Curriculum design

Curriculum I have written, from toddlers to graduate students

I design learning from first principles: what a student should be able to do, the order that builds it, and the materials a teacher needs to deliver it without me in the room. Here are two examples from opposite ends of the age range.

01 / Higher education

Technology and Applied Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

I founded the program and wrote its original curriculum. It launched with a bachelor’s degree and a professional studies certificate, later added a master’s degree, and grew from 0 to 100 students. I presented the curriculum at the Western Association of Schools and Colleges conference and wrote the Conservatory’s accreditation report.

The Conservatory publishes the current curriculum, which has continued to develop since I left in 2020.

Course material

Technology and Applied Composition: Introduction

The listening playlist I made to go with my music production curriculum, which I taught to undergraduate and graduate students every year I was at the Conservatory.

Open the playlist on Apple Music

02 / Early childhood

Avant Tot Music Method

A method I created for teaching young children musical confidence and fundamentals. It uses the child’s own urge to express themselves as the way into self-directed learning.

I wrote the student book, a teacher’s manual with 12 step-by-step lesson plans and homework assignments, and an instruction app. At its peak, 30 students were enrolled, taught by two teachers I hired to deliver the curriculum I wrote.

Cover of the Avant Tot student book
Student book
Cover of the Avant Tot teacher’s manual
Teacher’s manual
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Sample pages from the student book and the teacher’s manual. © MaryClare Brzytwa.