This course has been designed with the assumption that you are already familiar with the new syllabuses and have completed the relevant Your school and the new syllabuses course available from the Professional learning – Curriculum¹ page on the DEC Intranet.

You will need to have:

• considered the results from the audit of professional learning, resources and teaching programs

• engaged with Curriculum planning and programming for quality teaching, assessing and reporting (.pdf 251kB) and reflected on current practices

• developed a scope and sequence that will:

  • allocate, to specific periods of time, the syllabus outcomes and content that will be taught and assessed, then reported to students and parents

  • promote connections within and across learning areas/stages and make links with contexts beyond school.

At the completion of this course, participants will have:

• reviewed the learning needs of students in their school and the curriculum planning and programming practices that will bring about quality teaching, assessing and reporting

• identified the features of an effective scope and sequence and its relationship to designing a quality unit of learning

• applied an understanding of NSW syllabuses for the Australian curriculum to design teaching and learning sequences and integrate relevant resources in a quality unit of learning

• developed effective strategies to assess student achievement and promote student learning.

This course provides an opportunity to plan and program for quality learning for the new curriculum. The principles and processes of curriculum planning and programming may be applied to develop a unit of learning that meets the learning needs of students.

It is preferable to collaborate with a small team of colleagues when engaging with this course. A more experienced teacher or supervisor may lead a group of teachers through this course as a presenter. Presenter notes (.pdf 872kB) are available to assist.

If the opportunity for collaboration is not available, teachers may complete the course individually then confer with a supervisor to have their course completion verified on MyPL².

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

• Be aware of the prerequisites outlined above.

• Review advice and resources on the NSW syllabuses for the Australian Curriculum⁵ page which is accessible through the DEC Portal⁶.

• Individual activities are included as interactive PDF files in each section of this course. However, you may wish to download the complete activity booklet with all the activities as a PDF (.pdf 515kB) or Word (.docx 271kB) document.

• Don’t forget to back up regularly!

Throughout this course you will find the following icons:

This DEC course (code 151CLC032) is registered professional development 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 MyPL². See MyPL self-help guides⁷.

For teachers accredited at Professional Competence, completion of this course or program will contribute 10 hours towards Institute registered professional development.

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 MyPL² using your DEC portal username and password. MyPL self-help guides⁷ can assist further.

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

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

5. Complete the evaluation on MyPL².

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 MyPL².

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 account⁹ on the NSWIT website to complete the online evaluation so that the participation hours are recorded.