Chapters International

If you are a head of school, curriculum leader, academic officer, school head, division head, department chair, you likely you hear the concern that we have a jam-packed bloated curriculum that is overwhelming teachers and students. Innovation is only possible if there is "room" in the program to engage in learner centered opportunities. This workshop will examine an approach to help international schools engage in making concrete choices addressing: What to cut out? What to cut back? What to consolidate? What to create? The session will focus on a five-step process for formally reviewing curriculum that can be adapted to your school setting. Streamlining is certainly essential but it is not enough. We will consider approaches to encourage innovation and ways to partner with learners in their projects. The session will include tips for grouping teachers and creating time in your schedule for the reviews. It is a fresh take on shifting the actual writing of curriculum in a narrative approach, deliberate connections across the school year and most importantly in student-friendly language with images in a storyboard framework.

The ideas are from Heidi's ground-breaking new book, Streamlining the Curriculum: Using the Storyboard Approach to Frame Compelling Learning Journeys, co-authored with Allison Zmuda.

KEY TOPICS:

What it is to streamline and why we need it
How to ignite interest with staff and students and build coaching capacity
What makes a quality curriculum and how it is designed to directly impact audience (students and families)
The shift required to move from old-style unit isolation to deliberate a narrative approach
Process for translating old-style curriculum into student-accessible language
Role of standards converted to learning targets and move to authentic assessments

DR. HEIDI HAYES JACOBS

Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs is internationally recognized for her seminal work in contemporary curriculum design, vertical mapping and modernizing responsive school environments. She prizes her work directly with schools in all settings of every kind, whether public, private, secular, sectarian, on-site, or virtual. Dr. Jacobs’s models on curriculum mapping world are the basis for software solutions used throughout the world. Dr. Jacobs has engaged in projects with a wide array of both national and international organizations and companies such as ASCD, NAESP, Learning Forward, the European Council of International Schools, the Near East School Association, the College Board, ADK International Sino-Canadian Schools in China, New Zealand’s Learning Network, the Kennedy Center, the Peace Corps World Wise Schools, Carnegie Hall, Australia ISV, the United Nations Council on Teaching about the UN, the Near East School Association, the International Baccalaureate, the NY State Higher Education Commission, the CCSSO workgroup on Global Competencies, AASA, Newsela, Amazon Studios, and the Waterford Institute. The author of thirteen books including the best-selling Bold Moves for Schools:How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments (ASCD) with co-author, Marie Alcock. Dr. Jacobs is laser-focused on how professionals, learners, and families can make choices to best prepare students for the future and is currently in collaboration with Allison Zmuda on developing tools, approaches, and a book on how to move forward post-pandemic with fresh approaches and building on lessons learned.

INVESTMENT

USD 250 Per Participant Closing Date 25th October 2025

INCLUDES: Certificate of Participation for 3 Professional Development hours.

Emails:

www.chaptersinternational.com

+91-9818362535