What are the roles that a teacher plays as a curricularist?

The teacher as KNOWER of the curriculum.

As the line of a saying states, One cannot teach what he/she
doesnt know. As a teacher he/she should know about the curriculum
in a sense that he/she has a broad knowledge of the concepts and
topics that are included in the curriculum. He/she should also have a
mastery of the subject matter to be discussed in class. In case that the
teacher has a limited knowledge about a certain topic, he/she should
endeavor to look for reference materials and read to enrich his/her
knowledge. The teacher should also acquire formal and informal
academic knowledge.
Teachers should have a variety of reference materials about the
course he/she teaches. For instance, the course is on classroom
management in the preschool. The teacher should have a broad
knowledge about how to manage the preschool classroom and how to
manage young children. Also, he/she should have a background or
experience teaching in the preschool. In this way he/she can give
examples to the students injecting his/her vicarious experiences in
managing classrooms in the preschool.

The teacher as a WRITER of the curriculum.

As a teacher, it is his/her responsibility to take into record of the
content - concepts, topics, and subject matter of the courses he/she
teaches. In the tertiary level, a teacher designs or writes the
curriculum which is called the SYLLABUS. The syllabus contains the
concepts, topics, and subject matter included in the course. Before
writing a syllabus, the teacher should carefully plan the concepts,
topics, and subject matter that are necessary or important. The
teacher should also write in the syllabus the objectives as well as the
course learning outcomes, performance indicator, teaching
strategies/methods or activities as well as assessment strategies.

The teacher as a PLANNER of the curriculum.

A good curriculum has to be carefully planned. As a teacher, it
his/her responsibility to make a daily or weekly plan of the curriculum.
Through planning, the teacher will be guided as he/she implements the
curriculum. He/she takes into consideration some factors when
planning. The teacher should consider the ability and interest of the
students; the materials he/she will use in teaching (e.g. hand-outs,
powerpoint presentation, video clips, etc); time or number of hours
allotted to discuss the topics; the desired outcomes or outputs of
students.
The teacher as an INITIATOR of the curriculum.
Since the Commission on Higher Education has recommended
Outcomes Based Education (OBE), the teacher is obliged to implement
the prescribed curriculum. As a teacher, you have to embrace change
and be open-minded about the changes in the curriculum. The teacher
should have a belief that this kind of curriculum would enhance the
teaching-learning process and that it will enhance students learning.
As an initiator, there would be challenges and difficulties (e.g. making
syllabi that are in OBE format, designing students activities) that
come along the way but an effective and efficient teacher should not
be hesitant to try something new or novel. Teacher should serve as a
catalyst or an instrument of change.
The teacher as an INNOVATOR of the curriculum.

A teacher should be creative and innovative when it comes to

planning and implementing the curriculum. The teacher should be
creative in the mode of delivery of the lessons. He/she should deviate
from the usual or traditional way of teaching which is discussion. The
teacher is no longer the giver of information but should be a facilitator
of learning. He/should use differentiated teaching strategies taking
into consideration the different learning styles of the students. The
teacher should also utilize different evaluation tools and assessment
methods to gauge students learning. The teachers innovativeness and
creativeness is grounded on his/her skills and competencies.

The teacher as an IMPLEMENTOR of the curriculum.

The teacher serves as the implementer since he/she is the one
executing and delivering the content of the syllabus. The teacher
discusses and engages with the students, uses support materials,
facilitates learning activities in order to achieve the desired goals and
desired outcomes. The success and failure of the implementation of
the curriculum is depended upon how skillful the teacher is.

The teacher as an EVALUATOR of the curriculum.

After a semester, the teacher should evaluate how effective and
efficient he/she is in implementing the curriculum. He/she does some
introspection and evaluates if the desired goals and outcomes have
been achieved. He/she assesses if the curriculum has worked well or if
there will be modifications to be made. The teacher also looks into the
students learning achievement.