mean to be a leader of curriculum, instruction, and assessment? Not too long ago, I challenged readers to join Iowa ASCD this school year by digging deeper into what it means to be a curriculum lead. According
Agree or disagree with the following statement? Students learn at different rates and different paces. As an educational deeply entrenched in thinking through effective grading practices, I have asked the statement above to 1,000+ teachers and administrators. To date, not a single practitioner has argued with the premise students (and adults!) learn at different rates.