Bilingual Early Education Business Plan
An Effective Assessment Plan for a Bilingual Early Learning Program:
Integrating Montessori, High/Scope, and Constructivist approaches from a Leadership and Personal Point of View
Adriana Ferrari
University of Calgary
Summary
Montessori, High Scope, and recent constructivist theories are properly integrated in this paper in order to create an effective assessment plan in a two-way bilingual early educational program. Montessori Method promotes the 21st Century Competencies such as problem solving skills, multilingualism, culture, awareness, and critical thinking. Teachers, as passionate educators, should rely on professional development to engage students and inspire them to accomplish their individual goals as well as to promote successful assessment practices. An integration of Montessori, High Scope, and constructivist approaches in a two-way bilingual program are presented into a program in which high quality assessment practices are promoted. An assessment plan is presented by distributing leadership in both languages of instruction, including parents, students, teachers, and administrators in the process of learning, as well as working along with other schools and communities. By following children’s interests, using assessment, teachers …show more content…
‘A key shift here is less planned activities, and instead opportunities for children to self-direct their own interests, and for practitioners to provide co-constructed environments which supports these interests.’ (Hatherly & Sands, 2002). By following children’s interests, using assessment, teachers provide the learner with self-fulfillment and confidence, some core outcomes that are often neglected in traditional assessments practices. New Zealand’s early childhood education pedagogy introduces ‘Learning Stories’ as a method of assessment in young
Integrating Montessori, High/Scope, and Constructivist approaches from a Leadership and Personal Point of View
Adriana Ferrari
University of Calgary
Summary
Montessori, High Scope, and recent constructivist theories are properly integrated in this paper in order to create an effective assessment plan in a two-way bilingual early educational program. Montessori Method promotes the 21st Century Competencies such as problem solving skills, multilingualism, culture, awareness, and critical thinking. Teachers, as passionate educators, should rely on professional development to engage students and inspire them to accomplish their individual goals as well as to promote successful assessment practices. An integration of Montessori, High Scope, and constructivist approaches in a two-way bilingual program are presented into a program in which high quality assessment practices are promoted. An assessment plan is presented by distributing leadership in both languages of instruction, including parents, students, teachers, and administrators in the process of learning, as well as working along with other schools and communities. By following children’s interests, using assessment, teachers …show more content…
‘A key shift here is less planned activities, and instead opportunities for children to self-direct their own interests, and for practitioners to provide co-constructed environments which supports these interests.’ (Hatherly & Sands, 2002). By following children’s interests, using assessment, teachers provide the learner with self-fulfillment and confidence, some core outcomes that are often neglected in traditional assessments practices. New Zealand’s early childhood education pedagogy introduces ‘Learning Stories’ as a method of assessment in young