Participants in Curriculum Development and Planning: Presented By: MUSTARD, LEA FAYE J

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PARTICIPANTS IN CURRICULUM

DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING


Presented by: MUSTARD, LEA FAYE J.
PARTICIPANTS IN CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING
Many people are involved in developing a
curriculum. Planning takes place at the classroom,
school, local and national level. Sometimes
curriculum planners are odds with one another.
Teachers
Teachers must fill in the main position in
curriculum decision-making. Teacher determine
how much time to spend in developing basic or
critical-thinking skills.
Teacher must also be involved in every level
of curriculum development. Teachers can function
not only as co-designers of expert curricular and
instructional systems but also co-researchers into
the effectiveness of implemented curricula.
Students
Students too mush have a voice in curriculum
development. Their input is significant in its own
right, accepting them to participate in curriculum
developments also inspires them and encourage
them to take responsibility for matters that concern
them.
Principals
For a successful curriculum planning in a
school or school system, the principal(s) must be
involved. When principals give attention to
curricular activities, they often do so from a largely
managerial perspective. Recently, most college
programs that teach and train principals devoted
little time to curriculum.
Therefore, principals of big schools should
schedule time for curricular activities, arrange for
in-service training, sit on curriculum advisory
committees as a resource manager, and refine the
school’s mission.
Parents
The parents support and influence the
implementation of the curriculum by means of
financial resources, an example is by their
contribution for the public schools while in private
schools is by means of payment of school fees.
The parents may help teachers to monitor
the behavior and social development of the
students, especially for students with special
education needs.
Curriculum Specialists
The curriculum specialists play a major role
in curriculum development and implementation
while curriculum coordinators or directors usually
are known as curriculum generalists have same
function.
These specialists are responsible for
ensuring that programs are conceptualized,
designed, and implemented. Curriculum specialists
need to know how to design and develop
curriculum and how to supervise and evaluate
instruction.
Superintendents
the system’s chief administrator are the
superintendents. They have to respond to matters
before the school board, initiate curriculum activity,
start programs for in-service training of teachers,
inform all district personnel of changes occurring in
other schools, and process demands from outside
the system for change or maintenance of
educational offerings.
Superintendents are the means for curricular
action, interpret all aspects of the school’s program
to the board, and set up communication networks
to inform and involve the public with regard to
curriculum process.
School Boards
School boards are the school’s legal agents.
Board members are responsible for the school’s
overall management headed by the local mayor or
executive. School boards have the final say as to
whether a new program is funded or implemented
district-wide.
In our system, the school board plays only a
secondary role in determining curriculum and
policy. It is the national government and its
national agencies (DepEd or CHED) which create
the policy and mostly dictates the curricula to be
implemented.

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