Curriculum for Excellence

1. Curriculum for Excellence Religious and Moral Education

2. Aims and Objectives • To inform you about: • Curriculum for Excellence team • Developments so far • Nature of the new qualifications • Development Process

3. SQA CfE Team • Came together in August 2009 • Headed by Roddy Gillespie • Eight development teams based on curriculum areas plus Literacy and Numeracy • Each with a Qualifications Development Manager, QDCs (consultants) and a QDO (officer)

4. Development Model Curricular Area Suites of Courses Course Units

6. Appointments process • Curriculum Area Review Group - nominations from key stakeholders • Qualification Design Team – nominations from senior practitioners • Subject Working Group – self-nominations from subject experts • Sign-off via SQA internal & external committees

7. National 4 key features: • Replace Standard Grade (General) and Intermediate 1 • Courses will be unit based • Ungraded course award based on achieving units and coursework assessment - SQA will quality assure the assessment • To be available from session 2013/14

8. National 5 key features • Replace Standard Grade (Credit) and Intermediate 2 • Courses are unit based • Graded course award based on achieving units, coursework assessment and external assessment by SQA – SQA will quality assure the assessments • To be available from session 2013/14

9. RME Curriculum Area • The RME Curriculum Area has two sets of Experiences and Outcomes: • Religious and moral education • Religious education in Roman Catholic schools • Future courses at National 4 and 5 will build on knowledge, skills, attitudes and aptitudes established 3-15

10. RME Curriculum Area • Current national qualifications include: • Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies. • Religious Studies • The SQA team responsible for the development of RME in the senior phase is currently engaging with practitioners and other bodies on suitable qualifications at National 4 and 5.

11. Existing qualifications • Standard Grade Foundation to go • Access 3 and Higher to be retained as ‘points of stability’ • Revision of existing qualifications at Access, Higher and Advanced Higher to ensure they are consistent with CfE developments and to provide good progression

13. Proposed Implementation Timetable

14. Thank you