The revised P-12 Curriculum, assessment and reporting framework,
or P-12 CARF, outlines some important changes in the requirements
for schools to provide the Australian Curriculum and
to keep a focus on Every Student Succeeding.
You'll note a clearer focus on and some amendments to
the minimum requirements,
changes to the requirements about pedagogy,
and the inclusion of data-informed practice.
This segment will outline some of the revisions to the
P-12 CARF to hopefully support building an understanding that will
transfer into greater clarity about teaching,
learning, assessment and reporting.
The revised P-12 CARF has given South-East Region personnel the
opportunity to collaborate at a depth that we haven't done previously,
to ensure not only a consistency of understanding of the revisions,
but also a consistency of our messaging,
but also how we're going to deliver across all portfolios,
to ensure that we understand P-12 CARF is everyone's business.
Queensland state schools have fully implemented
the Australian Curriculum in Prep to Year 10.
That is, we now teach, assess and report
on all eight learning areas.
With this full implementation, the minimum requirements for state schools
has been clarified to ensure schools can focus on the
important learning in each phase of schooling.
In Prep to Year 2 - focus on foundational literacy and numeracy learning.
Years 3 to 6 - engagement with disciplinary and cross-disciplinary learning, and
in Years 7 to 10 - subject specific learning for future pathways.
The minimum requirements give us flexibility
in the way we provide the whole Australian Curriculum.
Yeah, it also allows more time for our students to
consolidate what they're learning and
it ensures a manageable workload for our teachers.
As a Prep cohort, we have prioritised to focus on
English, Maths, and Science.
This means that we don't need to
teach, assess, and report
on the banded learning areas every semester.
We provide music as part of The Arts learning area
and report using The Arts achievement standard.
I moderate with teachers who provide the other contexts,
and with that we obtain an overall Arts mark.
The revised P-12 CARF no longer requires
schools to develop their own pedagogical framework.
This has been replaced by a whole school approach to pedagogy,
which has just two requirements.
One: Monitor, review and refine a whole school approach to
pedagogy using assessment and reporting data,
and Two: Select and employ effective pedagogical practices using the
principles to support improvement in learning and achievement.
Here at Aviation High,
we have a strong focus on finding
the right pathway and partnerships for our students to achieve
the best that they can and achieve tangible outcomes when
they leave school and go into real world jobs.
With an introduction of the whole school approach to pedagogy
we've refocused our teaching and learning here at school.
We analyse that data and teachers can reflect on their
practices to see whether or not it's effective teaching and
learning and whether or not they're catering for
the needs of their students.
The inclusion of the data literacy framework and data-informed
practice in the revised P-12 CARF relates to the use
of assessment and reporting data and other evidence to inform
planning for continuous improvement in student learning, engagement, and well-being.
Data needs to inform all curriculum decisions so that we
can respond to student needs.
So the inclusion of data within the CARF is really
fabulous because it actually helps to bring greater precision
to our school's performance planning.
The data literacy framework will really help us to move
forward this year for that purposeful work
that's really important every day in our schools.
It is important that we engage with the P-12 CARF
in order to best support and provide for the students in our schools.
There are resources on the Assessment and Moderation Hub to
support you to meet the requirements of the revised P-12 CARF.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind you
that Queensland state schools will not be expected to implement
the changes from the revised Australian Curriculum in 2022.
A decision regarding Queensland's implementation of the revised curriculum will
be made in consultation with all school sectors and key
stakeholders following the release by ACARA of the final curriculum in 2022.
Providing meaningful pathways from Prep through to Year 12 allows
students to make connections between classroom learning and
the skills and dispositions they will need to be successful into the future.
Keep an eye out for the release of our Pathways Hub -
a new one stop shop to support schools in this important work.
As always, there is a lot to be excited about
as we begin a new school year.
I wish you the very best for 2022.