Heidi Hayes Jacobs

Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs is internationally recognized for her seminal work in contemporary curriculum design, vertical mapping and modernizing responsive school environments. Working directly with schools in all settings of every kind, whether public, private, secular, sectarian, on-site, or virtual, she is focused on how professionals, learners, and families can make choices to best prepare students for the future

Dr. Jacobs’s models on curriculum mapping world are the basis for software solutions used throughout the world. Dr. Jacobs has engaged in projects with a wide array of both national and international organizations and companies such as ASCD, NAESP, Learning Forward, the European Council of International Schools, the Near East School Association, the College Board, ADK International Sino-Canadian Schools in China, New Zealand’s Learning Network, the Kennedy Center, the Peace Corps World Wise Schools, Carnegie Hall, Australia ISV, the United Nations Council on Teaching about the UN, the Near East School Association, the International Baccalaureate, the NY State Higher Education Commission, the CCSSO workgroup on Global Competencies, AASA, Newsela, Amazon Studios children’s programming division, and the Waterford Institute.

The author of thirteen books including the best-selling "Bold Moves for Schools: How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments" (ASCD) with co-author, Marie Alcock. Her new book, "Streamlining the Curriculum: The Storyboard Approach to Frame the Learner’s Journey," co-authored with Allison Zmuda and published by ASCD was released in September, 2023, as its world member book. Dr. Jacobs is president and founder of the Curriculum Designers Group.