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Exploring Alberta’s Curriculum Redesign
Lakeland Catholic School DivisionMarch 25, 2014
Presenter: Dan Nash
Session Goals1. Review the foundational understandings driving Alberta’s curriculum redesign process
2. Explore learner competencies defined in the Ministerial Order (#001/2013)
3. Introduce Alberta’s curriculum design model
4. Review resources for creating awareness of Curriculum redesign
5. Explore resources for moving from awareness to readiness
6. Inform of upcoming events to assist Districts prepare for curriculum redesign
Discussion Topics for today:Part 1: Foundational Understanding;• Inspiring Education and Alberta’s Ministerial Order on Student
Learning• SHIFTS: 3-2-1 Cross-Curricular Competencies • Understanding Alberta’s Curriculum Design Model
BREAK
Part 2: Updated Alberta Education Awareness Phase Resources• Alberta’s Curriculum Redesign – At a Glance• Curriculum Redesign Overview and Timeline• Curriculum Prototyping Overview and Timeline
Part 3: From Awareness to Readiness• Shifting: “To what extent will the Provincial Shifts affect our school and
school district?”• Research Base• Resources• In the works
Part 1:Foundational
Understandings
Video We are Inspiring Educationhttp
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ksQSAUkEM
Honourable Jeff Johnson, Minister of Education - Inspiring Education http://youtu.be/fe0KUSrMXeY
Andreas Schleicher - Strong performers and successful reformers http://www.youtube.com/watchv=OxFnmiDlXS4&list=PL_Z2seQOmf0ugHyJ7053MBhZZCInVfgpD&feature=share&index=1
Honourable John Manley, P.C., O.C., - Jobs, skills and opportunities http://youtu.be/R_ksxbaxNcg
Dr. Glenn Feltham - The Task Force for Teaching Excellence http://www.youtube.com/watch=H7LujQkkcF0&feature=share&list=PL_Z2seQOmf0ugHyJ7053MBhZZCInVfgpD&index=3
Print About
Curriculum Redesign
What's New
Curriculum Redesign Update newsletters
Curriculum Development Prototyping
Student Learning Assessments
Research
Communication Toolkit
Alberta’s Curriculum Redesign – At a Glance
VISION – Engaged, Ethical, and Entrepreneurial citizens
VALUES – Opportunity, Fairness, Citizenship, Choice, Diversity, Excellence
POLICY SHIFTS- Focused on Education, Centered on the Learner, Building Competencies, Technology to support the Creation and Sharingof Knowledge
Minister Johnson: Backgrounder to Inspiring Education
CASS Inspiring Education Symposium, Calgary March 2014
GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION EXCERPT FROM MINISTERIAL ORDER (#001/2013) The goal of this Student Learning Ministerial Order for an inclusive Kindergarten to Grade 12 education is to enable all students to achieve the following outcomes:
(1) be Engaged Thinkers and Ethical Citizens with an Entrepreneurial Spirit;
(2) strive for engagement and personal excellence in their learning journey;
(3) employ literacy and numeracy to construct and communicate meaning; and
(4) discover, develop and apply competencies across subject and discipline areas for learning, work and life to enable students to:
(a) know how to learn: to gain knowledge, understanding or skills through experience, study, and interaction with others; (b) think critically: conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate to construct knowledge; (c) identify and solve complex problems; (d) manage information: access, interpret, evaluate and use information effectively, efficiently, and ethically; (e) innovate: create, generate and apply new ideas or concepts; (f) create opportunities through play, imagination, reflection, negotiation, and competition, with an entrepreneurial spirit; (g) apply multiple literacies: reading, writing, mathematics, technology, languages, media, and personal finance; (h) demonstrate good communication skills and the ability to work cooperatively with others; (i) demonstrate global and cultural understanding, considering the economy and sustainable development; and (j) identify and apply career and life skills through personal growth and well-being
EXCERPT FROM MINISTERIAL ORDER (#001/2013 Cont…contined(Competencies)
Overview and Timeline
Why change?
What will change?
What are the competencies?
How will it change?
Timeline
Competencies 3-2-1
Cross-Curricular Competencies Overview
3. Create a 3 word description of the competency 2. Give 2 examples of this competency in a classroom 1. Share 1 new way you will try to incorporate this competency even more into student learning.
From our friends at Rockyview School District
Moving Competencies from Theory to Practice
“Albertans see the role of teacher changing from that of knowledge authority to an architect of learning – one who plans, designs, and oversees learning activities”
[teachers] collaborative knowledge-building processes actively co-constructing understanding and ideas… reconceptualizing schooling.
A more personalized education system…skilled professionals as opposed to implementing pre-established programs, and engaging in technical tasks. –
Distributed forms of leadership…collaborative problem-solving and collective reflection
Inspiring Education Steering Committee Report (2010)
Implications for P
ractice
Provocative QuestionsReflections
Thanks to Golden Hills School Division
Part 2: Introducing Alberta’s
Curriculum Design Model
Eisner and Vallance (1974) Generally, as a process, curriculum development is concerned with reviewing, planning, developing, implementing, and maintaining curriculum”
.
Curriculum Development Over TimeProgressing… from Product to Process
Trends?
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
Curriculum Development Prototyping and Timeline
Curriculum Development Prototyping Deliverables
• K-12 Scope and Sequence for Subject/Discipline Areas
• Learning Outcomes• Assessment• Learning and Teaching
Resources• Graphic Organizer• Processes (formative
summary of prototyping process)
Prototyping Partners
• School Authorities
• Educational Organizations
• Business and Industry
• Post-Secondary Education
• FNMI
Prototyping
What is Curriculum Development Prototyping?
Why is Alberta Education using the prototyping approach?
Who is involved in Curriculum Development Prototyping?
When will Curriculum Development Prototyping occur?
How will the work that is developed collaboratively with the prototyping partners be used?
If selected programs of study are approved in March 2016, does that mean that provincial implementation will take place in September 2016?
How can teachers be involved in Curriculum Development Prototyping and Curriculum Redesign?
I am a student at a high school where prototyping is occurring. How does this affect me? Will I still earn my diploma? Will prototyping affect my entrance into a post-secondary institution in Alberta or Canada?
What will Alberta Education do regarding subject/discipline areas not addressed in Curriculum Development Prototyping?
How does prototyping affect my school authorities participation in provincial assessments?
My child is attending a school a school involved in Curriculum Development Prototyping. How will this affect my child’s learning? What should I be aware of as a parent?
Curriculum Development Prototyping Overview Curriculum Development Prototyping Timeline Questions and AnswersCurriculum Development Prototyping GuidePrototyping Partners
Prototyping Support Materials
Part 3: From Awareness to Readiness
Thinking Ahead:As an instructional leader, Consider how the “shifts” might impact your school community, and School Division?
Placemat Activity1. Create groups and record your shift
Topic in the center of your placemat. 2. Silently read, consider and record your
own thoughts on your segment of the placemat
3. Share your thoughts with your group partners
4. Identify and record the two most critical emerging “Shift” opportunities and challenges emerging from your group’s discussion in the center of the placemat
5. Choose a reporter who will speak for your group.
http://education.alberta.ca/department/ipr/curriculum.aspx
Chapter 1: Curriculum Development Processes Chapter 2: Competencies Chapter 3: Ways of Knowing
Chapter 4: Breadth and Depth Chapter 5: Interdisciplinary Learning and Interdisciplinary Curriculum Chapter 6: Flexible Timing and Pacing in a Variety of Learning Environments Chapter 7: Responsive Curriculum for a Digital Age Chapter 8: Student-Centered/Personalized Learning
Chapter 9: Assessment
Alberta’s Curriculum Development Research Base
Great Resources
Ning: Inspired Learning.ca
http://learningnetworkcommunity.wikispaces.com/Alberta+Curriculum+Redesign
Wiki: LearningNetworkCommunity.wikispaces.com
1. Standards and Guidelines2. Competency Indicators3. Numeracy and Literacy Benchmarks4. Building Assessment Capacity Project5. Exploring Implications of Curriculum Redesign
The entire group would be together for #1 and #5 and that there would be ‘break-out’ sessions for the others.
May 22, 2014St Paul Regional High School
Alberta Education Focus Groups: INVITATION
District
stakeholder
teams of
parents,
teachers, admin,
and trustees are
invited.
Student Learning Assessments (SLA)
Learning Network is currently planning sessions to introduce the new Student learning Assessments (SLA) initiative.
There will be two sessions, one in the north and one in the south of Zone 2.
Dates and Location TBD.
Thank you for your attention and participation.
Dan Nash,Program Coordinator The Learning Network 1-780-842-8806 Dan's email: [email protected]'s Virtual Office: http://tiny.cc/s10wjwwww.learning-network.org