2.+Curriculum+Documents

What are the Curriculum Documents?


 * The following page has been designed to focus on the Curriculum Documents essential to teachers in a English classroom. These documents have been implemented to guide, support and assist teachers, parents and students in accessing appropriate information for year 9.**

** English Curriculum Documents: **


 * - Essential Learnings Components: The Essential Learnings components consist of the [|Learning and Assessment Focus], [|Ways of Working] and [|Knowledge and Understanding.]**


 * - Essential Learning: The Essential Learnings are centered around the eight KLA syllabuses and the year junctures 3, 5, 7 and 9. The following documents, [|English Ways of Working and Knowledge and Understanding,] are focused around the year 9 level.**

-Statements of Learning for English: The [|statement of Learning for English] document provides 'a description of knowledge, skills, understandings and capacities that all students in Australia should have the opportunity to learn.'

** Technology Curriculum Documents: **


 * - Essential Learnings Components: The Essential Learnings components consist of the [|Learning and Assessment Focus], [|Ways of Working] and [|Knowledge and Understanding.]**


 * - Essential Learnings: The Essential Learnings are centered around the eight KLA syllabuses and the year junctures 3, 5, 7 and 9. The following documents, [|Technology Ways of Working and Understandings] are focused around the year 9 level.**


 * -Cross Curriculum Priority: The [|Cross Curriculum Priority]document discusses that by applying ICT's, students are able to 'inquire, develop new understandings,**
 * transform information and construct new knowledge for a specific purpose or context.'**


 * -Statements of Learning for ICT: [|The Statements of Learning for ICT] document was developed to 'deliver common curriculum**
 * outcomes.'**

Other useful Curriculum Documents and resources:


 * -APEL:[| APEL] is a software tool that teachers can use to 'audit existing units of work, or to create and store new units.'**


 * -Queensland Comparable Assessment Tasks (QCATs): [|QCATs] are performance based assessment tasks.**


 * [|-QCT Professional Standards]: The standards provide a level teachers should aim to strive towards in order to become registered.**


 * [|-Learning Federation:] The Learning Federation provides excellent interactive resources for teachers.**


 * [|-EQ Scope and Sequence]: This document in conjunction with the Essential Learnings provides an outline of stages in learning development to help with the planning of lessons and unit plans.**

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