North Zone School Based Curriculum (SBC) Communities of Practice (CoP) 2009

Aims of SBC CoPs Enhance capacity and capability of School Leaders Leading in curriculum development and customisation Build more synergised CoPs Greater ownership of professionalism

Enhance capacity and capability of School Leaders

Leading in curriculum development and customisation

Build more synergised CoPs

Greater ownership of professionalism

Overarching NZ School Based Curriculum CoPs framework Leverage on existing CPDD PETALS framework Supportive School Leadership is key to successful curriculum improvements Supportive School Leadership Platforms to raise capability and capacity of School Leaders in the area of curriculum development and customisation Student-centred

Leverage on existing CPDD PETALS framework

Supportive School Leadership is key to successful curriculum improvements

Communities of Practice (CoP) School curriculum teams comprise of School Leaders and Curriculum Champions of NZ School Take ownership of their professional development with shared common interests and practices Networking and synergy , anchoring on ground-up and school-based curriculum innovations

School curriculum teams

comprise of School Leaders and Curriculum Champions of NZ School

Take ownership of their professional development with shared common interests and practices

Networking and synergy , anchoring on ground-up and school-based curriculum innovations

Multimembership Learning Cycle Knowledge to be shared, applied, validated and documented when they return back to their respective Schools as School leaders and as Curriculum Champions Dual role of CoP members Community Practitioners School team members

Knowledge to be shared, applied, validated and documented

when they return back to their respective Schools as School leaders and as Curriculum Champions

Dual role of CoP members

Community Practitioners

School team members

Curriculum Knowledge Domains Curriculum Design ICT Integration Assessment Alternatives Professional Development: Lesson Study Models of teaching: Problem-based Learning (PBL) Each CoP will be assigned a CoP consultant Facilitate learning through on-site visits

Curriculum Design

ICT Integration

Assessment Alternatives

Professional Development: Lesson Study

Models of teaching: Problem-based Learning (PBL)

Each CoP will be assigned a CoP consultant

Facilitate learning through on-site visits

Milestone events for 2009 Official Launch of NZ SBC CoP Wed 18 Feb 2009, 2 pm For selected schools - team members & sponsors Mini-NZ Learning Symposiums (NZLS) Sep 2009 Each CoP will share their consolidated learning or research findings See Annex A NZ Curriculum CoP Monograph I Comprises the research papers of these (estimated 25 schools) in various 5 Curriculum CoPs NOTE : The annual NZ AR Symposium and call for papers for publication as in the past will cease this year. Schools are encouraged to field in their papers for international conferences such as ASCD, APERA, etc

Official Launch of NZ SBC CoP

Wed 18 Feb 2009, 2 pm

For selected schools - team members & sponsors

Mini-NZ Learning Symposiums (NZLS)

Sep 2009

Each CoP will share their consolidated learning or research findings

See Annex A

NZ Curriculum CoP Monograph I

Comprises the research papers of these (estimated 25 schools) in various 5 Curriculum CoPs

NOTE : The annual NZ AR Symposium and call for papers for publication as in the past will cease this year. Schools are encouraged to field in their papers for international conferences such as ASCD, APERA, etc

Dates for Mini-symposiums ICT Integration : 16 Sept, Wednesday Curriculum Design : 18 Sept, Friday Assessment Alternatives : 23 Sept, Wednesday Prof. Devt: Lesson Study : 25 Sept, Friday Models of Teaching (PBL): 28 Sept, Monday

ICT Integration : 16 Sept, Wednesday

Curriculum Design : 18 Sept, Friday

Assessment Alternatives : 23 Sept, Wednesday

Prof. Devt: Lesson Study : 25 Sept, Friday

Models of Teaching (PBL): 28 Sept, Monday

For more information … NZ School Based Curriculum CoP Chairperson Mrs Grace Chua, P/Deyi Sec NZ School Based Curriculum CoP Adviser Mr Loh Leong Beng, Supt/N7 NZ School Based Curriculum CoP Secretariat Mr Goh Han Pin, SPO/SN4

NZ School Based Curriculum CoP Chairperson

Mrs Grace Chua, P/Deyi Sec

NZ School Based Curriculum CoP Adviser

Mr Loh Leong Beng, Supt/N7

NZ School Based Curriculum CoP Secretariat

Mr Goh Han Pin, SPO/SN4

For more information … Cluster Curriculum Reps N7 Fuchun Primary Mdm Lim Ai Lay 12 N7 Endeavour Primary Mr Chia Soo Keng 11 N6 Peiying Primary Mrs Theresa Hong 10 N6 Deyi Secondary Mrs Grace Chua 9 N5 Marsiling Primary Mdm Koh Siew Cheng 8 N5 Sembawang Primary Mr Alcantara Albert Alfred 7 N4 Punggol Secondary Mdm Lee Eet Fong 6 N3 Nan Chiau Primary Mr Tan Chun Ming 5 N3 Punggol Primary Miss Chua Soh Leng 4 N2 Naval Base Secondary Mr Teo Song Khuang 3 N2 Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary Mr Stephen Chin 2 N1 Bowen Secondary Mr Yeo Kok Peng Frederick 1

Cluster Curriculum Reps