Transition - from VELS to AusVELS
F-10 Comparing VELS to AusVELS journey
Rationale
The AusVELS curriculum framework provides a single coherent curriculum for years F-10 that incorporates the Australian Curriculum within a framework that reflects particular Victorian priorities and approaches to teaching and learning.
It is designed to ensure that teachers are not required to manage two different curriculum and reporting frameworks.
AusVELS:
From 2013, AusVELS will be the location of the F-10 curriculum for Victorian government and Catholic schools and will provide a model for independent schools of how the new Australian Curriculum subjects can be incorporated into existing school-based curriculum programs.
To support the delivery of the AusVELS curriculum, the VCAA is developing a repository of curriculum resources including links to resources developed to support the Australian Curriculum (see Planning and Implementation Resources), a series of Professional Learning activities (see Professional Learning), and information about consultation activities related to the ongoing development of the Australian Curriculum.
Senior Secondary Courses
Development of new Australian curriculum-based senior secondary subjects in English, Mathematics, Science and History, will continue. No changes to the senior secondary curriculum in Victoria will be made as a result of the development of the Australian Curriculum before 2014 at the earliest."
Accessed Nov 30, 2011 from
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/foundation10/curriculum/intro.html
Rationale
The AusVELS curriculum framework provides a single coherent curriculum for years F-10 that incorporates the Australian Curriculum within a framework that reflects particular Victorian priorities and approaches to teaching and learning.
It is designed to ensure that teachers are not required to manage two different curriculum and reporting frameworks.
AusVELS:
- Provides a single F-10 curriculum framework that enables all schools and teachers to develop personalised learning pathways for all students
- Enables a variety of school learning programs including multi-age classrooms, integrated curriculum programs and out-of-school programs
- Provides a framework within which the Australian Curriculum subjects currently under development (Geography, Languages, The Arts, Health and Physical Education, ICT and Design and Technology, Business and Economics, and Civics and Citizenship) can be progressively incorporated.
From 2013, AusVELS will be the location of the F-10 curriculum for Victorian government and Catholic schools and will provide a model for independent schools of how the new Australian Curriculum subjects can be incorporated into existing school-based curriculum programs.
To support the delivery of the AusVELS curriculum, the VCAA is developing a repository of curriculum resources including links to resources developed to support the Australian Curriculum (see Planning and Implementation Resources), a series of Professional Learning activities (see Professional Learning), and information about consultation activities related to the ongoing development of the Australian Curriculum.
Senior Secondary Courses
Development of new Australian curriculum-based senior secondary subjects in English, Mathematics, Science and History, will continue. No changes to the senior secondary curriculum in Victoria will be made as a result of the development of the Australian Curriculum before 2014 at the earliest."
Accessed Nov 30, 2011 from
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/foundation10/curriculum/intro.html
Approaches to implementation
Here is the link to the original file: "Approaches to implementation: School Curriculum and Assessment Planning"
TRANSITION TO THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM IN VICTORIA
Alternatively, click this link to access the PDF published above.