Expanded Core Curriculum Paper

The researcher decided on the topic of the Expanded Core Curriculum after a needs survey was done to find the needs of the school. The school had recently been involved with a reaccreditation for the school. It was shown that there was a need in our transition program. Students were leaving the school and sitting at home without getting a job. The school decided that action was needed to improve this problem. The researcher chose to research the Expanded Core Curriculum, which is a curriculum for students with a vision impairment who need extra help in areas that other students learn incidentally with their vision. Permission was granted by the associate superintendent that the research could be carried out. The researcher gained the support of the teachers of the transition program and filled out a
Students without it have had no job. There is a high percentage of persons who are blind or visually impaired who do not have a job. The problem arises that they may have the ability to work, but their self-esteem does not support this notion. The more they are exposed to the Expanded Core Curriculum, the more self-respect and confidence they will have. The researcher decided on surveys, interviews and tests because the students have the ability to participate in them without added stress. When the student has stress, they are not able to perform as well, and there was a possibility of them dropping out of the research project. The research project was totally not mandated as something they had to do. It was completely voluntary. The teachers involved also had the opportunity not to participate in the research. They chose to participate as a means to be a better teacher for the students who are visually