Age-appropriate class sizes with adult-child ratios that provide for meaningful adult-child and child to child relationships, close-adult guidance and supervision
Decentralized classrooms with interest centers and work/play areas e.g. block area, reading, and writing centers, science corner
Hybrid learning programs: CoL@Home – responsive to the needs of children and families in unprecedented times such as the Covid 19 pandemic.
The COL School for Children is a Philippine pioneer in applying the Multiple Intelligences Framework developed by Dr. Howard Gardner, implications of brain development research for lifelong learning and effective teaching, learner-centered theories and principles in curriculum development and developmentally-appropriate, wholistic evaluation of student’s learning
Individualized assessment and evaluation procedures that provide qualitative information about children’s development and learning experiences within a school year
A dynamic integrated curriculum that maximizes social studies as the core with unifying themes and units of study concretized through individual and group projects that focus on people and the environment – past, present, future – in order to strengthen understanding of historical as well as emerging issues affecting people in their communities, societies and the global village.
A reading and writing program from early childhood to senior high school that builds on effective strategies anchored on the science of reading (phonics and phonemic awareness, sight reading, close and deep reading) designed to support continuous learning as biliterate readers combined with the whole language approach to teaching reading and writing (innovative, experience and literature-based approaches.)
“Hands-on” mathematics and science programs that apply innovative, research-based principles of teaching for all age-levels that emphasize critical thinking, problem solving, creating and making projects designed to ensure the understanding of essential concepts and application of thinking skills instead of just memorizing facts and figures.
Music and Movement programs and Media Literacy and multimedia education programs that are integrated within the school curriculum and considered as essential to children’s learning and wholistic development.
Close collaboration and partnerships between parents, teachers and school leaders are integral to our approach
