National Curriculum Briefing

1. National Curriculum Briefing Victoria 2 July 2009

2. Structure of the session Overview and timelines Curriculum design and current stage of development Discussion workshops

3. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) Responsible for: national curriculum national assessment a national data collection and reporting program

4. National curriculum -recent developments ACARA commenced operation this month; assumed responsibility for national curriculum work Induction of writers and advisory group members; writing has commenced for learning areas in the first phase The Arts are now in the second phase with Geography and Languages Curriculum secretariat arrangements

5. Curriculum development process A process of curriculum development in each learning area that: provides opportunities for consultation establishes achievable timelines ensures high quality curriculum documents. The proposed process involves four phases: I. Curriculum framing II. Curriculum writing III. Implementation IV. Curriculum evaluation and review

6. Timeline - Phase 1

7. Timeline - Phase 2NB: The Arts (TBC)

8. Other learning areas ACARA to report to MCEETYA in October 2009 on �the approach that will be taken to health and physical education, ICT, design and technology, economics, business and civics and citizenship�

9. Curriculum design Rationale Aims of the learning area Organisation of the learning area curriculum Content Achievement standards General capabilities Cross-curriculum dimensions Links to other learning areas

10. Curriculum design considerations The nature of the learner and learning. The whole curriculum and how national curriculum learning areas relate to it. Structural matters, including commencement and completion of school and transition points. Inclusivity and how the national curriculum will provide for the educational needs of every child. General capabilities, describing how the national curriculum will attend to general capabilities learning. Cross-curriculum dimensions, describing perspectives that should be included in each learning area.

11. Content The content descriptions are being written first Will explicitly incorporate ICT, literacy, numeracy, thinking skills, creativity Other capabilities and perspectives will be evident in each learning area, in ways appropriate to that area

12. What does the national curriculum look like? By year Clear Layered Digital Hyper-linked

13. Writers and advisory panels