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New World Leadership Children’s Academy A New Philosophy of Education
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t’s never too early to go green! When you instill green values in preschool children they can carry those values throughout life. Kraig Kidd, the founder of New World said, “It’s what you model to them, [the children]; it’s what they see around them that is most important.” Established in 2009, New World Leadership, Inc., a private non-profit, officially opened its doors as a new educational philosophy and is located in beautiful Encinitas, California and caters to children ages 2–6. The New World Leadership curriculum philosophy is based on four cornerstones. Like the foundation of a new home that provides a solid support system, the Four Cornerstones of Curriculum at the Academy provide children with the language and learning systems that enable them to become strong and sturdy in their core values and encourage healthy and peaceful beliefs that will help sustain them for
the rest of their lives. The NWL academic approach presents children with awareness, creativity and a love of learning and brings forth a world of possibilities. It is based on the philosophy and work of Maria Montessori and the belief that each child is unique and has unique learning styles. It is a flexible approach allowing for individual, peer and community development and is an integrated path for meeting academic standards with purposeful learning. The NWL approach also allows for the foundational establishment and integration of our remaining cornerstone supports. Emotional Literacy is grounded in R. Drieker’s psychology and is applied through the development and teachings of the Redirecting Children’s Behavior parenting discipline (a design from the International Network of Children and Families.) This program is guided in the belief that all behavior is communication and has something incredibly meaningful to share. It is also the structure that provides common language and common learning techniques for communication, behavior discipline, emotional development and understanding, as well as a platform for utilizing coaching techniques to let the “children lead the way.” As children are supervised in self-directed learning and develop their own solutions to problems, they can maintain accountability and responsibility for their feelings, which helps to foster a world of self-confidence and self-reliance. Sustainability is essential to developing the child as a ‘whole.’ When you teach children their relationship to the Earth and their community, you can then ask them to take care of the environment. Maria Montessori once said, “to go out of the classroom in order to enter the outside world, which includes everything, is obviously to open an immense door to instruction.” Founded on a curriculum designed by the Montessori School of Maui, creating consistency from organizational strategy to the indoor/outdoor classroom, NWL imparts to children love, respect and sustainability through venues in which the Earth supplies the needs of its inhabitants. The Spiritual Approach is based on the belief that all children are co-creators of their worlds and there are tangible tools to be learned to bring God-inspired ideas into a form that is a contribution to their community. New World is preparing the children of today to be the stewards of our communities for all of our tomorrows. Stay tuned to hear from founder, Kraig Kidd, as he is interviewed by Sandi Schwartz of Parenting Edge Radio and soon on Law of Attraction Radio Network. You may also visit the Calendar page of their Web site at www.NewWorldLeadership.org and the NWL Blog at NewWorldLeadership.wordpress.com. New World Leadership has been featured on NBC Green Week and San Diego Insider with Jack Gates. You can find the footage on YouTube.com and the NWL Web site. To schedule an interview or tour of the Academy with the founder, Kraig Kidd, e-mail Kraig@NewWorldLeadership. org
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