CURRICULUM
The child … is the curriculum.
- Rudolf Steiner
Emergent Curriculum:
A Weaving Process
With a student-centered, emergent curriculum, our teachers weave curriculum strands together with student interests, resulting in rich interdisciplinary fields of study and thematic lessons that are relevant, engaging, and exciting to the children at Springwell. We also honor independent learning and provide daily time to support ongoing individualized skills development in the traditional academic content areas, such as math and language arts.
We follow the Common Core State Standards when assessing and planning academic progress for our students for math and English Language Arts. For our reading instruction, we use Wilson’s Fundations for early readers. All work is adapted to meet students where they are at, regardless of grade level or age.
Since we follow our students’ interests, the curriculum guides are just that, guides. The actual classroom work evolves as our faculty and students evolve and adapt together.
A curriculum that lives and breaths — adapting to student interests.
Please note: at Springwell, we do not strictly adhere to a set traditional curriculum each year. The Springwell curriculum lives and breaths, adapting to student interests as learning evolves.
Our teachers and students adapt actual curriculum together in real-time, while following common core state standards in Math and English Language Arts. As our classrooms and our student body changes, our curriculum naturally adapts as well.
Our Ethos: Academic Musings
Our Inspirations
Our innovative curriculum combines elements of progressive models of education including Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Waldorf approaches to education. We balance whole group and individual student-led learning activities, with carefully trained staff who engage students in learning activities, then observe, document, reflect, and plan new ways for students to explore their developing understandings on a daily basis.
As founder of Springwell, I deeply contemplate — on a daily basis — what students (and humans) need in order to thrive, not just in the future, but right now, in this very moment.
In my early youth, I was an excellent student, an identity that led me to Harvard Law. I learned to out-perform within controlled environments.