Maintaining a Healthy Culture through Curriculum Reform
Maintaining a Healthy Culture through Curriculum Reform Guidance for Middle Leaders DRAFT Context There is a trend in schools towards greater standardisation, particularly in relation to curriculum content. In practice, this might involve: Teachers delivering the same curriculum content in the same order Standardised formative and summative assessments Standardised resources, such as knowledge organisers and models Standardised homeworks Standardised classroom approaches and pedagogy There are a number of reasons why schools are choosing to develop in this way. These include: Reduction of teacher workload, and the reduplication of work across many teachers, in planning and creating resources Added coherence to CPD Increased ability for teachers to collaborate meaningfully together and share practice Overall higher quality and consistency of student experience over time Ability for subjects to cope with unexpected change, eg teachers leaving mid-year Improved potential for intervention ...