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After attending the Curriculum Mapping Institute in Utah, our
entire administrative team agreed Janet Hale was the consultant we
wanted to guide our district in our curriculum mapping efforts.
Janet’s in-depth knowledge, practical approach, sensitivity, and
humor have served us well as we have taken our journey. She is
able to take the theory of curriculum mapping and present the
concepts in a practical context for all grade levels and all
content areas.
Dr. Janet Boyle
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Center Grove Community Schools
Greenwood, Indiana
Janet Hale has been instrumental in directing our district through
the implementation process with Curriculum Mapping. She has been
our guiding light and inspiration! She has gone above and beyond
with training, materials, planning, encouragement, and vision. Her
energy and dedication to kids and teachers is endless!
Karen Watkins
Curriculum Specialist
Fowler Elementary School District
Phoenix, Arizona
Janet has been our lighthouse ever since we met
her in the summer of 2003 at the National Curriculum Mapping
Conference. There are so many days, weeks or months we felt lost
at sea with our curriculum mapping initiative and Janet turned on
the light and led us to where we needed to be. Her knowledge of
all areas of curriculum and curriculum mapping, as well as all
that goes along with a positive change in education has been
awesome for our district!
Steve Kovach
Curriculum Mapping Co-Coordinator / Secondary Teaching & Learning
Coordinator
Lakeville Area Schools
Lakeville, Minnesota
Janet is a breath of fresh air. She has helped the
teachers of our Diocesan schools see the big picture in terms of
curriculum while at the same time helping them step-by-step
through the mapping process. Janet is honest about the time
commitment to mapping, but presents the process in such a way that
no one is over-whelmed. She makes it clear that maps are living
documents and are always evolving. The purpose of mapping is
students, and Janet is exceptional in helping teachers keep
focused on that goal.
Dave Woolwine
Associate Superintendent of Schools
Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph
Kansas City, Missouri
Janet was instrumental in launching and
implementing curriculum mapping in our district. Without her
guidance and support we could not have gotten this initiative off
the ground. I truly appreciate her support, insight and expertise
in moving us forward.
Sharon Rosenthal
Director of Educational Services
Creighton School District
Phoenix, Arizona
Our district began the mapping process two years
ago. After conducting initial training sessions with our teachers, we
were well into our first phase of mapping. We were eager to bring
a consultant into the district to give us a perspective on what
had to be put in place to help us move to the next phases of
curriculum mapping. We were able to schedule Janet to address our
principals and teachers to provide a deeper knowledge about how to
proceed with mapping. She offered insight as to what was working
and what was not. She played an important role in our district at
a time when we needed direction and experience from someone who
could assess our status and describe what should happen next. Her
insights moved us toward our goal of an aligned and
well-articulated curriculum. Thanks Janet!
Jeanne Tribuzzi
Co-Director of Curriculum Mapping/Director of English Language Arts
West Seneca Central Schools
West Seneca, New York
Janet is like a compass. You tell her what you
need and she will point you in the right direction. Then she helps
you make it happen!
Sybil Truster
Director of Curriculum
Western Regional Professional Development Center
Dayton, Ohio
Janet is the BEST! She is awesome, dynamic,
empowering, and enthusiastic! To us, Janet is "Curriculum
Mapping." She has a wealth of information and is willing to share
it anytime, anyplace. If you want your students to learn and their
scores to improve, you need Janet Hale!
Parklane Elementary School Kindergarten Team
Lodi Unified School District
Lodi, California
Thank you for going the extra mile for my
teachers. I really appreciate that!
James Breashears
Principal
Paul Robeson High School
Chicago, Illinois
I hate giving 5's (5 = Best possible rating
score). It goes to the presenter's head!! Anyway, I had to give
Janet a 5. This was, by far, the most useful session so far!
Excellent!
Turning Standards into Essential Questions Participant
National Standards and Assessment Conference, 2004
Las Vegas, Nevada
For formal reflection, please read my
Vitae.
Photo Gallery
Moments and Memories Slideshow
Curriculum Mapping Institute 2007
Park City, Utah
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Curriculum Mapping Learning Continuum
To visualize the personal growth
taking place during a two-and-a-half day Curriculum Mapping
101 training, each participant will be placing a
personal-name sticky note on a series of learning continuums
to represent one's current comfort level after each module
has been experienced, and re-experienced.
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Time to Illustrate Your Comfort Level
After participating in the Identifying Quality Content
module, teachers visually cue Janet and Valerie Lyle, Marion
Unit #2 District's Curriculum Mapping Coordinator, as to
personal comfort levels for what they have learned thus far
in this particular module.
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Curriculum Mapping:
An Emotional Journey
For a discussion starter, teachers and administrators in
Marion Unit #2 District, Marion, Illinois, put together
puzzle pieces listing relational quotes to explore some of
the emotional factors systemic change can cause.
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Mind Mapping Curriculum Mapping
Teachers worked in small groups to create visual
organizers that highlight key concepts concerning a quality
Diary Map's format, verbiage, and alignment when recording
Content, Skills, Assessments, Evaluations, and Standards.
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Curriculum Mapping Institute 2004
Approximately 1000 administrators, curriculum specialists,
and teachers from around the world gather to share and learn
for four days every July.
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Curriculum Mapping Institute 2004
Janet Hale, Ann Johnson, Christine Shain, Mary Ann Holt, and
Jennie Johnson participating in an Open Panel Discussion in
Snowbird, Utah.
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Putting the Pieces Together
Teachers and administrators attending a Curriculum Mapping
101 training are participating in a hands-on, minds-in-gear
collaborative exercise designed to teach oneself and others
how to differentiate between a Skill and an Activity.
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Get on the Curriculum Mapping Bus!
CM Cabinet members from Camden County Technical Schools in
New Jersey board a bus for some bonding time while driving
to and attending a regional CM Train the Trainer two-day
workshop.
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Curriculum Mapping Is The Plate!
Fowler Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona,
embraced the motto: Curriculum Mapping is not one more thing
on our educational plate—it is the plate! CM Cabinet members
received a china plate as a unique, year-end district
thank-you gift to commemorate each member's caring attitude
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