St. Francis of Assisi Montessori is a private, non-sectarian school that offers preschool through elementary education and basic computer literacy. Its vision is to be an excellent center for basic education, and its mission is to provide a balanced physical, intellectual, social and moral education to imbue learners with the highest ideals of life. The school has 24 classrooms, 3 computer labs, and facilities like an administration building, library, gymnasium and chapel. It follows a learner-centered curriculum designed around students' needs and interests, where students actively construct understanding through interaction with teachers and their environment.

1. CONCEPTUALIZED SCHOOL
(PROJECT IN COGNATE 209CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
AND RECENT TRENDS)
LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
SAN PABLO CITY CAMPUS
SAN PABLO CITY, LAGUNA
SUMMER 2013

2. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI MONTESSORI

3. *Type of School/ Institution
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St. Francis of Assisi Montessori is a non-sectarian
private school.
*Course Offering
•
St. Francis of Assisi Montessori offers courses
such as complete pre-school and elementary education
with basic computer literacy program.
*Vision of SFAM
•
St. Francis of Assisi Montessori is a center of
excellence in the basic educational endeavor.

4. *Mission of SFAM
•
St. Francis of Assisi Montessori
strives to imbue its learners with the
highest ideals of life and living, and to
expose them to a well-balanced
physical, intellectual, social and moral
education, with constantly updates
educational program responsive to the
needs of the nation.

5. *Values

6. *Philosophy of SFAM
• St. Francis of Assisi Montessori is
dedicated to the pursuit of
“Truth, Wisdom and Knowledge
for the Service of God, Country
and Humanity”.

7. *Goals of SFA
• These are the goals of SFAM:
• To imbue the learners with the highest ideals of
life
• To prepare the learners for responsible citizenship
and for enlightened leadership
• To strive for excellence that will lead to the
development of the holistic personality of the
learners.

8. *Objectives of SFAM
These are the objectives of SFAM:
• To provide the learners with a well-integrated program
that will lead to the development of the total-person, the
harmonious development of their physical, mental, social,
emotional and spiritual maturity
• To foster values and attitudes among the learners that
would assist them to grow and effect growth as
responsible, responsive, functional and concerned
members of society

9. • To develop critical thinking among the students so that
they may be able to come up with a logical choice and
wise decisions in whatever situation they face
• To enable the learners to communicate effectively with
due respect to the dignity of the person they are relating
with
• To produce a graduate pupils who are adequately equipped
with relevant knowledge, values, skills and attitudes for
secondary education

10. *Site Development (Physical
Facilities)

11. *Number of Classroom
• There are twenty-four rooms used by the
pupils, per grade level has three classrooms in
order to learn well plus three computer
laboratory rooms for the attainment of pupils’
basic computer literacy program of the school.
There are five rooms which serve as the
administration building that includes office of
the principal, faculty room, guidance room,
registrar and cashier. There are some other
buildings which serve as clinic, library,
gymnasium, school chapel, guard house,
storage room and canteen which are all used
for the common good of the faculty and the
learners themselves.

12. *Number of Teachers
• There are twenty-four classroom teachers
intended for every grade levels plus three
computer teachers for computer literacy
program. There are also some administrative
personnel and non-teaching staff which
includes one guidance counselor, one cashier,
two registrars, one canteen manager, one
school head/principal, one librarian, one
school dentist, one school nurse, two canteen
helpers, one security guard and two utility
workers.

13. *Qualification of Teachers
• A four-year degree is a pre-requisite for
admission to teach. He/ She must be a
licensed professional who manifest pride in the
nobility of the teaching profession. He/ She
keep himself/herself physically, mentally and
morally fit. He/ She must demonstrate
devotion to duty, honesty, punctuality and
efficiency. He/ She must possess dignity and
reputation with high moral values as well as
technical and professional competence. He/
She must do his/ her best to implement the
educational policies for the attainment of the
school goals, vision, mission, values and
philosophy.

14. *Curriculum Design
• The design of the curriculum used is
based on the influence of John Dewey
who believe that “education is life”,
Rouseau who introduced the childcentered education, Pestallozi who said
that “the aim of education is to secure a
happier and virtuous life for every
individual and Froebel who insisted that
“education is the process of development
of inborn capacities and powers of the
individual” which is known as the learnercentered curriculum design.

15. • This curriculum design is anchored on the needs
and interests of the child. In this curriculum, the
learner is not considered as a passive individual
but as one who engages with his/her
environment. The learners actively create,
construct meanings and understandings. The
learners interact with the teachers and the
environment, thus there is a collaborative effort
on both sides to plan lessons, select content and
do activities together. Therefore, learning is a
product of the child interaction with the
teachers and the environment.

16. Curriculum Design Model

17. • Thank you for Listening!
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Prepared by:
Ms. Jemimah L. Ulan
Ms. Matea Perla U. Ruño
Ms. Ma. Cristina A. Vergara