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Helping to Bring Inspiring Education To Life Through Curriculum Redesign. Inspiring Education What we Heard. An Educated Albertan in 2030. Risk taker. Critical thinker. Resilient. Life-long learner. Resourceful . Creative. Self-reliant. Adaptable. Literacy and Numeracy.
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Helping to Bring InspiringEducation To Life Through Curriculum Redesign
Inspiring Education What we Heard An EducatedAlbertan in 2030 Risk taker Critical thinker Resilient Life-long learner Resourceful Creative Self-reliant Adaptable Literacy and Numeracy Confident Technology literate Financially literate Collaborative Takes personal responsibility Empathetic Values diversity Respectful Environmental steward Communicator and team-builder Local Contributor
Inspiring Education Policy Shifts To achieve the vision of an educated Albertan in 2030, Albertans said we need to make the following shifts in policy:
Directions for Future Curriculum Greater focus on competencies Content-focused Opportunities for local decision making and greater depth of study Prescriptive curriculum with limited flexibility Primarily focused on summative assessment Balance among formative and summative assessments Print-based Digitally based Collaborative and co-developmentmodels Ministry-leddevelopment Synchronousdevelopment Sequentialdevelopment
Discussion Starters • Whatevidencewillyouacceptthateachstudent: • is an engagedthinker • is an ethicalcitizen • has an entrepreneurial spirit
Discussion Starters • What are youalreadydoing in yourjurisdiction(s) to enableeachstudent to become: • an engagedthinker and • ethicalcitizenwith • an entrepreneurial spirit • Whatelsecan/shouldbedone?
Discussion Starters • In a subject area or grade of yourchoosing: • Which concepts couldstudents explore more deeply? • How are studentsencouraged to applytheirknowledge/skillsin a meaningfulway? • Whatotheropportunitiesmightbe possible withmore flexibility in the curriculum?
HelpingBring IE to Life How canteachers, parents, and the broadercommunitybeengaged in the conversations around Curriculum Redesign? Whatkinds of toolswouldyouneed to effectivelyfacilitate conversations around Curriculum Redesign?