Curriculum Committee

Purpose: The purpose of the Curriculum Committee is to guarantee a rich and thorough curriculum and assessment that students can access and be challenged by with a specific focus on consistency and stimulating learning to improve whole school student outcomes.

Structure: Assistant Principal, Director of Curriculum, Director of Pedagogy, English KLA Leader, Mathematics KLA Leader, Humanities KLA Leader, Science KLA Leader, PE & Health KLA Leader, Technology KLA Leader, Arts KLA Leader

Role of Members:

• Lead and contribute to high level planning of whole-school curriculum improvement initiatives
• Engage in a process of ongoing evaluation, review and reflection of current curriculum initiatives through an evidence and solutions based approach
• Have a focus on learning for all students and a student-centred approach to all curriculum discussions
• Facilitate innovation to drive curriculum changes for improvement
• Liaise with Subject Coordinators within KLA on all important initiatives from the Curriculum Committee
• Take in account current research on teaching practices and learning strategies in all discussions
• Analyse student learning data for the purpose of improving student learning outcomes and instructional practices
• Provide expert knowledge on specific KLA areas to assist in curriculum discussions
• Oversee the ongoing development, documentation and review of curriculum
• Align the work at Norwood with VCAA guidelines (Victorian Curriculum and VCE)
• Model quality teaching and assessment practices
• Provide professional and visible leadership through example and keeping abreast of educational issues and developments
• Communicate regularly with staff to ensure a consistent approach to curriculum
• Promote a collaborative culture and collective effort to support student learning

Meeting Protocols:

• We all participate and contribute - everyone is given an opportunity to voice their opinions
• We use improvement tools that enhance meeting efficiency and effectiveness
• We actively listen to what others have to say, seeking first to understand, then to be understood
• We model respectful behaviours in regards to the diversity of opinions
• We follow-up on the actions we are assigned responsibility for and complete them within an agreed time frame
• We give and receive open and honest feedback in a constructive manner
• We use data to make decisions (whenever possible)
• We strive to continually improve our meeting process and build time into each agenda for reflection
• We communicate any meeting apologies for absences to the chair of the Curriculum Committee
• We use an agenda with visible goals and a clear outcome for the meeting and are able to reflect on our progress towards these goals at the conclusion of the meeting