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Curriculum Standards

Janet’s work with our district was very well received. Both veteran and new teachers greatly appreciated the opportunity to dive into our state’s mathematics standards and learn how to prioritize them for consistency across our schools. In an engaging and supportive manner, she provided worthwhile professional learning to all our teachers PK to High School.

—Sean Feeny, Port Washington Union Free District, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Curriculum Mapping & Curriculum Design

Janet Hale's curriculum design work for The Dewey Schools has been transformative. Her expertise in creating engaging and effective educational frameworks has significantly enhanced our students' learning experiences. Her contributions have been invaluable in shaping a dynamic and robust curriculum that meets our diverse needs as an international school community.

—Laurie Whiston, The Dewey Schools, English Program Director

Curriculum Mapping & Curriculum Design

Janet led a multi-year curriculum mapping project designed specifically for our student population. As a low-performing school with high teacher turnover, curriculum unit guides for Mathematics and ELA became essential for ensuring learning and teaching cohesiveness. Janet was instrumental in listening to our concerns and interweaving our school’s founding principles surrounding culturally responsive teaching into each unit. She guided our administrative and teacher teams through the process of developing unit guides that identify key content, skills, and anchor texts aligned to our state standards and social justice outcomes.

—Stacey Howard, Z.E.C.A. School of the Arts and Technology, Founder and CEO

Curriculum EDiting

Many thanks go to Janet Hale, a bestselling author, educational consultant, curriculum expert, colleague, and friend. Her careful evaluation, honest critique, and helpful advice have made my book, TrustED: The Bridge to School Improvement, a more thoughtful and engaging read.

—Toby Travis, Author

Curriculum EDiting

I have hired Janet multiple times as an educational consultant for our best-selling line of workbooks. Janet ensured that the content in these workbooks aligned perfectly with curriculum standards. She meticulously revised and edited lessons and activities, significantly enhancing the quality of the workbooks. Her expertise and attention to detail gave me complete confidence in the content and its impact on children's education. Janet is great to work with and I highly recommend her for your educational publication needs!

—Courtney Acampora, Senior Editor, Silver Dolphin and Studio Fun

Curriculum EDiting

When I embarked on a bold plan of writing a series of children's books for our organization, I truly didn't know what I didn't know! Janet has been consistently beyond patient in ensuring I understand the do’s and don'ts involved in good storytelling, formatting, and editing, which has enabled us to produce age-appropriate and fun books that convey our purpose and intended message.

—Kevin Schwieger, Luke5Adventures, Founder and President

    Making curriculum decisions related to students' learning needs is on every administrator's and teacher's mind—both addressing prioritizing standards-based learning and the need for innovation. To discuss your needs and concerns, contact Janet to schedule a free virtual meeting.

    Use Janet’s CCSS ELA Progressive Continuum App

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    Working extensively with the ELA Common Core State Standardsled Janet to create a progressive continuums app that aids educators in observing the standards’ nuances across grade levels K-12.

    The CCSS ELA Progressive Continuum App provides teachers and administrators with visual enhancements that accentuate the progressive learning expectations for each of the ELA Common Core State Standards K-12 strands (Reading, Writing, Speaking/Listening, Language), as well as the Literacy in… Standards for Grades 6-12.

    Each strand’s grade level-specific standards include boldfaced text to indicate new learning and italics to indicate recurring learning from the previous academic year or years.

    For the Grades 6-12 Literacy In History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, the same boldface and italics coding is used, and also includes a side-by-side comparison of the Literacy In… standards and correlated ELA standards.

    The CCSS ELA Progressive Continuums app allows users to easily:

    • Observe standards across grade levels to aid in reading and interpreting the standards from a systemic point of view.
    • Conduct searches within each sub-strand’s standards using keywords or phrases.
    • Retrieve the College and Career Readiness ELA Anchor Standards, both on the home page and within each sub-strand section.
    • Access the CCSS ELA College and Career Ready Capacities on the home page.
    • Utilize bonus features – printable progressive continuums pdfs and matrices for each grade level’s collective standards.

    Sample App Screenshots:

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    This screenshot provides you with the progressive continuums for argumentative writing in Grades 4, 5, and 6. There is a transition from opinion writing, which ends in Grade 5, to argument writing, which begins in Grade 6.

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    This screenshot provides you with a side-by-side comparison of Literacy in… Standard 2 for Reading in History/Social Studies (RH.6-8.2) and ELA Reading Informational Text Standard 2 for Grade 6 (RI.6.2).

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    This screenshot provides you with the search result for “central” in Reading Literature – Key Ideas and Details. Note: the first use of “central” is in Grade 1’s RL.1.2 – Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

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    To discuss training related to the CCSS ELA Progressive Continuums,

    please contact Janet via:

    Cell: 520.241.8797  ⠂ E-mail: Contact Form ⠂ Skype: janethale

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