Janet Hale has been a special education high school teacher and general education elementary teacher, as well as seminar/workshop creator, presenter, and trainer for Teacher Created Materials. She has been an independent curriculum consultant for 20+ years. She is the author of the bestselling book A Guide to Curriculum Mapping (Corwin), co-author of its companion, An Educational Leader’s Guide to Curriculum Mapping (Corwin), and co-author of Upgrade Your Curriculum (ASCD). Her passions include systemic curriculum design and curriculum mapping; standards literacy and alignment; modernizing curriculum, instruction, and assessment; and documenting learning. Visit Janet’s consulting website: CurriculumDecisions.com; documenting learning website: documenting4learning.com; and blog: CurriculumDecisions.com/blogs; and follow her on Twitter @janet_hale.