Curriculum & Instruction
- Standards-based instructional design
- Learning progression development
- Instructional frameworks and classroom look-fors
- Inquiry and authentic learning design
- Professional learning facilitation
Helping educators connect curriculum, assessment, STEM, and real-world learning to create meaningful experiences for students.
Sherita Hayes is an educational leader, instructional innovator, and STEM advocate.
Her experience spans curriculum and instruction, assessment and accountability, instructional technology, STEM integration, standards-based learning, and data-informed school improvement.
Her work focuses on helping schools design learning experiences that are rigorous, engaging, inquiry-driven, and connected to the world beyond the classroom.
She serves in educational leadership within Oxford City Schools, supporting district initiatives in instructional innovation, student assessment, data systems, STEM learning, instructional technology, and standards-based practices.
With a background that includes classroom teaching, curriculum support, assessment coordination, instructional coaching, and technology leadership, Sherita brings a unique perspective that bridges teaching, learning, systems, and innovation.
Sherita's work blends instructional leadership with innovation and systems thinking. Her areas of focus include:
Learning should be meaningful, rigorous, and connected.
Sherita believes students learn best when instruction:
Connects learning to authentic problems and questions
Engages curiosity and inquiry
Builds deep conceptual understanding
Encourages collaboration and communication
Connects academic content to future opportunities
Gives students opportunities to create, apply, and reflect
Her work emphasizes designing learning experiences that move beyond compliance and passive learning to foster deeper thinking, relevance, and student ownership.