Bellwether teachers have a clear understanding of the holistic philosophy of our school and a strong commitment to it. They are highly knowledgeable in - and stay on top of new research on - child development and progressive and holistic education. Not handed a pre-determined curriculum, our holistic educators create developmentally appropriate, integrated curriculum which incorporates the interests of the students, the domains of learning, the essential understandings and skills, differentiated instruction, as well as diverse teaching strategies and modalities to meet the needs of the varied learners in their program.

Teachers at Bellwether are constantly balancing freedom and structure, individuality and group responsibility, content and process, rational and intuition, spiritual wisdom and spontaneity - all in order to respond to each learning situation in its immediate presence. They recognize that any particular learner, in a particular setting, in a particular culture, at a particular point in time, should be addressed in that moment, and not according to a fixed model meant to apply to all individuals in all learning situations. They sure are busy!

Because holistic education does not rest on any one curriculum or method, it is all the more important that our teachers’ sensitivity, responsiveness, inquiry, caring and self-understanding are cultivated. Our teachers participate in ongoing professional development in such areas as reflective and technical teaching, child development and early education, self-assessment, and ways to support families.