Streamlining Your Curriculum Through the Storyboarding Approach
Zoom
Event Details
How often do you hear the concern that we have a jam-packed, bloated curriculum that is overwhelming teachers and students? This webinar will help us make choices addressing: What to cut out? What to cut back? What to consolidate? What to create? Participants will engage in understanding the streamlining process and groundbreaking work on storyboarding. We will examine storyboards being developed by independent schools from around the country and the world. In particular, Woodward Academy will how they have designed storyboards to include students as partners in a learning journey and directly engage parents. By shifting curriculum composition to a narrative approach with clear connections across the school year, student-accessible language, and imagery, we increase the depth of our students' understanding and connect to their imaginations. This approach is being utilized across the nation and internationally for all learners K-12 and now for adults. Developed by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Allison Zmuda, in their recently released book Streamlining the Curriculum: Using the Storyboard Approach to Frame Compelling Learning Journeys (ASCD), this session will be exciting and loaded with a gallery of dynamic examples.
Speakers:
Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Author, International Curriculum Design Consultant; Curriculum Designers
Heidi Hayes Jacobs works with schools, organizations, and agencies to create responsive learning environments, upgrade curriculum, and support teaching strategies to meet the needs of contemporary learners. Her models of curriculum mapping and her design and approach to modernizing school ecosystems and learning spaces have been featured in numerous books, articles, podcasts, and software solutions throughout the world.
Through her collaboration with Allison Zmuda, Heidi has become fascinated by the possibilities storyboarding offers to streamline curriculum and increase student-facing engagement.
Connie White
Director of Learning & Innovation, Woodward Academy
Connie White is a visionary leader who has served as the director of learning & innovation at Woodward Academy in College Park, GA, since 2015. She is a former upper school physics, chemistry, and math teacher who became one of the first technology & learning directors of a 1:1 program in the southeast. Connie specializes in start-up innovation initiatives, STEAM, strategic planning, curriculum design, assessment, professional development, brain-based strategies, and pedagogy. She has conducted hundreds of workshops and seminars throughout the country and internationally. She is the president of the AATE ISTE affiliate, serves on the Association for Academic Leaders Advisory Board, and is a Paul Harris Fellow. Connie leads at Woodward in the areas of professional development, curriculum, and innovation. Connie was also the recipient of the 2016 ISTE ISEN Outstanding Educator Award, the 2020 ATLIS Pillar Award, and EdTech Digest’s Top 100 Influencers 2023.