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6: Curriculum Review
To ensure that curriculum continues to meet the needs of learners, it is regularly reviewed. Curriculum reviews help determine if the learning objectives, materials, assessment tasks, etc are current and effective. This ensures a process of continuous improvement.
The review process starts by collecting stakeholder feedback on the curriculum under review. Stakeholders may include teachers, students, agents and marketing staff. Surveys, focus groups and interviews are useful tools for determining the positive and negative attributes of the current curriculum and how well it meets the learning needs and goals of students. The curriculum review process may result in:
- Curriculum Continuation: The curriculum is found to be current and effective.
- Curriculum Withdrawal: The curriculum is found to be outdated. It is withdrawn and no longer offered.
- Curriculum Revision: The curriculum is found to be valuable, but in need of updating. A Curriculum Proposal is created outlining specifically how the curriculum should be revised. Curriculum Proposals may be submitted by teachers and/or management.
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7: Curriculum Revision
Proposals to revise curriculum should be sent to the Director of Development for review. All curriculum proposals must be
created in Microsoft Word and contain the information detailed in the Curriculum Proposals. The final decision about any project rests with the Board. Once a curriculum proposal has been accepted by the Board, the Director of Development will define all areas of the project with the appointed Curriculum Designer. Once the project parameters have been clarified, the Curriculum Designer should then begin a rough draft of the curriculum, carefully following and addressing all areas agreed upon. All curricula should also follow the parameters in the Curriculum Design Format. Curriculum design is an interactive, dynamic process, therefore, in cases of inter-campus curriculum project collaboration, telephone and email will be used to maintain open communication.
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8: Curriculum Implementation
Once a rough draft is complete, the Curriculum Designer should submit it to the Director of Development. The Director of Development may suggest final changes, corrections and/or additions. The Curriculum Designer can then implement the feedback to polish the new curriculum. This collaborative process creates a clear, concise, pedagogically sound final copy of the curriculum. The new curriculum should tried in class as it is developed. The Curriculum Designer may also want to give his/her work to other teachers to try and give feedback on. During this piloting & polishing process, surveying teachers and students provides invaluable feedback! |
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9: Distribution
Upon approval by the Board,
the revised curriculum is made available on the Programs Online site for access by all authorized. |
Feedback:
All feedback is appreciated and considered when reviewing or creating programs. You don’t have to submit a proposal or get involved in curriculum design to give feedback on Pacific Gateway’s curriculum. Please email feedback to jennifer@pacificgateway.net.au with the subject line “curriculum feedback”.
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