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Parent Information Meeting February 25, 2016

Enhance curriculum flexibility and cross-curricular competencies for holistic student development. Prioritize higher-order learning and life-long skills. Embrace innovation to nurture critical thinkers and responsible global citizens.

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Parent Information Meeting February 25, 2016

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  1. Parent Information MeetingFebruary 25, 2016

  2. Curriculum Redesign September 2015 1

  3. Schools in the province assist in the development of citizens who are: • thoughtful, able to learn and to think critically, and who can communicate information from a broad knowledge base; • creative, flexible, self-motivated and who have a positive self image; • capable of making independent decisions; • skilled and who can contribute to society generally, including the world of work; • productive, who gain satisfaction through achievement and who strive for physical well being; • cooperative, principled and respectful of others regardless of differences; • aware of the rights and prepared to exercise the responsibilities of an individual within the family, the community, Canada, and the world. Schools in the province assist in the development of citizens who are: • thoughtful, able to learn and to think critically, and who can communicate information from a broad knowledge base; • creative, flexible, self-motivated and who have a positive self image; • capable of making independent decisions; • skilled and who can contribute to society generally, including the world of work; • productive, who gain satisfaction through achievement and who strive for physical well being; • cooperative, principled and respectful of others regardless of differences; • aware of the rights and prepared to exercise the responsibilities of an individual within the family, the community, Canada, and the world.

  4. “If we teach our children as we did yesterday, we rob them of the future.”~John Dewey (American Philosopher and Educator)

  5. Make curriculum more flexible to better enable teachers to innovate and personalize learning. Reduce the prescriptive nature of current curricula while ensuring a solid focus on essential learning. Focus new curricula on higher order learning, giving emphasis to the key concepts and enduring understandings (big ideas) that students need to succeed in their education and their lives. Make explicit the cross-curricular competencies that support life-long learning. Respect the inherent logic and unique nature of the disciplines while supporting efforts to develop cross-curricular units. Integrate Aboriginal worldviews and knowledge. Develop assessment and evaluation programs that align with the changed emphases in curriculum Transforming a system as complex as education takes time and to do it well involves extensive ongoing consultation, thorough research and exploration of possibilities, and detailed planning.

  6. LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS(Nature of Learning) “The change and transformation is really not about curriculum. It is actually about how we engage students in learning and what we do in classrooms with our students.”

  7. Curriculum: Key elements • Core Competencies: sets of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that all students need to develop in order to engage in deeper learning. 21st century skills for all students! • Big Ideas:a statement that is important to one’s understanding in an area of learning. A big idea is broad and abstract … generally timeless and is transferable to other situations(i.e. Gr. 4 Socials - Cultures change as they become integrated into a larger society) • Curricular Competencies:explicit statements of what students are expected to be able to do in a given grade and area of learning. • Content and Concepts:what students should know and understand in a given area of learning at a particular grade level. They define the core knowledge (content and concepts) essential to the development of big ideas for that area of learning in that grade.

  8. CORE COMPETENCIES Provincial consultation and extensive research identified these categories of core competencies that support life-long learning: • Thinking Competency • Critical thinking • Creative thinking • Communication Competency (oral, written, visual, digital; includes collaboration and reflection) • Personal and Social Competency • Positive personal and cultural identity • Personal awareness and responsibility (includes self-regulation) • Social awareness and responsibility https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/

  9. Curriculum Redesign Directions September 2015 2

  10. Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies September 2015 3

  11. Arts Education September 2015 4

  12. Career Education September 2015 5

  13. Core French September 2015 6

  14. English Language Arts September 2015 7

  15. Mathematics September 2015 8

  16. Physical and Health Education September 2015 9

  17. Science September 2015 10

  18. Social Studies September 2015 11

  19. “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” ~Ghandi

  20. Yong ZhaoFIX THE PAST? OR INVENT THE FUTURE?

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