You have been asked by the ministry of education or government agency related to education to be a member of a curriculum committee in your subject area. They have asked you to put together a document highlighting the key areas of reform.

  

Write down some ideas about tackling this project using the questions above as prompts, as
well as anything else you want to include.
Do some research to support your approach. Once you have your resources together create a
Mind Map that will help illustrate your ideas. Use the contents from this Unit to help inform
your work.
On a single page, choose the three (3) most important points you feel are necessary when
starting a curriculum reform project in your milieu, explain your positioning in 2-3 sentences,
embed some images, resources or create a Mind Map and then be prepared to share them with
your team. MS word has some preloaded images that can help you create your own Mind Map:
MS Word  Insert  Smart Art

  

Here is an example of how to get started:
As a curriculum developer for Grade 10 high school English, I would begin by organizing the
following 3 details:
• I would like to spend some time looking at the current Grade 10 English curriculum
document
• I would like to organize a sub-committee made up of teachers, parents, administrators
• I would like to conduct a research project involving Grade 10 students studying their
issues/concerns with the current curriculum
As a grade 10 English teacher here in Ontario Canada, I would need to spend some time
studying current policy. Though I have been teaching it for many years, I feel I do not have a
strong grasp of the objectives. We have a literacy test for students in Grade 10 that measures
their knowledge of Grade 9 subjects and with this standardized test in play, I feel as if English
teaching has become more of preparing students for the test rather than instilling critical
thinking skills and knowledge-based learning. A sub-committee would help me determine how
the adults feel about Grade 10 English. Asking students may also help me determine how the
students feel about the test, the classroom experience and the teaching skills of me and other
Grade 10 English teachers.

  Part 2 –  Throughout Uniit you will work on the following:
Using the tool you chose for collaboration, meet with your team and share your work from Unit
3. 

Review each other’s work and begin asking pertinent questions to develop your ideas
further. For example, after hearing the ideas above, discuss thoughts, questions, and ideas with
your team, including:
• What specific timelines will you use? 

• How long would you and or your committee need work together?
• How many teachers do you want on your committee? 

Your goal here is to work together to refine and strengthen your plans. Once the exchange is
complete, revise your original plan. 

Assume that you and your group are working together to
submit one, unified document that outlines tackling Curriculum Reform across subject matters. 

Your goal is to take your document and the documents of your team and create a subject-bysubject proposal. 

You will want to figure out how to consistently display the information so
that the document you submit looks consistent and professional.
In Unit 6 you should have the above part wrapped up and then, as a group, create a reflection
on the process. 

The written reflection should describe what your group learned from the
exchange. Discuss the feedback you received and the revision process and perhaps, describe
any obstacles and points of negotiation. 

The reflection should take into account the
experiences of all group members and should be submitted as the first page of your document.
In total, you should be submitting at least an 8-12 page report exclusive of title page
and reference page. 

This is an experiential exercise and has a two-fold purpose. You will be, , critically
reflecting on how your curriculum reform project unfolds. In this way, you can collectively
question and expand upon the curriculum development process based on our knowledge and
experiences as educators, practitioners, and teachers.

 By creating this reflection you each may
obtain a better sense of what negotiations may/may not take place when curriculum
development committees are formed. In this simulated scenario, you want to dialogue the
process, perceptions, and assumptions. 

• The paper should be 8-12 pages in length.
• The report must be double-spaced using Times New Roman, 12 point font and have a
reference list at the end inclusive of all sources used in the individual plans plus
revisions and any addition sources used  and anything used to help inform
your reflection. 

• Check all content for grammar, spelling and to be sure that you have properly cited all
resources (in APA format) used.
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a free website that provides excellent
information and resources for understanding and using the APA format and style. 

The OWL
website can be accessed here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/  

Rubic:

  Compose a
curriculum onepage plan, share it
with a group, then
revise the plan and
create a response
based on the
exchange –   

Exchanges ideas with
group and report makes
connections to course
content and milieu
providing details and
examples. Reflection
section provides
specifics about the
exchange process.

  Written
communication – 

No syntax, spelling or
grammatical errors
making the paper very
easy to read,

 

APA Formatting – 

Accurately uses APA
formatting consistently
throughout the paper,
title page, and reference
page.

  Resource
Requirement – 

Uses more than the
required number of
sources with correct
APA citation format. 

  Number of pages –  

The number of pages
slightly equals the
required number of
pages (8-12).