Participants will:

• review current school planning and programming practices

• become familiar with principles for quality planning and programming

• refine school curriculum planning and programming practices for implementing the new curriculum.

Teaching for the new curriculum is a course assisting schools to prepare to implement new syllabuses by considering ways to plan and program for the needs of all students. This course is part of a suite of courses under the banner Implementing new curriculum¹.

It is preferable that teachers who participate in Implementing new curriculum professional development courses collaborate with a small team of colleagues. A more experienced teacher or supervisor may lead a group of teachers through these courses as a presenter.

If the opportunity for collaboration is not available, teachers may complete the courses individually, then confer with a supervisor to have their course completion verified on MyPL@EDU².

Topics addressed in this course will cover:

• what is working in my school

• the need for planning and programing

• principles for planning and programming

• planning, programming and assessment strategies in context.

• Reading through Curriculum planning and programming for quality teaching, assessing and reporting (.pdf 251kB) will provide a good basis for this course. Other readings are optional and intended as resources for further learning.

• This course has been developed to cater to the diverse needs of teachers. Some of the readings are optional and intended as resources for further learning.

• Create a new folder for any documents associated with this course in a place convenient to you.

• Individual activities are included as interactive PDF files in each section of this course. However, you may wish to download the complete activity booklet as a PDF (.pdf 873kB) or Word (.docx 665kB) document, which contains all the activities.

• Don’t forget to back up regularly!

• The links below provide optional background information.

Throughout this course you will find the following icons:

This DEC course (code 151CLC027) is registered professional learning under the terms of the NSW Institute of Teachers Continuing Professional Development policy.

Your school needs to have scheduled an event against this course on . For information on scheduling an event, see the tutorials on the Professional Learning and Leadership Development website⁶.

For teachers accredited at Professional Competence, completion of this course or program will contribute 2 hours towards Institute Registered professional development. The following table details how the course Teaching for the new curriculum addresses the Professional Teaching Standards.

The Department of Education and Communities is a NSW Institute of Teachers endorsed provider of professional development for the maintenance of accreditation at Professional Competence.

Scope of endorsement – all Elements of the NSW Professional Teaching Standards

In order for new scheme teachers accredited at Professional Competence to have these hours added to their ‘professional learning log’ at the NSW Institute of Teachers, the following steps must be taken:

1. Before commencing the course, advise your supervisor of your intention to do so and discuss the course requirements. Your supervisor will have to verify your completion of the course for maintenance of accreditation purposes.

2. Enrol in the scheduled event in MyPL@Edu² using your DEC portal username and password. For more details see Participants: Searching for and enrolling in professional learning events via My PL@Edu⁷ (.pdf 1.12MB)

3. Complete all course activities and deliverable/s as described in the Course overview section (above).

4. Provide the completed deliverable/s to your supervisor for approval.

5. Complete the evaluation on MyPL@Edu².

6. Have a follow up discussion with your supervisor when you have completed the course and deliverable/s. Your supervisor will then inform the course deliverer that you have met all requirements for the course and ensure this is recorded on MyPL@Edu².

7. Allow at least 10 working days for your details to be passed on to the NSW Institute of Teachers.

8. Within three months of completing the course, login to your account⁸ on the NSWIT website to complete the online evaluation so that the participation hours are recorded.