Dr. Lynn Erickson is a private consultant assisting schools and districts around the country with curriculum design and instruction. During the past thirteen years she has worked extensively with K-12 teachers and administrators nationally and internationally on the design of classroom and district level curricula aligned to academic standards.

Lynn is the author of three best-selling books, Stirring the Head, Heart and Soul: Redefining Curriculum and Instruction, 2nd ed., c. January, 2001, and Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction: Teaching Beyond the Facts, c. 2002, Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom, c. 2007 Corwin Press Publishers.

A third edition of Stirring the Head, Heart and Soul will be out in December, 2007.

Lynn is a recognized presenter at national conferences in the areas of concept-based curriculum design, teaching for deep understanding, and standards alignment.

Lynn was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. She graduated from the University of Alaska in 1968 and taught at North Pole, Alaska before moving south. She taught various grade levels in California and moved to Missoula, Montana in 1976, earning master's and doctorate degrees in Curriculum and Instruction and School Administration. She has worked as a teacher, principal, curriculum director, adjunct professor, and educational consultant over a 39 year career.

Lynn currently lives in Everett, Washington with her family. She and Ken have two children, and two young grandsons, Trevor and Connor, who continually stir her heart and soul.

Publications:
Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction for the Thinking Classroom, Corwin Press, San Francisco, CA., c.2007
Stirring the Head, Heart & Soul: Redefining Curriculum & Instruction, Corwin Press, San Francisco, CA. c. 2001 1 st edition; 3rd edition out in December, 2007
Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction: Teaching Beyond the Facts, Corwin Press, San Francisco, CA. c. 2002
· Principal, "The Boy Who Would Not Be Disciplined," May 1988
· Educational Leadership, ASCD "Libby Montana Testifies...," March 1987
· Phi Delta Kappan, "Conflict and the Female Principal," December 1985

Presentations:(sample) Keynote and Breakout presentations
Summer Institute on Academic Diversity, Carol Ann Tomlinson Conference, Keynote Addresses, July 2005, 2007
Leading Lifelong Learning Conference, Keynote & Trainings, Tasmania, Australia, July 2006
Principals' Partnership Leadership Conference, Phoenix, AZ., July 2006
Differentiation and the Brain-Friendly Classroom, Corwin Press Conference, July, 2006
ASCD, PDI Institutes on "Integrating the Curriculum" and "Concept-based Curriculum"
January 17-19, 2001, March, 1999 in San Francisco, CA.; February, 1998 in Atlanta,Georgia: February 1996 in Boston, Mass.; November, 1996 in Louisville, Kentucky;
National School Conference Institute - Presentations at conferences in various locations on Concept-based and Integrated Curriculum; Aligning Curriculum to National and State Standards; Curriculum Leadership, 1995-2002
ASCD, March 2003, San Francisco, Concept-based Integration
ASCD, San Antonio, TX. March, 2001, "The Art of Conceptual Teaching"
ASCD, Boston, MA., March, 2001, "Teaching for Deep Understanding"
ASCD, New Orleans, CA. March, 2000, "Concept-based Integration"
ASCD, San Francisco, CA. March, 1999, "Concept-based Integration"
ASCD, San Antonio, Texas. March, 1998, "Designing Integrated Curriculum"
ASCD, 2003 Annual Conference - San Francisco, CA. Redesigning Curriculum and Instruction: Taking the High Road
ASCD Professional Development Institute (PDI) Indianapolis, Indiana "Integrating Curriculum Within and Across Disciplines: Concept-based Unit Design"