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Welcome to curriculum initiatives

Curriculum initiatives focus on a range of syllabuses and Key Learning Areas (KLAs). They can cover a number of stages or the whole school.

Currently there are seven initiatives available, with more to come over the years.

Australian government Quality Teacher Programme(AGQTP):
Funded by the Australian Government, AGQTP aims to improve teacher quality and increase the number of highly effective Australian schools in order to maximise student learning outcomes.

Consistent Techer Judgement:
A resource for schools that has been revised to reflect the Curriculum Programming and Planning, Assessing and Reporting K-12 policy. Its aim is to help establish the understandings necessary to ensure that consistent teacher judgements about student achievement can occur across all key learning areas.

K-4 Initiatives:
Focuses on the early years of schooling from Kindergarten to Year 4. Information is divided into reading recovery, literacy and class size reduction program.

HSC Online:
NSW HSC Online is a web site focuses curriculum support on the Higher School Certificate. Forty-six syllabuses are supported on this site as well as professional learning for teacher of Stage 6.

Middle Years:
The term ‘Middle Years’ refers to students in Years 5 to 9. These years constitute a stage of education during which young adolescents can explore themselves and the world in which they live, in a context of high expectations. Support is offered in three main areas, parents, students and teachers.

Curriculum Planning, Programming, Assessing & Reporting to parents K-12:
This satellite website provides information to support parents, teachers and school leaders in understanding the requirements of new policy in curriculum planning and programming, assessing and reporting to parents and in planning for implementation.

Quality Teaching:
Developed through Curriculum K-12 Directorate Quality Teaching provides a range of information, school ideas, research and resources to support the implementation of the NSW Quality Teaching model in government schools.

School Libraries:
School Libraries promotes a range of support services including state-wide policy advice, teaching and learning ideas which integrate technology for teacher-librarians and teachers, resource reviews, professional development opportunities, SCIS, Scan and The School Magazine.

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