Professional development and Geography senior secondary position paper Professional development activities included: P–2 planning for teaching and learning, delivering 106 workshops for more than 2500 assessment and reporting for 2013 teachers Year 7 providing sessions by invitation from professional assessment advice and guidelines in P–10 associations, school clusters and administrator’s reporting student achievement and progress groups in P–10 developing online modules working with the general capabilities facilitating Queensland forums and workshops develop resources including: with stakeholders to support ACARA consultation; exemplars for other Australian Curriculum in July 2011, a two-day workshop assisted learning areas as they are approved ACARA with its revision of the F–10 achievement standards. multiple year level exemplars for History and other learning areas as they are approved Communication mapping Australian Curriculum to Queensland curriculum in learning areas as they are Communication activities included maintaining an approved online discussion forum, and publishing a regular revising assessment resources that support the application of the Australian Curriculum achievement standards in classroom practice OUTLOOK FOR 2012–13: following the validation process Transition to the Australian Curriculum provide professional development including: The QSA will: workshops for teachers focusing on continue to provide strategic advice to inform disciplinary learning and assessment position on the development and Queensland’s online modules finalisation of the P–12 Australian Curriculum provide timely, consistent and accurate content and achievement standards information to a range of stakeholders including: develop and revise guidelines and advice to maintaining the Australian Curriculum latest reflect Australian Curriculum learning areas as e-newsletter they are approved including: maintaining the online discussion forum Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) providing stakeholder forums.
Professional development Professional development activities included: delivering 106 workshops for more than 2500 teachers providing sessions by invitation from professional associations, school clusters and administrator’s groups developing online modules facilitating Queensland forums and workshops with stakeholders to support ACARA consultation; in July 2011, a two-day workshop assisted ACARA with its revision of the F–10 achievement standards. Communication Communication activities included maintaining an online discussion forum, and publishing a regular OUTLOOK FOR 2012–13: Transition to the Australian Curriculum The QSA will: continue to provide strategic advice to inform Queensland’s position on the development and finalisation of the P–12 Australian Curriculum content and achievement standards develop and revise guidelines and advice to reflect Australian Curriculum learning areas as they are approved including: Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) and Geography senior secondary position paper P–2 planning for teaching and learning, assessment and reporting for 2013 Year 7 assessment advice and guidelines in P–10 reporting student achievement and progress in P–10 working with the general capabilities develop resources including: exemplars for other Australian Curriculum learning areas as they are approved multiple year level exemplars for History and other learning areas as they are approved mapping Australian Curriculum to Queensland curriculum in learning areas as they are approved revising assessment resources that support the application of the Australian Curriculum achievement standards in classroom practice following the validation process provide professional development including: workshops for teachers focusing on disciplinary learning and assessment online modules provide timely, consistent and accurate information to a range of stakeholders including: maintaining the Australian Curriculum latest e-newsletter maintaining the online discussion forum providing stakeholder forums.