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Our Guiding Principles

Our curriculum, written by our founder Dr. Dawn Matera, is guided by the principles of the executive functions, learning theory, & personal learning style.

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Curricular, Instructional & Transitional Guidelines

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What's our framework?

At WCP, curriculum is guided by an empirically based framework that describes knowledge, skills, and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life. It is a blend of content knowledge, specific skills, expertise, and literacy. Core subjects and themes include academic subjects as well as global awareness, financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, December 2009). 
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Bloom's Taxonomy

At WCP it is important that instructional methods and strategies are driven by empirically sound practices. Bloom’s taxonomy is described as “The framework elaborated by Bloom and his collaborators consisted of six major categories: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. The categories after Knowledge were presented as “skills and abilities,” with the understanding that knowledge was the necessary precondition for putting these skills and abilities into practice (Vanderbilt University, 2020).
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Transitional Guidelines

There are 5 elements which create the Taxonomy of Transition Planning. They consist of Student Focused Planning, Student Development, Family Engagement, Interagency Collaboration and Program Structures (Western Michigan University, 2016).

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