Curriculum This Week: đ§ What every leader needs to know about curriculum theory.
Also - what's the book every curriculum thinker MUST read?
Greetings fellow curriculum thinkers.
Easter holiday coming up and weâd like to know whatâs on your reading list.
Even more, weâd love to help you share your key insights from books youâve already read, with the rest of the community.
We're creating a library of curriculum-books-in-5-minutes...
What summaries can you share with other members? đ
đFind out all about our new book summaries initiative (click here)
đWhat's the book you think all curriculum thinkers MUST read?
đCan you summarise it in 3-5 key insights, or fewer than 100 words?
Imagine you can really make a difference to someone's professional development in only 5 minutes.
đGo ahead and post here.
No need for anything special; doesn't need to be perfect; just you sharing with other school leaders what you took from it. We'll take care of the rest.
Quick public announcement đ
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On another note, if youâre a bit confused about where everything is:
100+ Curriculum resources are here > (including example curricula, maps, plans, booklets, vision statements, and more)
Subject leaders meetups are here > (including languages, science, music, maths, english, dance & drama, design & technology, and 10+ more subjects)
đș Webinar
Next webinar (Tue, 6pm) is part 1 of a 2 part series: Curriculum Theory: what every leader needs to know. RSVP here >
đ€ Meetups
Yesterday we had a very successful English leaders meetup about: How can we develop pupils as literary critics?
Replay, Discussions & Resources from the meetup: Find them here.
Meet the members and join the next meetups: Click here.
Today itâs the Psychology subject leadersâ turn: How do we assess students for the CAGs process in KS5 psychology?
Next up is Maths: What are your assessment plans for Yr11&13?
đ€đ Community Bulletin Board
You might find what YOU are looking for, or help out another curriculum leader (click on the questions below to join the discussion, or click here to post a question):
Paul Atkinson is asking: How do schools develop vocabulary across a curriculum? Would anybody be happy to share their whole school policy/strategy? (click here to join the discussion)
Helen Shaw is looking to discuss further subject enhancement at ITT and ECT (click here and comment below⊠weâll try to arrange a meetup)
đ See you all next week for more curriculum thinking.
From Saar & the team.