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Managing Curriculum Change. **Source of background image: www.freefoto.com. What are the curriculum changes facing curriculum leaders at schools?. Territory-wide “new” items like Specialised teaching, TSA & Pre S1 HKAT, introduction of the new language curriculum School-based
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Managing Curriculum Change **Source of background image: www.freefoto.com
What are the curriculum changes facing curriculum leaders at schools? Territory-wide • “new” items like Specialised teaching, TSA & Pre S1 HKAT, introduction of the new language curriculum School-based • e.g. reading workshops, introduction of drama, process writing
What are the issues behind these changes? Specialised teaching • What do we want to achieve with this additional provision? • How should we allocate the free periods? Equally? To some? • How can we ensure the space created leads to positive and measurable results?
What are the issues behind these changes? TSA/Pre-S1 HKAT • How can we improve our results this year? • Amid the hectic teaching schedule, how can we squeeze time for more practice? • How can we make sure our P6 students perform well in the Pre S1 HKAT?
What are the issues behind these changes? Introduction of the new language curriculum • We have been teaching reading and readers? How are Reading Workshops different? • How is TBL different from what we’re doing now? • What is process writing/teaching grammar in context?
What are the implications for curriculum leaders? • Does our panel have a positive attitude, confidence and the knowledge to implement the changes? • How can we create space for all to work towards these changes? • Curriculum Management + Teacher Development + Resource Management
Important factors • Understanding the implications • Holistic planning • Reflection • Integration • Team building: Collaboration, Communication, Celebration • Developing a learning culture • Creating space