Transferability of Learning with Janet Hale Transformative Principal 399

<p> </p> <p><a href="http://curriculumdecisions.com">Janet Hale</a> <a href= "https://twitter.com/Janet_Hale">Twitter</a> is passionate about supporting educators in making curriculum decisions that ensure, enhance, and enrich learning and teaching experiences.</p> <p>She specializes in curriculum mapping; curriculum design using various models and frameworks; standards literacy and alignment; and documenting learning to assist schools, districts, dioceses, higher-ed programs, and educational organizations and businesses with their curriculum, instruction, and assessment needs and improvement plans.<br /> Her Masters of Arts degree in educational leadership and curriculum development; plus teaching in elementary, secondary, and special education classrooms, enable Janet to provide insights and information conducive to making decisions that improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices for all learners—including teachers and administrators.</p> <p>Beyond her own consultancy, Janet is a member of the <a href= "https://www.globalschoolconsultants.org/">Global School Consultant Group</a> and works with clients worldwide to aid them in their curriculum decisions to create innovative learning environments while ensuring alignment to standards and accountability needs.  Janet has written professional books published by ASCD and Corwin Press that focus on curriculum mapping, upgrading units of study, and documenting learning.</p> <ul> <li>Personalized learning</li> <li>There are too many standards, so we must prioritize them.</li> <li>Looking at the standards structurally.</li> <li>All agree on which standards are the priority standards?</li> <li>Until we can get away from state testing we are going to be bound to what the state determines.</li> <li>We’re missing what it means to be student-focused.</li> <li>Testing isn’t the top priority, but it is a consideration.</li> <li>If we think of the standards, we need to allow for transferability.</li> <li>Trying to give kids real-world environments.</li> <li><a hr