Curriculum Design
Workshop Title: Leadership in the Curriculum process
Facilitators: Mr. Joseph Prosper Mrs. Marion Byron
Mrs.
Beverly Allen Mr. W. Anthony Spencer
Workshop Description:
The main aim of this workshop
is to develop competence in leadership in the curriculum development process.
The experience is (a) to enable participants to define their role in the
curriculum development and design process;(b) to support quality teacher performance
in planning, implementing and monitoring curriculum.
Skills, knowledge and
attitudes:
Skills- Leadership, motivation,
monitoring, interpersonal, creative, problem solving and critical thinking
skills.
Knowledge- Principles of
curriculum design
Attitudes- Creative,
reflective, openness
Participant objectives:
1. to explore the role of
the master/senior teacher as an instructional leader
a. to advocate skill fully
for the achievement of all students by utilizing an in-depth understanding of
subject matter to construct meaningful learning activities for all students at
various developmental stages
b. to advise school
leadership on curriculum/subject discipline matters
2. to examine the
principles of curriculum development
3. to examine the module
planning process
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Ue-_0Vem4
Readings
AGENDA
Time Span
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Focus
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Experiences
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Content
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Comments
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10 minutes
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Expectations of participants
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Brainstorming
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Workshop goals
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To communicate a common
understanding of workshop goals and activities
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20 minutes
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Understanding of curriculum
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Group discussion &
brainstorming
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Participants’ knowledge of
curriculum design and development
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To determine participants
understanding of curriculum
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40 minutes
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Review of curriculum concepts
and principles
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Youtube-video presentation “
with Questions
PowerPoint presentation,
“Definitions of Curriculum”
Discussion
PowerPoint presentation
“Curriculum Principles and Design”
Presentations
Reflective writing on
presentation
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Concepts and principles of
curriculum design and development
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To focus participants’
attention on the concepts and principles of curriculum design
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15 minutes
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Roles of subject leaders
● development of
curriculum in relation to the mission, vision, philosophy of the school
● curriculum
monitoring
● action research
leader
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brainstorming, group work,
role playing
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Characteristics/ qualities of
subject leaders,
roles:
Responsible
Accountable
Innovative
Interpersonal
Motivational
Creative
Communicative
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To make participants aware of
their roles as subject leaders in relation to curriculum design and
development
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BREAK:
10 mins
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75 minutes
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Module planning and
organization
Evaluation and practice in
curriculum design/module planning
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Presentation, discussion,
small group collaboration and
presentation
Active engagement of
participants
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Features of module planning
Modules/curriculum in relation to models
of teaching and learning
Practice in designing modules/curriculum
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Practice creating and
organizing learning modules and curriculum design
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10 minutes
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Reflection and Evaluation
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Writing reflections and
evaluations
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Reflective writing
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To evaluate strengths and
weaknesses of workshop and its presentation
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Day 1. Leadership in the Curriculum process.
ReplyDeleteBased on today's discussions and activities in my opinion the focus was on designing a curriculum by all key stakeholders, which is student centered. Thus including all the guiding principles to ensure that the development, implementation and assessment of the curriculum runs smoothly. In addition to that, is creating content that is strategically organised, throughout the varying levels, to cover a range of learning abilities.
Why design and develop a curriculum? In my opinion in order to ensure that our nation's citizens are equipped with the 21st Century knowledge, skills and attitudes/values necessary to function or work in today's society, we (collaboratively) ought to provide clear, precise, operational guidelines or outlines in what students will learn.
The curriculum of a nation, institution or a specific course may follow different structures, however they all consist of the following: What, how and why students will learn.
I have now asked myself this question: Am I able to mentor/coach another in curriculum design and development? Hmmm...
It is always good to reflect. I was once told by a 'Master Teacher', "you may not understand all what we are going through now in this course, however when you return to your class and teach this subject, you will have your eureka moments". I can attest to that today.
DeleteAs a result, I can now answer my question posed. "Am I able to mentor/coach another in curriculum design and development?" The answer is "YES". The 'Eureka', has hit now at session three. In session two, I saw the light on the other end of the tunnel, but I was not surrounded by it.
As a Master Teacher in curriculum design and development, I am a leader who facilitate teachers in their instructional practice, and mentor them in the knowledge, skills and attitudes of the teaching-learning process, specifically planning using the curriculum. This action, I know for certain I am doing every day as part of my profession. Therefore, the goal of this workshop, to develop individuals competence as leaders in the curriculum development process, in my opinion, has now been achieved.
Thus, my misconception, or perhaps my preconceived notion that we were actually going to see what our role as leaders were to design and develop curriculum has been cleared. We are not taking on the role as a designer or a developer, but as a mentor/coach. Dah! Lol!
As a result, I can say a heartfelt Thank You, to all the facilitators who are training us to see who we already are, 'Master Teachers'.
The very first session was quite informative. I enjoyed the presentations made by the different facilitators and felt that there should have been more time available for us to actually design a model curriculum so that persons who are not so aware of this would be able to get hands on training. Nevertheless, we had enough information on what a curriculum is and how to go about designing/developing and implementing one and I would like to urge my colleagues to do additional research on the topic. Keep up the great work all.
ReplyDeleteThe first session was inspiring and motivating. I appreciated the model teacher approach used by the presenters, further, the content was relevant. I was especially captivated by the simplicity and high level of creativity. A variety of methods were used during the presentations and these techniques maintained my interest.
DeleteIn recommendation, more time should be given for interaction and collaboration among groups to facilitate the main vision of this initiative.
I actually agree with you Temika. That was the most disappointing for me also. I really would've liked to develop a curriculum; after all, when teachers are engaged in such activities, they are likely to take more ownership, therefore becoming more willing in the implementation stage. For me thus far, the first session was indeed the most beneficial in terms of information dissemination.
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DeleteIn my view, the curriculum design and development session was rather interesting and refreshing. The facilitators were meticulous in their presentations. I particularly enjoyed the interactive period with the group members. I was also able to acquire a better understanding about the differences between curriculum and syllabus.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to the other sessions.
Claudina, I agree with your comment about the facilitators being meticulous; I was particularly pleased that they were able to acknowlegde the exact moment when we needed a break. The session in itself was rather informative and as Temika mentioned I would have liked to actually engage in the process of designing a curriculum, I also enjoyed the group interaction. It was very good to hear the views of others and in some ways this provided clarity as well deepening my understanding. This was experienced in the group question that was discussed.
DeleteI enjoyed the first session. It drew from our previous knowledge and interpretation as well as reminded and reinforced that topic. The use of different lecturers was interesting because it made me anticipate and further relate to the content. The variation was good. Group activities seemed to have served their purposes.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to the next one.
The first session was indeed impressive both in preparation and delivery. I particularly liked that the various ways by which the information was presented catered to the diversity of the audience. Though the session was three hours long there was never a dull moment as I was engaged throughout. What I found to be of interest and what stood out to me the most, was the fact that Mr Prosper highlighted that the curriculum can never be viewed or interpreted to be a rigid script" regarding the sequence of the content, as there may be times when teachers have to be flexible and realize when a particular content should be dealt with base on the events that are current in a particular place. I enjoyed this session as it was very informative . Learning is a lifelong process and so I look forward to the other four sessions.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting session.... However due to the time constraint I would be grateful if the PowerPoint presentations made be made available on this site so that I can bite into them some more.
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