Curriculum Redesign – the Next Steps Prepared by the SAPDC Learning Facilitators Spring 2014
Feb 22, 2016
Curriculum Redesign – the Next Steps
Prepared by the SAPDC Learning FacilitatorsSpring 2014
Today’s outcomes….What will you take back to your school?Review of the CompetenciesLinkages to the CurriculumHow do you plan to assess
achievement of the competenciesAreas of professional development
where we need to focus
Modern Curriculum Development has taken on a wider scope because our society has become increasingly complex; causing an increased need for curriculum to cease being a static product, and become a living process capable of adjusting to constantly changing times by being in continual contact with a broad segments of our society and a globalized world
Considering Alberta’s Curriculum Development Model
It’s the nature of the beast!
The nature of modern Curriculum Development is… that it comes together in bits and pieces.
Alberta’s Curriculum Development Model
21st Century learners
Take as many Post It notes as you need Write one thought on each Post It note
One expectation that you have for your own child, students in this district, students in this
school, for an employee of yours
You may write more Post It Notes as you watch the video
High School EngagementA Student’s 10 Expectations
Around this room you see charts with the titles of each competency
Please put your Post It where you think it might fit
Use the Parking Lot if you are not sure
INSPIRING EDUCATION: THE JOURNEY BEGINS
THE 10 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COMPETENCIES
a) Know how to learnb) Think criticallyc) Identify and solve complex problemsd) Manage informatione) Innovatef) Create opportunitiesg) Apply multiple literaciesh) Demonstrate good communication skillsi) Demonstrate global and cultural understandingj) Identify and apply career and life skills
Take one yellow and one blue counter each
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Jigsaw Activity
Find the people who have the yellow tiles with your number (1 – 5) There are matching numbers posted around the room – meet there Take your Competency handouts, and a pen with you (and sticki notes
if you prefer to use those) You will read and discuss the competency that matches your
numbered yellow tile A guide for your discussion is on the next slide
Jigsaw and Expert Groups
Discuss: What is currently happening in your school, in your class. Implications for instruction role Implications for assessment Talk about a lesson, activity, or project you have done, or
seen done at your school, or at another school, that meets your competency.
First Competency
Check the number on your blue counter
Find the group who match your number. The numbers are posted around the room.
Second Competency
Time to SharePlease return to your tablesTake turns to share the information
from your competencies
GALLERY WALK
As you go around the room, note some of the suggestions
from your colleagues.
Indicator Chart – this is NOT a rubric
What will you take back to your school? Review of the Competencies Linkages to the Curriculum Areas of professional development where we need to focus How do you plan to assess achievement of the competencies