Heidi Hayes Jacobs

Heidi Hayes Jacobs is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of curriculum and instruction and has served as an education consultant to schools nationally and internationally on issues and practices pertaining to curriculum mapping, dynamic instruction and 21st century strategic planning. She is executive director of the Curriculum Mapping Institute, and president of Curriculum Designers, Inc.

Dr. Jacobs has written several books, including Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World (2010) and The Curriculum Mapping Planner: Templates and Tools for Effective Professional Development (with Ann Johnson, 2009).

Dr. Jacobs has also published numerous articles in professional journals, taught at the elementary, secondary and graduate levels, and worked with a diverse array of public and private organizations from the East Asian Council of Overseas Schools to the Disney Company. She completed her doctorate at Columbia University’s Teachers College in 1981 and received her master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

In addition to her keynote speech, Dr. Jacobs will be hosting a special registration-only mini plenary session, A New Essential Curriculum for a New Time. She will be drawing from her book, Curriculum 21, by offering a plan to provoke, invigorate, and replace essential strategies in crafting the kind of education that all students need and deserve in the global 21st century.

An educator who has led curriculum transformation and has traveled the world for decades, Dr. Jacobs has set her sights on helping educators prepare students for success in a changing world.

The mini plenary is free, but is only open to the first 35 registrants. Please register online.