Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Encyclopedia
Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs is an author
and internationally recognized education leader known for her work in curriculum mapping
, curriculum integration, and developing 21st century approaches to teaching and learning
.
Dr. Jacobs is president of Curriculum Designers, Inc. and Executive Director of the Curriculum Mapping Institute. She has served as an education consultant to thousands of schools nationally and internationally. She works with schools and districts K–12, on issues and practices pertaining to: curriculum reform, instructional strategies to encourage critical thinking, and strategic planning
.
)
"The Curriculum Mapping Planner: Templates, Tools, and Resources for Effective Professional Development", ASCD, Alexandria, VA. 2009. (with Ann Johnson)
"Active Literacy Across the Curriculum: Strategies for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening", Larchmont, NY. April 2006.
"Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping", ASCD, Akexandria, VA. November, 2004.
"Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K–12" ASCD, Alexandria, VA, 1997.
"Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation." ASCD, Alexandria, VA. 1989.
Doctoral work completed at Columbia University
’s Teachers College in 1981. Master’s degree from the UMass at Amherst
and undergraduate studies at the University of Utah
in her hometown of Salt Lake City.
Wide ranging consultations include organizations like: the College Board, NBC Sunday Today Show, Children’s Television Workshop, CBS National Sunrise Semester, ASCD, IBM EduQuest, The Discovery Channel, Tapestry Productions, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Council, New York City Ballet Education Department at Lincoln Center, the Peace Corps., the National School Conference Institute, the Disney Company, Prentice-Hall Publishing, the Near East School Association based in Athens, Greece, International Baccalaureate, the European Council of International Schools, and state education departments.
features two of her courses for teachers, Curriculum Mapping by Heidi Hayes Jacobs I & II, in their professional development program, PBS
TeacherLine , delivered on-line.
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and internationally recognized education leader known for her work in curriculum mapping
Curriculum mapping
Curriculum Mapping is a procedure for reviewing the operational curriculum as it is entered into an electronic database at any education setting. It is based largely on the work of Heidi Hayes Jacobs in Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K-12 and Getting Results with...
, curriculum integration, and developing 21st century approaches to teaching and learning
Learning
Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves.Human learning...
.
Dr. Jacobs is president of Curriculum Designers, Inc. and Executive Director of the Curriculum Mapping Institute. She has served as an education consultant to thousands of schools nationally and internationally. She works with schools and districts K–12, on issues and practices pertaining to: curriculum reform, instructional strategies to encourage critical thinking, and strategic planning
Strategic planning
Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy. In order to determine the direction of the organization, it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues...
.
Major publications
"Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World", ASCD, Alexandria, VA. January, 2010. (with Jaimie CloudJaimie Cloud
Jaimie P. Cloud is a sustainability educator and advocate in New York City, New York. Cloud has been recognized for her contributions to the fields of sustainability education and school reform...
)
"The Curriculum Mapping Planner: Templates, Tools, and Resources for Effective Professional Development", ASCD, Alexandria, VA. 2009. (with Ann Johnson)
"Active Literacy Across the Curriculum: Strategies for Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening", Larchmont, NY. April 2006.
"Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping", ASCD, Akexandria, VA. November, 2004.
"Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K–12" ASCD, Alexandria, VA, 1997.
"Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation." ASCD, Alexandria, VA. 1989.
Field Work
President of Curriculum Designers, Inc. Co-founder and Executive Director, Curriculum Mapping Institute. Teaching in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, NYC, 1981 to present. Co-founder of The Hollingworth Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.Doctoral work completed at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
’s Teachers College in 1981. Master’s degree from the UMass at Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
and undergraduate studies at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
in her hometown of Salt Lake City.
Wide ranging consultations include organizations like: the College Board, NBC Sunday Today Show, Children’s Television Workshop, CBS National Sunrise Semester, ASCD, IBM EduQuest, The Discovery Channel, Tapestry Productions, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Council, New York City Ballet Education Department at Lincoln Center, the Peace Corps., the National School Conference Institute, the Disney Company, Prentice-Hall Publishing, the Near East School Association based in Athens, Greece, International Baccalaureate, the European Council of International Schools, and state education departments.
Press Coverage
Interviews and features have appeared in the New York Times, Educational Leadership, Child Magazine, Sunburst Communications video on Successful Middle Schools, and National Public Radio "Talk of the Nation" Broadcast. Dr. Jacobs has published curriculum materials with Prentice Hall, Milton-Bradley, the Electric Company, and Bowmar Publishing. Video Journal of Education features a series on her work, in addition, two other video series developed by ASCD focus on Dr. Jacobs’ curriculum models. PBSPublic Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
features two of her courses for teachers, Curriculum Mapping by Heidi Hayes Jacobs I & II, in their professional development program, PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
TeacherLine , delivered on-line.