Our Credo | The Bank Street Approach | Our Conceptual Framework
Making Learning MeaningfulBank Street's creative approach to teaching and learning recognizes that children learn best when they are actively engaged with materials, ideas and people. Using this approach, Bank Street teachers encourage children to be curious, love learning, be respectful and tolerant of human differences, engage with the world around them, and prepare to lead lives of consequence.
Our approach begins with sound developmental principles. It sees the teacher as one who facilitates learning, aims for clear educational objectives, and encourages the learners to engage fully in the process of discovery and of creating understanding.
We strive to foster children's development in the broadest sense by providing diverse opportunities for physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth. We respect children as active learners, experimenters, explorers, and artists. We understand that children do not all learn at the same rate or in the same way. We also understand that learning is social, and that children learn in interaction with each other and with their environment. Finally, we believe that the Bank Street approach leads to a lifetime of learning.