• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Curriculum Leadership Institute

Curriculum Leadership Institute

Pathways to School Improvement

  • Home
  • CLI Model
    • CLI & State Standards
    • CLI & Accreditation
    • CLI & PLCs
    • CLI & RTI
  • Service Options
    • Curriculum Ninja Mastermind
    • Workshops
  • Our Clients
    • Online Training Materials
  • Tools & Resources
    • Tools
    • Resources
  • Why CLI
    • About CLI
    • Testimonials & Letters of Recommendation
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment Opportunities
  • Contact Us
    • Schedule an Appointment
  • Schedule an Appointment

E-Hints Related to Instruction

Cross-Curricular Instruction
October 5, 2021
Perhaps just as important as making sure students are immersed in all subjects equally, is the importance of creating an authentic learning environment where students are able to apply the skills they learn throughout their scheduled-subject day.
Read More
A Resource to Support the Local Curriculum
August 3, 2021
Have you ever been in a conversation about learning targets, and the textbook was called the curriculum? At first, it may seem like a simple error of using the wrong term. However, a common belief among some educators is that the textbook or resource is a curriculum. The curriculum is…
Read More
Keeping Students Engaged Systematically Using the Instructional Planning Resource
May 4, 2021
Client districts using CLI’s Instructional Planning Resource (IPR) can connect contingency planning to intentional forms of instruction. The IPR does not overcome the lack of personal computers, home-based internet availability, or willingness of parents to risk their children getting sick. But it does give structure to how teachers plan for…
Read More
Returning to School During COVID-19 (Part Two)
August 18, 2020
This E-Hint is the second segment in a two-part series providing suggestions for returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. This segment delves into onsite and online instructional options and checking for understanding in an online environment.
Read More
Teaching for Reflective Learning
July 7, 2020
As anyone working in education can attest, a greater emphasis is placed on criterion-referenced high stakes testing than in the past. In response to this reality, including reflective thinking in a teacher’s toolbox of instructional strategies can help students think about their learning and ensure that applications are meaningful and…
Read More
The End of the School Year is in Sight
May 5, 2020
Yes, the end of the school year is in sight. Teachers are worried about finishing the curriculum, checking in books, taking posters off the walls, entering grades, and all of their other year-end tasks. Administrators are ticking items off of their unique building goal lists and sending out…
Read More
5 Holiday Snack Recipes for Your Classroom!
December 3, 2019
As a throwback to our most popular holiday E-Hint, A CLI Christmas Recipe Book, we’ve compiled five more recipes! Bring these delicious holiday snacks to your classroom party or keep them at home for you to munch on. Each one is a tried-and-true hit from our CLI staff.
Read More
Want to Improve Reading Comprehension? Keep Science and Social Studies in the Elementary Schools
October 1, 2019
It is a familiar scenario and solution. The pressure is felt to improve reading skills to score higher on standardized tests. Elementary teachers can’t extend the school day, so they borrow time from a content area which doesn’t have a state assessment or one not as often. …
Read More
Proficiency Scales and the CLI Model
February 5, 2019
Many of our school districts have begun work with proficiency scales, a tool introduced by Robert Marzano and Marzano Research to determine levels of student learning. One benefit of including proficiency scales in your curriculum, instruction, and assessment work is that both the teacher and student can use them. …
Read More
High Expectations Communicate Respect
September 5, 2017

Photo source: Megan Soule / Unsplash As a new school year begins, educators need to set and communicate expectations to the students in their classrooms. When identifying expectations, teachers often struggle deciding whether expectations are too high, too low, realistic, and uniformly applied. Popular research continues to…

Read More
Initial CLI District Response to 6 Key Elements of the Every Student Succeeds Act
November 1, 2016
Analysis of relevant elements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) suggests topics of discussion for the CLI district’s curriculum coordinating council. Although those who prepared ESSA say the act places most responsibility for establishing provisions to ensure school accountability on states, many stipulations included at the federal level…
Read More
Curriculum is a Roadmap
October 3, 2016
“Curriculum” is discussed on a daily basis in conversations within schools among administrators, teachers, support staff, and outside stakeholders. Strangely enough, it is a term that carries fundamental misconceptions that make those conversations difficult. Unless everyone involved in the conversation has the same definition for curriculum, what is…
Read More
Communicating with Parents: Mediums and Methods for Success
September 6, 2016
We live in a fast-paced world where society as a whole communicates and receives feedback within seconds. This has become the expected norm in social settings and the business world and has also affected how educators connect with the parents of our nation’s most important product — children. …
Read More
Book Briefing: The Other Side of the Report Card
April 4, 2016
In honor of School Library Month, this E-Hint is inspired by a new book: The Other Side of the Report Card: Assessing Students’ Social, Emotional, and Character Development by Maurice Elias, Joseph Ferrito and Dominic Moceri (2016). As curriculum developers, we know that academic learning should be thoughtfully planned,…
Read More
Supporting Student Learning: The “Ins” and “Outs” of the Classroom
March 1, 2016
Educators are always trying to discover and use new academic strategies to increase student learning. Sometimes the best approaches are not academic, but they are supportive in nature. According to Awaken the Learner, published by Marzano Research, as well as recent articles in NEA Today, attention should be…
Read More

Primary Sidebar

Search by keyword(s)

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors

Recent Posts

  • eTip of the Week: Use Semantic Mapping to Teach Vocabulary
  • eTip of the Week: Vertically Align the Curriculum with Locally Important Content
  • eTip of the Week: Develop a Question-Based Agenda
  • eTip of the Week: Choose the Assessment Type Based on Verb Level
  • eTip of the Week: Try Something New!
Tweets by @CLI_Leaders

Footer

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Curriculum Leadership Institute
PO Box 284,
McPherson, KS  67460
620-412-3432

Copyright © 2023 · Genesis Sample on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

  • About CLI
  • Contact Us
  • Employment Opportunities
  • Privacy Policy