Review the curriculum currently being used in your classroom, or at the school you have been hired to teach at. College instructors at community colleges, and especially professors at universities, have a great deal more of an opportunity to decide what is taught in their classes than do teachers working on a K to 12 curriculum.
Select materials that you would like to use in your classroom. These materials can include books, films or newspapers from around the world. For example, if you teach a foreign language like French to high school or college students, a newspaper printed in that language could be a creative way to engage students in that language and culture.
Narrow down your list to materials that can complement or replace existing materials currently being used. When possible, locate reviews of the materials that you have chosen, which you can offer to your supervisor in support of inclusion in your classroom, whether through lectures, reading assignments or other presentations.
Discuss any changes you wish to make to the core curriculum with a department chair, dean of your college or other supervisor, such as a school principal. You should be able to offer a sound argument as to how alternatives that you have selected would accomplish the same goals and review of a particular subject. It would also be advantageous to your presentation to discuss how a book or other resource would go beyond a current text by adding another dimension to what is being presented to students beyond the basics.