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...

Back to School Blog Bibliography: Professional Reading Ideas for 2022–2023

Blog, Efficiency, Faith Learning, Networking/Collaboration, Professional Development, Resources | August 4, 2022

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

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....

The Problem with Teacher Evaluation Today

Blog, Leadership, Professional Development | April 19, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is a second in a series of posts related to teacher evaluations from Dan Beerens. Dan will be hosting a webinar series to cover these topics in more detail. Find out more and register to attend here. This article was previously published in...

The Start of the Journey: The Curriculum is More than a Textbook

Blog, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Mapping, Leadership, Professional Development, Textbooks | March 17, 2022

Editor’s Note: Dr. Susie Long is currently drawing upon her forty plus years of educational experience in both public and private schools to operate Long Educational Consulting as a service to Christian schools. She is CT Certified and offers a discount to Curriculum...

If Only We Had More…Time: How to Make, Give, Use, and Celebrate Time for Curriculum Mapping

Blog, CT Schools, Curriculum Development, Leadership, Professional Development | March 10, 2022

If we’ve heard it once, we must have heard it a hundred times. School leaders and administrators are always telling us, “I don’t know how I can add one more thing for my teachers to do right now. They’re already overwhelmed.” As a former teacher who is married to a...