My Curriculum Philosophy

                       

                       Philosophy Implementation and Grade

With ever changing conditions, my philosophy on education is that all children will have the opportunity to be educated with a high-quality curriculum that allows them to be successful and focus on their individual goals. This entails that my school will invest in materials and resources that promote critical thinking, problem solving strategies, respect, social and emotional reform, equality, independence and a 21st century technology program that will prepare them to be productive lifelong learners and community members. I will use the criteria from Francis (2018) to establish a well-rounded curriculum for the skills and expectations I have of my students.

My philosophy on curriculum will be based on Glatthorn’s (2016) deductive approach in developing my school’s curriculum goals because it will be a new private school that will serve the community. I will align my curriculum with information from the community to help create courses pertaining to our students’ needs. Thus, the focus will be on data driven information, small group instructions, hands on activity, engaging, collaboration with social and emotional developmental resources.

My philosophy on implementing the curriculum will be to pilot the material, intensive collaboration and revision for our needs, data chat for curriculum that fits our needs and revise to implement it. Thus, I will use the necessary resources in my school for the continuity of the students’ learning needs, (Glatthorn, 2016).
My school will cater to K-12. I will be looking to further their education by investing in their higher learning endeavors with the expectation for them to return to the community and give back. I also expect my students to be active citizens of the community, leading by example, with business that promote social justice and equality.

                       Philosophy Culture Inclusiveness
Cultural inclusiveness will be included in my plan from the beginning to the end because many of my students will be culturally diverse or people of color. By knowing my neighborhood and the students in it, I understand that it is very important for all people to understand their differences, while excepting the uniqueness of others. My thought is that diversity does not divide us but makes our school and neighborhood enriched with our own social culture that is compassionate, loving and understanding of how each person is valued and respected. Thus, I will have community members from different cultures involved in my school. They will actively be involved in every decision of the school from the planning of how our school will be structured and finding the appropriate academic curriculums.

To ensure that inclusiveness is embedded into our curriculum I plan on using the framework for analyzing inequality by El-Amin (2017). Here it allows students to learn what inequality looks like, gives them a space to talk and find ways to cope with it without interfering with their ability to move forward and be successful. This is very important for students to understand and recognize the propaganda and stereotypes are not true reflections of who and what people represent. It is just what others want to use to divide and conquer people.

                        Philosophy Differentiation for Learning Needs and Tier Intervention
Understanding my students means understanding their needs and learning abilities. Thus, my philosophy is to teach students at their level so they can understand the concept, grow academically and gradually acquire different modalities of learning. This will increase their comprehension and allow them to critically think of new ways to express what they learned. Teachers often teach in one style which becomes boring and less engaging. Thus, my teachers will use multiple ways and resources to help students become knowledgeable about the subject. No two people learn the same, therefore, differentiating student learning will maximize their understanding while increasing their thought process.

                       Philosophy: Technology
Since technology is in everything we do and around us, my intension would be to maximize it to the fullest. This includes bringing in the 21st century tools to help support students and teachers in learning and implementing information. I want my learning community to explore and enhance technology to improve their personnel growth and creativity as they navigate technology tools to enhance their learning.
My school’s mission and vision are to give students the learning opportunity to be successful. Our students are super smart in their own ranks; thus, their learning abilities are unique and different from the mainstream schools. So, my purpose is to give students a positive focus, respect, community life and appreciation of others while growing independently of the negative forces and bias situations in our communities.

References

Dotoli, V., & Scanfeld, V. (2018). Teacher-driven curriculum development: Do your teachers have content knowledge and an entrepreneurial spirit? Use them! Principal Leadership, 19(2), 48-52
El-Amin et al,. (2017). Critical consciousness: A key to student achievement. Phi Delta Kappan.
Francis, J. B. (2018). Students Centered: Navigating curriculum selections to maximize improvement. Principal Leadership, 19(2), 14-16.
Glatthorn, A. A., Jailall, J. M., & Jailall, J. K. (2016). The principal as curriculum leader: Shaping what is taught and tested (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. ISBN-13: 9781483353111
Hammond, D. (2017). Are you a game – changer on curriculum implementation? Principal Leadership, 18(3), 48-51.