Content

Curriculum Organiser has the following components:

·  Introductory information: Tutorials on how to use the program 

·  System requirements:     State Curriculum: Outcomes, indicators, essential learnings, syllabus.

·  School coordination:        Scope and sequence charts for all learning areas. 

·  Teacher planning:           Knowledge / skills / activities / assessments / checklists / rubrics / resources

·  Teacher support:             Strategies, Literacy, Numeracy, NAPLAN, Assessment, Reporting, Values.

·  Professional learning      Online courses, Workshops, Webinars, Tutorials – videos, ICT support. 

Introductory information  

Includes:

• Guide to curriculum planning      Steps to plan: integrated Units, Learning Area units..
• Curriculum Organiser manual – ‘How to…..’

System requirements

Brings together the system expectations of teachers and schools 

• Outcomes by level  e.g. Level 1 all outcomes 
• Outcomes by learning area e.g. science all levels 
• Curriculum Assessment and reporting requirements  
• National Curriculum Requirements in 2010 for 2011.

School coordination

Focuses on the school layer

• School Development Plan: system / school priorities.  Achievement Targets, Programs
• School Curriculum Coordination
• School Curriculum Plans

Teacher Planning

Constitutes the bulk of the content and is where the different layers that make up the education jigsaw are brought together in a meaningful and useful way.

• Outcomes overview: planning, monitoring, tracking, communication, accountability
• Scope and sequence for each learning area 
• Graphic organisers: visual overview of the learning program – can be negotiated with students 
• Integrated units: purpose, knowledge, skills, values, activities, resources, assessment tasks 
• Learning area units: outcomes, content / context, knowledge, skills, learning strategies, student activities, resources,  assessment – linked to recording. 
• Student resources – can be imported 
• Teacher resources – can be imported
• Student records  - can be stored

Teacher Support 

Various tools are provided for teachers.

·  Planning templates e.g. daily work books, weekly timetable, term planner, year schedules

·  Learning activities  

·  Assessment guidelines

·  Values

Professional Learning

Teachers can bring all their professional experience together here.

• Performance management proformas
• Resumes
• Professional learning workshops
• Certification 
• Teacher accreditation
•  Associations