Australian Curriculum+

Online Planning Tool

Australian Curriculum – An Overview

How is it different to what we have been doing?

Australian Curriculum – An Overview

Knowledge & Understanding and Ways of Working from the Essential Learnings become Content Descriptions or Curriculum Content.

They can be viewed at:

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

Australian Curriculum – An Overview

Content descriptors have Elaborations which help to clarify or unpack the content to be taught.

Australian Curriculum – An Overview

Each Year Level has a specific Year Level Description and Achievement Statement which further clarifieswhat students should know and do.

Australian Curriculum – An Overview

• Adventist Schools SQ will be implementing the Australian Curriculum for English, Mathematics and Science in 2012

• Working groups have completed sample Scope and Sequence/Yearly Overviews and some Sample Units, as well as other resources.

• These resources will be uploaded to the OLPT for all staff to access.

What does this mean for us?Sample Yearly Overview: this will not change, but will need to have content descriptors instead of Knowledge & Understanding and Ways of Working.

Online Planning Tool• The Online Planning Tool is a web based resource bank which allows teachers to write units, upload resources and view and adapt units/resources written by other teachers in our conference.

• All resources for the implementation of the Australian Curriculum will be accessed through the system Online Planning Tool.

•http://curriculum.sq.adventist.edu.au/curriculum/

Online Planning Tool•Sample Yearly Overviews can be found right at the top of the page once you enter the unit plan section.

• Here you can find the Sample work done by the working groups for the AC or other Yearly Overviews completed by individual teachers or departments..

Online Planning ToolTo create a new unit, follow the same process as before.

1. Select Subject

Online Planning Tool2. Select Year Level

Online Planning Tool3. Click on Unit Plans

Online Planning Tool4. Turn Editing on

Online Planning Tool4. Turn Editing on

Online Planning Tool5. Add an activity

6. Choose Unit Plan from the drop down

Online Planning Tool7. Name unit etc.

You must tick the box that says “Is AC Unit Plan”

8. Fill in rest of boxes including choosing Content Descriptors for your unit.

9. Select Content Descriptors. NB. You will not see the elaborations in your unit plan, you will only see them when you are selecting the content descriptors. Be sure to save changes at the bottom of the page.

Online Planning Tool

Online Planning Tool11. The most important part of the unit… the resources.

Any worksheets, websites, scootle links etc that you have found can be uploaded. This alsoincludes any audio files and video images.

This will ensure that people can share units with more integrity than is currently possible.

Follow the instructions on the next pages to learn how to upload a resource.

Online Planning Tool- Go to the drop down menu: Add a resource and click on -Link to a file or website

Online Planning Tool- Name your resource and then click on Choose or upload a file…

Online Planning Tool- click on upload a file…

Online Planning ToolClick on Browse and find your file

Once you have selected your file to upload click on Upload this file

Online Planning ToolCheck to see that your file has been successfully uploaded then click on Choose

Online Planning ToolYou will then find that your resource has been placed into this box

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on:

Online Planning ToolYou will then find your resource right under your unit plan!

You can follow this same process to uploadany resources that pertain to your unit.

Online Planning ToolFollow the same upload process to put your Yearly Overviews into the section at the top of the page.

Online Planning ToolUpdating/versioning someone else’s unit.

- Choose the unit you wish to view.

The unit will then open up for general editing. NB. You can only edit someone else’s unit once they have ‘confirmed’ it.

Online Planning ToolYou can then add your own learning experiences by clicking edit

Online Planning ToolYou can then type your own learning experiences into here: and when you save changes, your new learning experience will be added to the bank below. **NB: DO NOT DELETE ANYONE ELSE’S LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

Online Planning ToolYou can then view either your own, or the original, or a combination by applying a filter to the unit. Follow these steps to print your version of the unit.

Step 1: Click the View Filter button at the top of the screen.

Online Planning ToolStep 2: click on advanced filter.

Alternatively, if you wish to see only your entries, select Only My Entries from the filter option.

Online Planning ToolStep 3: You should now be able to select from the unit which learning experiences you want for your unit. You can choose from any learning experiences that have been added to the bank. You will be able to see the author.

Online Planning ToolStep 4: Click on Submit at the bottom of the page.

Online Planning ToolStep 5: PRINTYou will now see a version of the unit with only your selected learning experiences. (Or any other changes that you have made and selected)

To print – control P (the same way you would from your web browser)

NB. These selections will NOT be saved as a different version. If you want this unit again, you will need to follow the same process of selecting what you want in your unit.

FAQ’s1. How do I print my unit?

There is no ‘print’ button. Print the same way you would in any web browser. Or ‘control P’ to print and follow the prompts.

You should be able to print from any page

FAQ’s2. What if I teach integrated units?

If you are teaching Prep to Year 3 and integrate your Science, SOSE, Health and Technology, then the OLPT has a special course for you.

Scroll to the bottom of the first page and select Integrated Course

FAQ’s2. What if I teach integrated units? Cont.

You will then be able to access the Content Descriptors from the AC for Science (with the elaborations) and the Knowledge and Understanding Statements & Ways of Working for SOSE, Technology and Health.

FAQ’s3. What do I have to do about the General

Capabilities and the Cross Curriculum Priorities?

This is still being addressed by the Curriculum Council and further information will be passed to you through your Curriculum Coordinator early next year.

Any change is an opportunity for improvement. Let’s use the Australian Curriculum implementation to continue pursuing best practice in our schools.