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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...

A Great Partnership With Echoes and Reflections

Blog, Character Development, Curriculum Development, Philosophy, Resources | January 17, 2023

We are excited to announce that Curriculum Trak has been working with Echoes and Reflections to bring their Holocaust educational content to Curriculum Trak schools. Since 2005, Echoes and Reflections has made it their mission to help educators and students...

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...

How Schools Can Engage in a Productive Curriculum-Resource Review

Articulated Curriculum, Blog, Curriculum Development, Decision-Making, The Teacher's Lounge | November 30, 2022

Our podcast, The Teacher’s Lounge, recently featured an interview with Dr. Renee Mungons, curriculum director at Emmanuel Christian School in Sylvania, Ohio. She shared helpful details from her school’s process of curriculum review. Below is a shortened transcript of...

Launching a Curriculum Review Cycle

Curriculum Development, Collaborate, Decision-Making, Leadership | July 19, 2022

Many schools do not have a designated curriculum director until they reach an enrollment of 500+ students and are able to support this “extra” position. When that time comes, creating a new position can mean that the pioneer must help determine what the job...

Initial Steps to Robust and Rigorous Curriculum Guides

Blog, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Mapping, Professional Development, School Culture, School Leadership, School Mission | June 21, 2022

Editor’s note: Dr. Long and her team at Long Educational Consulting, LLC, will be hosting a free webinar for Curriculum Trak schools on June 29, at 1:30 PM (Eastern) entitled “How to Successfully Launch and Sustain a Curriculum Mapping Effort.” Dr....