Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs (born October 4, 1948) is an

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and internationally recognized education leader known for her work in

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, curriculum integration, and developing 21st century approaches to

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and

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. Jacobs is President of Curriculum Designers, Inc. and Executive Director of the Curriculum Mapping Institute. She works as an education consultant with schools and districts K–12 on issues and practices pertaining to: curriculum reform, instructional strategies to encourage critical thinking, and

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Personal

Dr. Heidi Hays Jacobs was born on October 4, 1948. She completed her doctoral work at

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’s Teachers College in 1981. She received her master's degree from the UMass at Amherst; her undergraduate studies were at the

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in her hometown of

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Major publications

''Bold Moves For Schools: How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments'', ASCD, Alexandria, VA 2017. (with Marie Hubley Alcock) ''Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World'', ASCD, Alexandria, VA. January, 2010. (with

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) ''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

Jacobs is President of Curriculum Designers, Inc., and Co-founder and Executive Director, of the Curriculum Mapping Institute. She has taught in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, from 1981 to the present. She is a co-founder of The Hollingworth Center also at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr, Jacobs has consulted with a wide range of organizations including: the College Board, NBC's Sunday ''Today Show'',

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, CBS National Sunrise Semester, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ASCD, IBM EduQuest, The

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, Tapestry Productions,

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, Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development,

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Education Department at the Lincoln Center, the

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, the National School Conference Institute, the

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, 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 on Jacobs have appeared in: ''

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'', ''Educational Leadership'', ''Child Magazine'', Sunburst Communications video on Successful Middle Schools, and

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"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.

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features two of her courses for teachers, "Curriculum Mapping" by Heidi Hayes Jacobs I & II, in their professional development program,

TeacherLine, delivered on-line.

References

*Perkins-Gough, Deborah (2003). Creating a timely curriculum: a conversation with Heidi Hayes Jacobs lectronic version Educational Leadership, 61(4), 12-17 (interview).

External links

Curriculum DesignersCurriculum 21Barnes and Noble
* Interview on ASCD's ''Educational Leadership'

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