Transcript In responses to challenging situations.

Career and Technology Foundations:
Scaling to Implemtation :
A Collaborative
Curriculum Development Model
Inspiring Education
What we Heard
Inclusion
FNMI Success
Inspiring
Education
Inspiring
Action
Priority
Initiatives...
Teaching and Leadership
Research
Legislation
Curriculum
Redesign
Inspiring Education
What we Heard
An Educated Albertan in 2030
Risk taker
Critical thinker
Resilient
Life-long learner
Resourceful
Creative
Self-reliant
Adaptable
Literacy
and
Numeracy
Confident
Technology literate
Financially literate
Collaborative
Takes personal responsibility
Values diversity
Environmental steward
Local contributor
Empathetic
Respectful
Communicator and team-builder
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Career & Technology Foundations
Fondements en carrières et technologies
Competencies
Local Decisions
Assessment
Digitally Based
Collaboration
Synchronous
CTF is a project-based, hands-on,
optional course for grades 5 to 9
that focuses on essential skills
common to all 28 Career &
Technology Studies occupational
areas.
An Engaged Thinker
and Ethical Citizen
with an Entrepreneurial
Spirit
shift: program of studies
In responses to challenging
situations.
Foundation for CTS
Not Grade Specific
Accommodates Various
Learning Environments
Competencies
Interdisciplinary
Connections
The Essence of CTF/FCT
Career and Technology Foundations is exploring interests, passions
and skills while making personal connections to career possibilities
and technologies.
CTF/FCT is designing, creating, and appraising solutions to
challenging situations.
CTF/FCT is working independently and with others through the
exploration of careers and technology.
CTF/FCT is articulating the learning that has occurred through the
exploration of careers and technologies.
Learning Outcomes
Career and Technology Foundations is exploring interests,
passions and skills while making personal connections to career
possibilities and technologies.
I demonstrate skills associated with occupational areas and
technologies
I establish the safety requirements associated with careers
possibilities and technologies
CTF/FCT is designing, creating, and appraising solutions to
challenging situations.
I utilize a decision making process to respond to challenging
situations
I adapt to change and unexpected events when responding to
challenging situations
Draft Levelled Outcomes
Outcome
Level 1 - acquire
Level 2 - apply
Level 3 - adapt
CTF/FCT is designing, creating, and appraising solutions to challenging
situations
I utilize a decision
I acquire the
making process to information needed to
make decisions to
respond to
respond to challenging
challenging
situations
situations
I make decisions
based on acquired
information
I adapt to change I acquire strategies for I employ strategies for
and unexpected
dealing with change
dealing with change
events when
and unexpected
and unexpected
events when
events when
responding to
responding to
responding to
challenging
challenging situations challenging situations
situations
I adapt decisions
based on how they
impact the challenging
situation
I refine the strategies
for dealing with change
and unexpected events
when responding to
challenging situations
shift: learning &
teaching resources
Sample Projects
Download & Customize
Reinforces Professional
Learning Communities
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Student Specific
Levelled Assessment
Individualized & Flexible
Pre-Populated Rubrics
Draft Levelled Outcomes
Outcome
Level 1 - acquire
Level 2 - apply
Level 3 - adapt
CTF/FCT is designing, creating, and appraising solutions to challenging
situations
I utilize a
I acquire the
decision making information needed
I make decisions
process to
to make decisions to
based on acquired
respond
to
respond to
information
challenging
challenging
situations
situations
I adapt to
change and
unexpected
events when
responding to
challenging
situations
I acquire strategies
for dealing with
change and
unexpected events
when responding to
challenging
situations
I adapt decisions
based on how they
impact the
challenging situation
I employ strategies
I refine the strategies
for dealing with
for dealing with
change and
change and
unexpected events
unexpected events
when responding to
when responding to
challenging
challenging situations
situations
shift: total integration
The CTF Digital Curriculum is used to...
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grow
Curriculum
evolve
Career & Technology Foundations
REDESIGN
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Fondements en carrières et technologies
Development
Scaling to
Implementaton
Next Steps
Targeted Potential
Provincial Implementation
September 2014
1) From the perspective that you bring to this forum,
how does this approach to education help to build
the new millennium learner?
2) What advice would you give Alberta as we more
forward with this approach to learning?