Implementing the Curriculum

The Roles of Stakeholders in Curriculum Implementation

•Stakeholders are individuals or institutions that are interested in the school curriculum. Their interests vary in degree and complexity. They get involved in many different ways in the implementation, because the curriculum affects them directly or indirectly.

1. Learners at the Center of the Curriculum

•The learner is placed at the center. The learners are the very reason a curriculum is developed. They are the ones who are directly influenced by it.•Learners in all levels make or unmake the curriculum by their active and direct involvement.

Important Role of the Learners in the Curriculum

•Consider as the center of the educational process.•Learners or students are the very reason why school exists.•Learners are the primary stakeholders in the curriculum

Age, gender, physical, mental, emotional development, cultural background, interests, aspirations and personal goals are some of the factors that should be considered in the implementation of the curriculum.•The students make the curriculum alive.

The success of the curriculum can only be measured by the extent of

learning that the learners have achieved. Therefore, a fit between the planned or written curriculum

and the characteristics of the learner will guarantee success in education.

2. Teachers as Curriculum Developers and Implementers

•In the teaching and learning process, the other side of the coin is the teacher.•Planning and writing the curriculum are the primary roles of the teacher.•A teacher is a curriculum maker. He/she writes curriculum daily through a lesson plan, unit plan or yearly plan.•The teachers prepare activities for the students to do.

•The teacher addresses the goals, needs, interests, of the learners by creating experiences from where the students can learn.•The teacher designs, enriches and modifies the curriculum to suit the learner’s characteristics.•As a curriculum developer, teachers are part of textbooks committees, faculty selection boards, school evaluation committee or textbook writers themselves.

•Teachers are empowered to develop their own school curricula taking into consideration their own expertise, the context of the school and the abilities of the learners. By doing so, teachers become architects of school curriculum.•On the others hand, a developed curriculum remains inactive, if it is not implemented. At this point, teachers’ role shifts from a developer to an implementer. From a designer or technician to a decision maker.

•The teachers’ role now shifts from planning to doing. Doing here implies guiding, facilitating and directing activities which will be done by the students.•The teachers’ role as an implementer is very crucial. Oftentimes, unsuccessful implementation of the curriculum becomes the root of the educational failure, thus some would say that the root of the educational problem is the teacher.

Views of the students about the teacher as a curriculum maker and implementer.

•“Teachers are the most crucial persons in the implementation of a curriculum.”•“Teachers shape the school curriculum by sharing the experiences that they have and the resources they are capable of giving or imparting to the learners.”

Therefore, no technology can ever replace a teacher; it will only support the multifaceted role of the teacher. Thus, the complexity of teaching requires tremendous maturity, decision making in the implementation of any curricular plan as in the choice of materials, methods or strategy of teaching and modes of evaluation.

3. Curriculum Managers and Administrators

•In school organization, there is always a curriculum manager or school administrator. In fact, for school principals, one of their functions is being a curriculum manager.

Why are school administrators and curriculum managers important to curriculum

implementation?

•“The school administrators play an important role in shaping the school curriculum because they are the people who are responsible in the formulation of the schools’ vision, philosophy, mission and objectives. They provide necessary leadership in evaluating teaching personnel and school program. Keeping records of curriculum and reporting learning outcomes are also the managers’ responsibilities.”

•“The school administrators have the responsibility of running the entire school effectively. They have to oversee the smooth transition of the child from one grade level to another and they should see to it that the curriculum is implemented vertically or horizontally with very minimal overlaps. Instead there should be continuity, relevance, balance, so that overall curriculum will produce a well rounded person.”

•Indeed the role of the administrators can never be ignored. The principle of command responsibility and institutional leadership rests on the shoulder of the school administrators.

4. Parents as Supporter to the Curriculum

•“My child and my money go to this school.”•Parents would be willing to pay the cost of educating their child for as long as their children get the best learning or schooling experiences.

•Parents’ voices are very loud and clear. In our country, it is a general fact that even in college the parents are responsible for their child’s education. The power of the parents to influence curricula to include instructional materials and school activities is great, such that the success of curricula would somehow depend on their support.

How do parents shape their curriculum and why are they considered as

stakeholders?

•Effective parental involvement in school affairs may be linked to parent educational programs which is central to high quality educational experiences of the children.

•The parents’ involvement extends from the confine of the school to the

homes.

•In most schools the Parent Association is organized.

5. Community Members as Curriculum Resources 

•The success in the implementation of the curriculum requires resources.•The community members and materials in the existing local community can very well substitute for what are needed to implement the curriculum.•The whole community can serve as curriculum resource thus; each member has a great stake in the curriculum implementation.

6. Other Stakeholders in Curriculum Implementation

•Professional organizations have shown great influence in school curriculum.•Some of these organizations are those of each profession, like teachers’ organization, lawyers’ organization, medical doctor’ association, engineers’ organization and many others.

•The government has a great stake in curriculum implementation.

The government is represented by the Department of Education (DepED) for basic

education curricula ;The Commission on Higher Education

(CHED) for the tertiary and graduate education curricula.

This two government agencies have mandatory and regulatory powers over the implementation of the curricula.

•The third government agency that has a high stake in the school’s curricula is the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC). It is because the graduates of the different tertiary degrees must be certified as professionals.

•The PRC through the Professional Regulatory Boards, conducts examinations for some degrees programs like the Licensure Examinations for Teachers, Accountants, Dentists, Engineers, bar examination to certify lawyers and the Philippine Medical Association through its Medical Board of Examiners conducts medical board exams for the licensure examination for doctors.

Presented By:

Albin B. CaibogJonalyn SabocojanRichard Y. Salvedia

BEED IV-A

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