Description
COURSE ONE
Navigating the Australian Curriculum: a practical guide
You’ll find here one way to skim through the vast content of the Australian Curriculum.
It’s not the only way, just one way; one perspective.
Sail through the eight Learning Areas.
Check out the General Capabilities and Cross-curriculum Priorities.
Scan the Year Levels.
Take a peek at the Achievement Standards.
Inspect the Content Descriptions and Elaborations.
Consider the year level Work Sample Portfolios.
This short course takes you on a cruise through the different sections of the Australian Curriculum (Version 8.4).
Be equipped with knowledge so you can make informed choices for your family.
COURSE TWO
Reporting the Standards: five simple S.T.E.P.S.
This short course shows one way to report on the Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards.
Topics include:
What is an achievement standard?
How are the standards used?
How to read the achievement standards.
How to achieve the standards.
Report on the standards in five simple S.T.E.P.S.
Work samples for reporting.
This course is all about checking the goals, gathering the evidence and giving the reporting process a go.
COURSE THREE
Work Samples: pictures of progress
Work samples are like pictures of a child’s progress. Those snapshots of work on the learning journey highlighting knowledge, understanding and skill.
This short course is all about the what, why and when of work samples and how you can use them for monitoring and reporting.
Topics include:
What is a work sample?
Work sample examples.
Why work samples?
When are samples collected?
What is an annotation?
Why annotate?
How to use work samples to monitor and report learning.
Work Samples: pictures of progress is all about helping you to use work samples to check on your child’s learning and to report their progress.
