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Curriculum Implementation Philosophy

Curriculum Implementation Philosophy Leaders who have defined their personal philosophy on how curriculum should be implemented will be better prepared to make curriculum-related decisions for their school. Such a philosophy should guide the leader in implementing coherent systems of curriculum, instruction, and assessment that promote the mission, vision, and core values of the school, embody

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Clinical Field Experience A: Strengthening Curricular Programs

Clinical Field Experience A: Strengthening Curricular Programs Arrange your field experience for this course in a PK-12 school setting in which you will observe and collaborate with a certified school principal. Prior to your field experience, review the requirements of all clinical field experiences for this course. Create a document to share with your principal

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A Professional Responsibility to Advance Equity

A Professional Responsibility to Advance Equity In 2019 NAEYC released a groundbreaking position statement on advancing equity, which affirms that “all early childhood educators have a professional obligation to advance equity … and work to eliminate structural inequities that limit equitable learning opportunities” (NAEYC 2019, 1). In addition, this position statement declares that “advancing equity

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What Is Anti-Bias Education?

What Is Anti-Bias Education? Anti-bias education (ABE) is an optimistic commitment to supporting children who live in a highly diverse and yet still inequitable world. Rather than a formula for a particular curriculum, it is an underpinning perspective and framework that permeates everything in early childhood education—including your interactions with children, families, and colleagues. ABE

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—NAEYC, Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education (position statement)

—NAEYC, Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education” (position statement) Since the publication of Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children (Derman-Sparks & the A.B.C. Task Force 1989) and the subsequent first edition of Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves (Derman- Sparks & Edwards 2010), early childhood teachers across the United States and internationally have

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