Continuing on the topic of the changes that teaching professionals will be facing over the coming months the Department for Education and Child Services have produced an E-Zine of useful links and information to help teachers manage the changes brought around by the ACARA .
The following links to useful sites and videos come to you from that E-zine.
Australian Curriculum in DECS– Curriculum Audit tool:
DECS, the Catholic Education Office and the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia are working together to develop and share some resources where useful and appropriate to all sectors. There will be a jointly developed bridging document from SACSA to Australian Curriculum
for each of the phase 1 learning areas. A curriculum audit tool developed by the Association of Independent Schools of SA (AISSA) will support teachers and schools to map their current curriculum to the Australian Curriculum. The tool can be accessed at:http://www.ais.sa.edu.au/teaching-learning/australian-curriculum#56514
Australian Curriculum in DECS: PowerPoint for Leaders DECS PowerPoint created to assist with introducing the Australian
Curriculum using the What and How/Teaching for Effective Learning (TfEL) approach. The PowerPoint can be accessed at:
http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/docs/documents/1/DecsProfessionalLearningI.pptAustralian Curriculum in DECS: SCOOTLE
The Schools Online Teaching and Learning Environment – SCOOTLE, with over 10,000 digital resources has just been updated and now includes an Australian Curriculum Tab, aligning a number of digital resources against
the Australian Curriculum. For the latest SCOOTLE newsletter: http://www.scootle.edu.au/pages/newsletter/may_11/index.html For help with using SCOOTLE: http://www.scootle.edu.au/pages/user_guide/Scootle_UserGuide_April_11_lowres.pdfInformation Sheet: Diversity of learners
Explains how the Australian Curriculum can be used to meet the learning
needs of the diversity of learners, with particular reference to students with English as an additional language or dialect, and students with special education needs. Information Sheet:
http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Information_Sheet_Diversity_of_learners.pdfInformation Sheet: Providing feedback on the draft Australian Curriculum
Explains the process of providing feedback on the Australian Curriculum and the role of feedback in the curriculum development process. Information Sheet:
http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Information_Sheet_Providing_feedback_on_the_draft_Australian_Curriculum.pdfInformation Sheet: Structure of the Foundation to year 10 Australian Curriculum
Explains the structure and role of the core elements of the Australian Curriculum. Information Sheet:
http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Information_Sheet_Structure_of_the_Foundation_to_Year_10_Australian_Curriculum.pdfInformation sheet: General capabilities
Explains the general capabilities and their role in the Australian Curriculum. Information Sheet:
http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Information_Sheet_General_Capabilities.pdfInformation sheet: Cross-curriculum Priorities Explains the cross-curriculum priorities and their rile in the Australian
Curriculum. Information Sheet:
http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Information_Sheet_Cross-curriculum_priorities.pdfA guided tour of the Australian Curriculum: English
Online Video demonstrating the core elements and functionality of the English
curriculum online. Video:
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/English/GuidedTourA guided tour of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics
Online Video demonstrating the core elements and functionality of the mathematics
curriculum online. Video:
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Mathematics/GuidedTourA guided tour of the Australian Curriculum: Science
online Video demonstrating the core elements and functionality of the science
curriculum online. Video:
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Science/GuidedTourA guided tour of the Australian Curriculum: History
online Video demonstrating the core elements and functionality of the history
curriculum online. Video:
http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/History/GuidedTour