Curriculum Model

1. Bank Street
Curriculum Model

2. The Bank Street Approach
▪ It is known as the developmental-interaction
approach.
▪ It recognizes that all individuals learn best
when they are actively engaged with materials,
ideas, and people.
▪ It acknowledges that authentic growth requires
diverse and nurturing opportunities for ongoing
social, emotional, and cognitive development.

3. The Bank
Street
Approach
It employs a child-centered education
program focusing on the diversity of
curriculum.
The Bank Street model knows that learning
often includes more than one subject and in
groups, allowing that children learn at various
levels and using different methods.
Play is often used as an educational jumping
off point, and teachers take advantage of
teachable moments wherever possible.

4. Its Principle
The children can become
lifelong learners by interacting
with the environment around
them, including other people,
different places, and various
things, and then interpret what
they've just experienced. Students
are offered myriad opportunities in
which to do this (blocks, dramatic
play, puzzles, field trips, and lab
work.)

5. The Teachers
and Leaders of
the Bank
Street
Approach
The teachers are very much aware of a child's place
in the world and how influences outside of school,
including personal interests, the child's current
personal development and pace of development, and
whatever else may be going on in the world around
them.
• Teachers and leaders are viewed as facilitators
of learning.
• It is the educator’s role to meet students “where
they are” to help them develop and realize their
unique potential.
By combining a deep understanding of human
development and educational theory with a
disciplined approach to observation and reflection,
Bank Street educators provide students with
meaningful learning opportunities best suited for
their learning and growth.

6. Example of Use in the Classroom
For example, children are playing store or restaurant in a play kitchen and /or
table, a teacher who uses the Bank Street method may talk to the children
about a variety of topics including:
▪ Where does the food come from (and may include a mini -lesson about farms
and /or even factories)
▪ What types of food you can buy at a grocery store
▪ What types of food these particular children like to eat
▪ How to make a shopping list
▪ What types of foods are healthy and which ones are not
If the lesson goes well, the teacher may even explore going on a field trip to a
supermarket or bring in a nutritionist to talk to the children about making good
food choices at meal and snack times.

7. Example of Use in
the Classroom
Based on the example cited,
the Bank Street method does a great
job of taking child-centered play as a
jumping-off point and using it to
teach valuable lessons.

8. Other Facts About the
Bank Street Approach and
Schools
Most Bank Street preschools use
common techniques found in most
classrooms including morning meetings,
calendar time, and recess outside.
Additionally, preschool teachers
certainly have a curriculum to follow,
but they are prepared to change topics
based on what the children are showing
interest in at the time.

9. Admission to Schools
When it comes to admission to
schools that employ the Bank Street
method, students are usually accepted
as young as 3 years of age. Many
preschool classrooms include children
of varying ages, so it won't be
uncommon to find a room with
children as young as 2 and as old as 5
learning and playing together.

10. Through
this
approach,
The students develop in the broadest sense, as:
• They learn to understand themselves more deeply and to
make meaning of the world around them;
• They build the courage and confidence to think independently
and creatively;
• They develop the skills to work respectfully and
collaboratively with others.
The educators encourage students to
• be curious,
• love learning,
• be respectful,
• embrace human differences,
• engage with the world around them

11. Through interaction
with teachers, peers, and their
environments, Bank Street
students build the strong
critical thinking and the
academic and professional
skills they will need to thrive
in school settings and in life.

12. Bank Street’s progressive
approach to education provides
students, educators, and communities
with a foundation for transforming the
world in large and small ways.
Social justice, advocacy, and
building an inclusive community are at
the core of its work.
As educators, we challenge
ourselves and our students to grow from
the opportunities and hurdles inherent in
people working and learning together.

13. In the words of Bank Street
founder Lucy Sprague Mitchell, “we
see in education the opportunity to
build a better society.”

14. References
https://www.bankstreet.edu/about-bank-street/our-approach/
https://www.verywellfamily.com/bank-street-preschool-method-
https://school.bankstreet.edu/about/history-philosophy/
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