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To consider curriculum planning under the following headings:

•Rationale behind your curriculum

•Factors that influence curriculum in your school

•Who is involved in deciding your curriculum?

Aims

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Rationale for your Curriculum

RationaleMoral purpose (Ethos)

Opportunity to articulate priorities

Enhanced T & L

Streaming/ mixed ability

DES requirements for

programmes

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FaFacctors

External factors –

STEM CAO pts

Curriculum review –

how, why

Student needs

Localarrangements–link with other

schools, etc.

DES requirements

Taster Programmes/ Carousel

LofA/ Jobshare, etc

Allocation

Staff Qualifications/

Shortages

Factors that Influence your Curriculum

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Discussion

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Student Needs: what might be required?

Resources:

• Team Teaching required?• SEN requirements? (new for 17/18)• NCSE Special classes?• Other requirements?

Curriculum

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DES Requirements for JCT

Resources: (circular 0024/2016 JCT)

– 40 min periods minimum

– Minimum of 240 hours for English Irish Maths, over three years in school

– Minimum of 200 hr per subject

– Minimum of 100 hr per short course

– 300 hrs Wellbeing (400 hrs 18.19)

– 2-4 hrs per week for co-ordination (depends on student numbers)

Curriculum

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LCA: 2 yr cycle 44 modules.• Structures for work experience• Selection of electives (4) & specialisms (2)• Vocational Preparation & Guidance

(VPG)• Irish/ MFL

www.pdst.ie/sites/default/files/LCA timetabling revised.pdf

Curriculum DES Requirements for LCA and other Progs

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Transition Year• Design• Work experience• Volunteering in the Community• Purpose• Exposure to LC subjects

Curriculum contd

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Allocations

• The number of teachers required on each line (team teaching)

• Number of base classes• Curricular Concessions –in progress• SEN Allocation – Consider new guidelines

Curriculum

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.ieALLOCATIONS

difficult to understand

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.ieAllocation Sheet

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Leave of Absence/Job share applications

• Is your school under/over quota?

• Job share policy? – Is this a good idea? How do you deal with this?

• Student needs are paramount e.g. difficulty in employing teachers in particular subject areas

Curriculum

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Local Arrangements

Do you share teaching resources with another school?

• Advantages? • Disadvantages?• Other factors to be considered

Curriculum

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Curriculum Audit

Important step in curriculum progression• Moving established years/option blocks• Shows gaps in teacher requirements

(Allocations )• Consider junior cycle planning as as 3 year

cycle of planning• Shows shortfall in resources e.g. can you

offer another biology class/business etc. • Planning for predictable staff changes

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Discussion and Feedback

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• 1st Years sample the option/choice subjects for a set number of weeks

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• 1st Years sample all the option/choice subjects for the full year and then choose for 2nd year

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• They choose their subjects prior to entering 1st Year

Advantages & Disadvantages?

Subject Choice for 1st Years

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Discussion

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Senior Cycle

• TY (optional/compulsory)

• Leaving Cert Established and Options

• LCA (class size/modules)

• LCVP (timetable issues)

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✓ Students –voice/options✓ Teachers –individual/dept. review/invitation✓What’s already there –continuity/consistency✓DES/JCT/Inspectorate ✓ Parent voice ✓ Legal implications/requirements✓ SEN✓Governance✓ Personnel involved in the process

Who is Involved?

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.ieWhat does your curriculum say

about your school?