Common Curriculum for Remote Learning

⚠️ Problem:
      When COVID-19 forced schools across Colorado to pivot to remote learning, teachers and students were unprepared. Educators lacked engaging, self-directed digital resources, leaving them scrambling to adapt instruction while maintaining student engagement.

✅ Solution:
    Developed a self-paced, gamified digital curriculum on viruses for secondary science students, leveraging the Ski Slope Model methodology. 

Key features:

• Flipped instruction and autonomous assignments for student-centered learning.

• Embedded formative assessments to track progress and completion.

• Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to teach virus biology, historical pandemics, and real-world scientific literacy.

• Designed to expand awareness of societal and scientific aspects of the pandemic while improving engagement and completion rates.
  
  

🛠️ Role & Tools

• Sole designer, building all resources in Google Workspace, compatible with LMS platforms like Google Classroom and Schoology.

• Recorded lectures and guided notes via Notability, uploaded to YouTube.

• Integrated four progressive formative assessments in Google Forms to provide quantitative feedback and double teacher efficiency.

• Enhanced engagement with interactive simulations, increasing student participation by 50%.
  
  

📈 Impact

• Adopted by 20+ educators, reaching thousands of students across Colorado.

• Improved student engagement by 80% and assignment completion by 50%.

• Recognized by Colorado Public Radio (KUNC) and The Coloradoan as an innovative, timely digital resource.

• Provided a scalable framework for remote science education, bridging the gap for teachers and students navigating online learning.
  
  

🔑 Takeaways

• Designed a 0→1 educational product from concept to widespread adoption.

• Empowered colleagues with a learning model that was pre-built and ready to publish, leading to widespread adoption.

• Received overwhelmingly positive feedback from teachers, students, and families on student engagement levels and the curriculum's structured approach to learning.

Recognitions