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Hear directly from educators leading a major curriculum redesign at a 90-year-old, tradition-bound school. Their case study illustrates how they moved from a topic-based curriculum to one built on transferable skills and enduring understandings — and how they built the buy-in, capacity, and structures to make it stick.

All webinar registrants — regardless of attendance — receive links to the recording and presentation slides about 24 hours after the webinar. So, be sure to register.

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Complimentary

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$161.00

Curriculum transformation is hard in any school, but it carries unique challenges in a school community shaped by decades of tradition, legacy families, and long faculty tenures. Yet the urgency is clear:: schools are being asked to rethink how they prepare students for a world being reshaped by AI and automation, changing work, and societal uncertainty. Moving from a content-driven, topic-based curriculum to one centered on transferable skills and enduring understanding isn't optional anymore; it's how independent schools stay relevant.

Join educators at Charleston Day School, founded in 1937, to explore how they took on exactly that challenge. They'll share how they articulated the "why, behind their curriculum redesign" earned Board and faculty support, created new structures and roles to support the work, and enhanced school culture along the way. You'll also hear honestly about what didn't go as planned — the pacing tensions, the growing pains of new roles — and the change-management framework that helped them lead through the "implementation dip" that comes with any meaningful transformation.

You will learn how to:

• Learn how to transition  from a topics-based curriculum to one built on transferable skills, essential questions, and enduring understandings — with an eye toward preparing students for an AI-driven future.
• Discover strategies to  secure Board support, energize faculty, and create essential structures — like protected collaboration time and coordinator roles — to sustain momentum.
• Hear concrete examples of the shift in action, including how a beloved elementary unit was reimagined around big ideas instead of memorized facts, featuring authentic perspectives from the faculty who led the work.
• Gain a practical change-management framework to anticipate resistance, manage pacing , and guide your team through institutional change.
• Leave with actionable insights to evaluate and adapt these strategies for your own school community.

This webinar is for:

School Heads, Assistant Heads, Division Heads, Board Members, Curriculum Coordinators/Directors, Anyone leading or supporting curriculum change