Standard+1.3.3

=Assist and advise on the implementation of contextually relevant, high quality teaching and learning programs and activities using expert knowledge of the NSW syllabus documents or other curriculum requirements of the Education Act. =

In planning for the implementation of the Australian Curriculum [at that stage due for implementation in 2012/13] I prepared the document ‘[|Year 7 Planning]’ using both the Australian Curriculum and the current Board of Studies Syllabus document. It was sent to the Science faculty for comment [See [|email trail re yr 7 program]] and eventually implemented. The year’s program and activities are available on iSchool, an example of which is ‘[|My World and Beyond]’ and ‘[|Year 7 Outcomes 2011]’.

I feel that it is vital that Year 7’s introduction to high school Science is relevant, interesting and allows for personal reflection and investigation. The students need time to explore themselves and their surroundings. They were involved and interested. As a result of one of the classification activities [[|examples of activities]] students found organisms and photographed them. One group set up a habitat for a grasshopper in a plastic bottle, another set up a tadpole tank in the laboratory.

While I incorporate ICT into my programming I also try to assist & advise others in their use and implementation of ICT skills thus all activities are available on iSchool and incorporate the use of a number of different applications and programs e.g. Vue and wikis so that both staff and students use them to investigate and record their findings.

The year 7 program which was developed was based largely on my research, planning and advice with full regard to the requirements of the BOS Years 7-10 Science Syllabus (2009 updated) and the K-10 Australian Curriculum (2010).