Course overview
This course will develop attendees as leaders of curriculum. Based on educational research and curriculum theory, participants will explore effective and rigorous curriculum development, and consider how to strategically lead and develop colleagues.
Course aims
Course content
This course will:
Deliver personalised professional learning for subject leaders in your school. The course will be delivered with knowledge of your school and its priorities. It will support subject leaders to lead robust curriculum design and development and grow their capacity to work with departmental colleagues
Help to ensure effective and robust line management and professional development of teaching staff. Subject leaders will be encouraged to consider, and strategically plan for, the professional needs of colleagues.
Support your school in implementing workload reduction strategies. Subject leaders will consider the importance of strategic planning to inform staff and curriculum development.
Session 1: The curriculum
Principles of robust curriculum design
The importance of schema theory to subject leaders
Substantive and disciplinary knowledge
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Session 2: Leadership of curriculum
Achieving consensus on your department’s curricular rationale
The curriculum as a progression model
Strategic approaches to assessment and feedback
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Session 3: Working with others to develop a curriculum
Building a strong team culture and ethos
Planning for the professional development of your team
Building an effective relationship with senior leaders
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Session 4: Evaluating curriculum
Monitoring and evaluation
Quality assurance
Strategic planning
Your Instructor
Catherine Priggs
Catherine has extensive experience in supporting subject leaders. She has worked as a Specialist Leader of Education, supporting subject leaders beyond her setting, and has been commissioned to support subject leaders in a range of schools and across multi-academy trusts. She is one of a group of leaders who support subject leaders nationally and internationally for her subject association.
