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