Pre Conference: Curriculum Mapping 101 Featuring Dr. Ann Johnson

Workshops and Clinic: Curriculum Mapping: Mapping the Curriculum for Improved Student Achievement Featuring Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Ann Johnson, Verneda Edwards, plus Practitioner Breakout Sessions

Dates: Pre-Conference: October 21, 2009 Workshops and Clinic: October 22 - 23, 2009

Location: University of Missouri, St. Louis, North Campus, One University Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63121

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Join us in October in St. Louis, MO for the Curriculum Mapping Workshop and Clinic.

The Workshop

The two-day Workshop will feature Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Dr. Ann Johnson, leaders in the field of curriculum, as well as classroom practitioners who will share proven strategies and insight that will help you whether you are just getting started, working to enhance the quality of your curriculum, or working to develop a shared vision and plan to implement mapping in your school or district. Laying the Foundation, Launching the Process/Getting Started in the Mapping Process and Sustaining and Integrating the Process, three of the critical mapping phases highlighted in the new book by Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Dr. Ann Johnson, "Professional Development for Curriculum Mapping: Training Modules and Maps for Effective Implementation" (ACSD) will serve as organizational strands for this interactive, dynamic two-day Workshop focus.

Participants at this Workshops will learn strategies to help:

• Develop quality Individual Maps
• Develop Consensus Maps
• Implement the Review Process
• Craft Essential Questions
• Use a Master Class model to refine mapping entries
• Provide useful and succinct feedback when working with colleagues
• Update maps with 21st Century tools
• Develop a shared vision for Mapping
• Design an Implementation Plan/Map
• Use the range of specific mapping software for professional development
• Integrate assessment data into the maps

* As identified in the new book by Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Dr. Ann Johnson, "Professional Development for Curriculum Mapping: Training Modules and Maps for Effective Implementation" (ASCD). The book includes 12 professional development maps which are aligned to four critical phases of mapping.

Pre-Conference: Curriculum Mapping 101:

During this one-day Pre-conference Workshop, Dr. Ann Johnson, co-author of "Professional Development for Curriculum Mapping: Training Modules and Maps for Implementation" (ASCD) will focus on the nuts and bolts of mapping for those of you who are just beginning or for those of you wishing a refresher. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of mapping, review the elements on a map, and learn how the mapping process can sharpen the instructional focus to impact student achievement.

Questions that will be addressed in this one-day workshop include:

• What is Mapping?
• Why Map?
• What are basic tasks schools carry out with Mapping?
• How can Mapping impact student achievement?
• How can Mapping serve as a HUB for all school improvement efforts?
  

Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs has served as an education consultant to schools and educational organizations nationally and internationally. Dr. Jacobs' new book, "Active Literacy K-12: Cross-disciplinary Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening in Every Classroom" was released in April 2006 by Eye-on-Education, Inc. She will take you through the process of Curriculum Mapping based on her best-selling books: "Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K-12" and "Getting Results With Curriculum Mapping," plus the video series "Curriculum Mapping: Charting the Course for Content," all published by ASCD. She is based in Rye, New York.	Dr. Ann Johnson is a national consultant with CMI, an experienced classroom teacher, administrator, and national presenter whose practical step-by-step systemic approach to implementing curriculum mapping is based on 13 years of success in a suburban school and two years in an urban school district in Iowa. She has coached leadership teams in the development of implementation plans, a training design, and the support structure to implement the mapping process. Dr. Johnson co-authored a chapter in Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ book, “Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping” and was featured in Dr. Jacob’s DVD/Video, “Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping.”	Verneda Edwards is currently serving as Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kansas. The district serves approximately 21,000 students and 31 schools. Verneda has been a teacher, elementary principal and curriculum director. She brings school improvement experiences from small to large districts. The Blue Valley district has been involved with the school improvement process, including Curriculum Mapping, for five years.