Teacher librarians as innovators and collaborators in the Australian Curriculum

Joy WhitesideHead of Library, Keilor Campus

Overnewton Anglican Community College

A foundational premise …..

General Capabilities in the Australian Curriculumhttp://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Overview/general-capabilities-in-the-australian-curriculum

The Australian Curriculum website• overviews• continua• links to examples• cross references• explanations• symbols• tables • Includes a guided

tourAustralian Curriculum http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Overview/general-capabilities-in-the-australian-curriculum

Developing a Scope and Sequence for the program

• Investigate learning area content relevant to the program

• Examine the General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum priorities

• Create a table with relevant descriptors

Scope and Sequence example

A relevant GC descriptor

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/information-and-communication-technology-capability/Continuum#page=2

General Capability How will the General Capabilities be met within the library program?

Literacy

Numeracy

ICT Capability

Critical and Creative thinkingPersonal and Social CapabilityEthical UnderstandingIntercultural Understanding

Numeracy – where does this fit in the library program?

Dewey – recognising, reading and understanding call numbers

Interpreting class data on preferences or understandings(E.g students completing a Google Form and then interpreting data together) http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Numeracy/

Organising-elements/Organising-elements

Learning program sampleResourcesWhat resources will I choose to assist students with their learning?

SkillsWhat skills will the students be developing in their lessons?

Learning IntentionWhat exactly will the students be learning during the lessons?

Thinking and responseWhat will the students do in their lessons that will enable them to think, engage with the learning, and respond?

Assessment /Success CriteriaHow will the learning in the lessons be measured?

The Giving Treeby Shel Silverstein New York, 1964 IWB  iPads Library site on the Intranet – Year 4 Sustainability blog 

Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing a point of view (ACELT1603) Make connections between the ways different authors may represent similar storylines, ideas and relationships (ACELT1602)

Students will explore the notion of “give and take” and how it works in our relationship with the environment. They will make connections between the story and other texts on the topic ‘sustainability’ Students will learn how to respond to a story on the class blog Vocabulary - Continue to develop an understanding of ‘sustainability’ Discuss other terms arising from the text such as responsible, nurture, support, deplete

Use some of the Story Strategy questions (Making Thinking Visible:32) for Think – Pair – Share.What’s the story?What’s the other story?How do you know the story?Why know or tell the story?Where’s the power in the story?Also - ‘What makes you say that?’ to encourage students to justify and explain their thoughts and ideas

Contribution to class discussion Response to a question on the Year 4 Sustainability blog

Literature Scope and Sequence to reflect the Cross-Curriculum priorities

recapping• Understanding the Australian Curriculum

content and the General Capabilities and the Cross-curriculum priorities

• Developing a scope and sequence• Redeveloping Curriculum documents –

explicit reference to the GCs• Redeveloping learning programs • Literature Scope and Sequence