The Curriculum Framer:
units by design

• What is UbD?
• Curriculum Framer

Grant Wiggins and his team at Authentic Education have taken all their work of the last decade and built the Curriculum Framer to make unit design, supervision, and improvement user-friendly and powerful.

The Curriculum Framer is a curriculum design system based in Understanding by Design. Online and easy to navigate, the Framer provides design space, alignment tools, and professional development.

With the Framer you can:

• Design and align new units, based in Understanding by Design
• Bring coherence to the curriculum through overarching EQs and understandings
• Work with colleagues to develop, teach, critique, and refine your curriculum
• Import, add, and edit a consistent set of rubrics
• Learn more about UbD though professional development modules when you need them

Our software also provides reporting tools to help school and district leaders assess curriculum as it develops. The reporting features can help answer these questions:

• Does this unit address and assess the standards adequately?
• Which units explore their essential questions most effectively?
• Are teachers using an appropriate variety of assessment types?
• Do instructional approaches align with best teaching practice?

Visit the Curriculum Framer demonstration website today!

For more information, contact Denise Wilbur.