School for Life: Comprehensive Curricular Reform Experimental Programme

2. Comprehensive curricular reformExperimental programme„School for Life” Helena Valečić, Katarina Grgec Belgrade, October 2018.

3. People Equipment Schools General Public CurriculumReform

4. PUBLIC CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST • 48 Primary schools • 26 Secondary schools Criteria • Consent (teachers, parents) • Geographical distribution • Diversity • Motivation letter

5. Experimental programme • 1st grade of primary school - all subjects • 5th grade of primary school - all subjects • 7th grade of primary school - Biology, Chemistry, Physics • 1st grade of secondary schools • gymnasiums - all subjects • vocational schools – general education subjects

6. Teachers • Preparation • Support • Coaching and supervision • Continuous collaboration • Equipment

7. Keyareas • Strengthening professional competences of teachers • Support for principals and stakeholders in schools • Learning community - all participants are also mentors / experts • Changing the way of professional development • sustainability • scalability • equal quality and rights for all teachers

8. VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS FOR  LEARNING, COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION​ 28 VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS 6,729 PARTICIPANTS 170 MENTORS MOODLE PLATFORM

9. Virtual classrooms • Continuous education in a 2 to 3 week rhythm • 6 - 10 hours of active engagement • Mandatory and non-mandatory activities with deadlines • Different teaching and assessment methods • Recording of progress and involvement • e-Portfolio of Professional Development • Certificates of participation with learning outcomes • Establishing sharing and support network; community of practice

10. VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS TOPICS Getting to know each other Professional development Introduction to the curricular concept Curriculum Domains Learning outcomes Planning , Assessment 21ST CENTURY SKILLS Problem solving Learning to learn  Learning outcomes Coaching CURRICULAR DOCUMENTS Assessment Gifted students Students with special needs Cross-curricular topics

11. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

12. Badges – Computer Science classroom

13. SURVEY How satisfied are you with this form of professional development?90 % of satisfied participants not satisfied satisfied, but want other forms of PD satisfied very satisfied

14. Training in collaboration with international experts

15. Changes

16. Teachers handbooks • How to prepare activity and content around learning outcome • How to connect learning outcomes from subjects and cross-curricular topics • How to evaluate achievement of learning outcomes • Assessment methods as learning and for learning • Peer assessment, or self-assessment • In a digital format so that teachers can change it yourself, complement it, and collaborate to create it • Ideas but not recipes

21. Teaching and assessment methods • Textbooks, learning resources • Professional development • Support from community and companies • Meaningful use of technology • Learning environment • Administrative unburdening • Support network • Curricula

22. That’s not all • A plan of continuous professional development, the development of the necessary educational contents and the implementation • Reference model for successful application of curricular reform in all schools • Bottom up creation of Rules for teachers promotion and rewards (digital competences, OER creation) • New low about textbooks – transition towards digital resources

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