Goals for Curricular and Syllabus Development
As per the normal state of things, we are currently working on enhancing and revising both the syllabus and curriculum. This article is meant to serve as a quick reference and documentation of our intent.
For reference;
Curriculum- refers to the overarching concepts and ideals that we are striving to develop in our students.
Syllabus- refers to the list of tools available to the instructors in their endeavours to develop the Curriculum in the students.
Our general plan of attack is as follows;
Give feedback to Sifu Brinker on the current Curriculum, what we see missing or what would benefit from more clairity.
Curriculum rewrite, better defining our overall concepts and goals as a school.
Define what we as the grading board want to see in the “end product”; qualities we want to see further developed in the candidates or qualities that we see in our candidates that need to be recognized and retained.
Development of Progressive Requirements that directly support what we want to see in future candidates.
Syllabus rewrite, to best support the goals and objectives that have been defined in the process.
Our meeting, scheduled on Sunday, July 16 @ 8pm is meant to be a step in this process, so we can begin to solidify the direction the Syllabus needs to take in order to best serve and support the Curriculum. If we can definitively identify what qualities we value and desire in the future candidates, then we can begin to find the gaps in our current approach to the Syllabus and in general.