Virtual Consultations Now Available!

Including webinars, curriculum & assessment reviews, and Q&A sessions.

An experienced educator and noted author, Jay McTighe provides consulting services to schools, districts, regional service agencies and state departments of education. Jay’s professional efforts are devoted to six inter-related educational goals:

• Improving the quality of student thinking

• Mapping the curriculum around “big ideas” and essential questions

• Developing the 21st Century Skills of critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration

• Creating performance assessments for measuring what matters most

• Engaging students in meaningful learning around authentic tasks

• Teaching for understanding and transfer

A popular and effective speaker, Jay McTighe is available for a variety of presentation venues, from Keynote addresses to multi-day workshops. For further information, contact him via e-mail or phone, (410) 531-1610.

Latest Collection of UbD Resources

Curriculum Development Software based on the UbD® Framework

An all-in-one platform for Understanding by Design®  practitioners

Unit Planning Software based on the Understanding by Design® Framework

UbD® Online Learning Modules

Online Modules on Performance
Tasks – Design & Use

Online Professional Development on
Teaching for Deeper Learning

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I'm so excited to be attending #WorldEdSummit to hear from leaders like @salkhanacademy @khanacademy, @joboaler, @jaymctighe, @MichaelFullan1

And absolutely honored to be presenting my work alongside them

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Still time to register! Is assessment part of your ongoing professional learning? Join @jaymctighe as he explores assessment principles. Session will be recorded and shared if you can't make it live. https://lnes.ca/program/10362

Join @DefinedLearning for a free virtual summit on March 14, 2023, from 9 AM to 2 PM ET. @jaymctighe, @Joe_Sanfelippo and more will discuss how to engage students in meaningful career-connected learning that boosts student outcomes! Register today:
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I strongly recommend that any district or school using the Understanding by Design® framework to develop curriculum should also be using well designed curriculum software to manage that curriculum. EP21s Unit Planner provides an intuitive interface based on the UbD Template 2.0.

Giselle was a dear friend and brilliant educator who left us way too soon... but her valuable contributions to education live on.

Consider joining me for a 2-session webinar (2 hours each) where I'll explore a set of principles and practices of sound classroom assessment from my latest book. Dates: March 2 and 9, 2023. Sponsored by Chapters International. For more info: https://chaptersinternational.com/mailer/jay_mctighe_UCSLAEMSL_1.html

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