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Prepared and presented byPrepared and presented by
Reda Saad El-MahdyReda Saad El-Mahdy
Ahmed Bin Hanbal Independent Ahmed Bin Hanbal Independent Secondary School for BoysSecondary School for Boys
AndAnd““SEC Curriculum Standards”SEC Curriculum Standards”
Structure of the SchoolStructure of the School
Grade 10 study the advanced level of the main four subjects:Arabic, English, Science and Mathematics
Principalof theSchool
AdministrativeVice
Principal
Academic Vice
Principal
Coordinatorsand
Teachers
Studentsand
Resources
Grade 11 has two levels: Foundation and advanced, and three pathways: Medicine, Engineering and Business Administration. Grade 12 use the same books of the Ministry of Education, but teaching should follow the same techniques used in Grades 10 and 11
Change SEC standards Change SEC standards into curriculuminto curriculumWrite model lesson plansWrite model lesson plansCreate content material Create content material based on SEC standards based on SEC standards Set diagnostic, Set diagnostic, experimental and final experimental and final examsexamsPrepare remedial work for Prepare remedial work for at-risk studentsat-risk studentsDesign programs or plans Design programs or plans to enhance strengths and to enhance strengths and encourage creativityencourage creativity
Books, Internet, ICT Books, Internet, ICT Worksheets, handoutsWorksheets, handoutsPowerPoint presentations PowerPoint presentations FlashesFlashesAudio/ video recordingsAudio/ video recordingsOnline resourcesOnline resourcesMagazines Magazines Others Others
Coordinators and Teachers
Textbooks and other resources
Model Examinations for Model Examinations for Formative and Summative Formative and Summative AssessmentAssessmentOn-going assessmentOn-going assessmentPresentations and Presentations and ProjectsProjectsClass activities Class activities Home assignmentsHome assignmentsNational common examsNational common examsInternational exams and International exams and competitions like "PISA"competitions like "PISA"Self and peers Self and peers assessment assessment
Diagnostic tests to Diagnostic tests to identify strengths & identify strengths & weaknessesweaknessesIdentify elites, good, Identify elites, good, average and at-risk average and at-risk studentsstudentsEncourage students to Encourage students to take part in school take part in school activitiesactivitiesEngage students in Engage students in social, environmental and social, environmental and military servicesmilitary servicesMotivate students to take Motivate students to take part in international part in international exams like: "PISA" exams like: "PISA"
Evaluation and Assessment tools and techniques
Students' progress and achievements
School Main TargetSchool Main Target
To improve learning To improve learning through improving through improving
the quality of teachingthe quality of teaching
Are goals and Are goals and expectations for students' expectations for students' learninglearningProvide a framework for Provide a framework for designing the curriculumdesigning the curriculumFocus on content Focus on content preparing students to be preparing students to be engaged and productive engaged and productive citizenscitizensEmphasise critical Emphasise critical thinking, enquiry and thinking, enquiry and reasoning in all gradesreasoning in all gradesMust be put into a context Must be put into a context where students can where students can understand what is being understand what is being learnt and apply that learnt and apply that knowledge to everyday knowledge to everyday tasks and problemstasks and problems
Is the whole teaching Is the whole teaching programme – all the programme – all the subjects and activities that subjects and activities that students experience in students experience in timetabled time, in after-timetabled time, in after-school clubs, on visits, ...school clubs, on visits, ...Textbooks are just one of Textbooks are just one of the many resources that the many resources that can support the curriculumcan support the curriculum
SEC Standards Curriculum
Provide an overviewProvide an overviewHelp teachers to identify Help teachers to identify in which grade topics are in which grade topics are introducedintroducedHelp teachers to see the Help teachers to see the progression in the progression in the standards and how they standards and how they develop from one grade develop from one grade to the nextto the nextDo not provide detail - for Do not provide detail - for this, you need to look at this, you need to look at the standards themselvesthe standards themselves
In each grade, the In each grade, the standards need to be standards need to be grouped into units: grouped into units: groups with an identified groups with an identified number of teaching hoursnumber of teaching hoursThe units should then be The units should then be sequenced in the order sequenced in the order that they will be taught that they will be taught throughout the school throughout the school yearyearEach unit then needs to Each unit then needs to be translated into an be translated into an appropriate number of appropriate number of lesson planslesson plans
Scope and Sequence charts
Schemes of Work
Supreme Education Council StandardsSupreme Education Council Standards
Are based on international expectations of students' Are based on international expectations of students' learninglearningAre based on current best practices in Qatar public Are based on current best practices in Qatar public schoolsschoolsFocus on content essential for preparing students to be Focus on content essential for preparing students to be engaged and productive citizensengaged and productive citizensEmphasise critical thinking, enquiry and reasoning to:Emphasise critical thinking, enquiry and reasoning to:– Develop students’ creativityDevelop students’ creativity– Get students to think analytically and to,Get students to think analytically and to,– Solve problemsSolve problems
Reflect Qatari values and cultureReflect Qatari values and cultureAre relevant to Qatari students' needs and interestsAre relevant to Qatari students' needs and interestsAre an excellent resource for planning, teaching and Are an excellent resource for planning, teaching and assessment assessment
Two streams or pathways for the main subjects: Two streams or pathways for the main subjects: Arabic, English, Mathematics and ScienceArabic, English, Mathematics and Science
Include revision and Include revision and consolidation of consolidation of standards for earlier standards for earlier grades as well as some grades as well as some new material new material
Include foundation Include foundation standards as well as standards as well as more complex skills and more complex skills and knowledgeknowledge
More in-depth study of More in-depth study of foundation level materialfoundation level material
More challenging More challenging problems problems
More demanding critiques More demanding critiques of textsof texts
Foundation Standards
Advanced Standards
Are numbered in Are numbered in shaded rectanglesshaded rectangles
Should be taught to all Should be taught to all studentsstudents
All students should All students should master themmaster them
National tests are National tests are based on thembased on them
Are an extension or Are an extension or enrichment for the more enrichment for the more ableable
Are consolidation Are consolidation objectives for slow objectives for slow learnerslearners
Should not necessarily Should not necessarily be taught to all studentsbe taught to all students
Some are key standards Some are key standards in earlier or higher in earlier or higher gradesgrades
Performance StandardsKey Standards Non-key Standards
The shaded panelsThe shaded panels
The shaded panels at the start of each The shaded panels at the start of each strand are summaries of the key standards strand are summaries of the key standards for that strand. They are useful for for that strand. They are useful for teachers in:teachers in:
Making informal assessments of Making informal assessments of
students' progressstudents' progress Reporting to parentsReporting to parents
Illustrations of the StandardsIllustrations of the Standards
The standards aim to provide enough detail to give teachers a clear understanding of
What students should learn by the end of each What students should learn by the end of each grade in each of the four subjectsgrade in each of the four subjects
The emphasis to be placed on higher order The emphasis to be placed on higher order skills, such as critical thinking, enquiry, and skills, such as critical thinking, enquiry, and reasoning and assessment material reasoning and assessment material
Help teachers to interpret the
standards Might add further detail about what
to include or not include in the
teaching of a standard Might refer to a linked standard
Notes on the margin
Ways of using the standards in schools (1)Ways of using the standards in schools (1)
Can use the standards to:Can use the standards to:
Plan, resource, monitor Plan, resource, monitor and evaluate school and evaluate school curriculumcurriculum
Support the Support the development of school development of school policies for teaching and policies for teaching and learninglearning
Can use the standards Can use the standards to develop: to develop:
Schemes of workSchemes of work
Programs of studyPrograms of study
Classroom resourcesClassroom resources
Assessment materialsAssessment materials
Principals and Senior managers
Subject leaders and teams of teachers
Ways of using the standards in schools (2)Ways of using the standards in schools (2)
Can use the standards to: Can use the standards to:
Develop integrated Develop integrated programs for the gradeprograms for the grade
Can use the standards to: Can use the standards to:
Plan lessons for a classPlan lessons for a class
Set learning objectives Set learning objectives for studentsfor students
Assess and monitor Assess and monitor students' progressstudents' progress
Report to parents Report to parents
Teams of teachers teaching the same grade
Individual teachers
Teaching MethodsTeaching Methods
No prescribed teaching methodsNo prescribed teaching methodsSchools decide how individual teachers might Schools decide how individual teachers might
best teach the standardsbest teach the standardsTeachers should choose appropriate methods in Teachers should choose appropriate methods in
line with their school's policiesline with their school's policiesTeachers may use:Teachers may use:
Direct instruction and explicit teachingDirect instruction and explicit teachingMay guide students to learn through May guide students to learn through experimentation and discoveryexperimentation and discoveryMight use traditional methods but students will Might use traditional methods but students will need to learn through a much wider range of need to learn through a much wider range of active experiences if they are to solve active experiences if they are to solve problems, think creatively, enquire, criticise problems, think creatively, enquire, criticise and evaluateand evaluate
TextbooksTextbooks No prescribed textbooks or other teaching and No prescribed textbooks or other teaching and
learning resourceslearning resourcesSchools can select a variety of support Schools can select a variety of support
materialsmaterialsNo single set of textbooks could address the No single set of textbooks could address the
standards adequatelystandards adequatelyTeachers should use their creativity in Teachers should use their creativity in
developing their own resources or:developing their own resources or:
Find and introduce published resourcesFind and introduce published resources
Choose those that are currently relevant and Choose those that are currently relevant and interesting to studentsinteresting to students
Students' differencesStudents' differences
Not all students are at the same level of achievement Not all students are at the same level of achievement Teachers should:Teachers should:
Exercise flexibility and imagination when planning lessons based Exercise flexibility and imagination when planning lessons based on the standardson the standards
Move high-achieving students forwardMove high-achieving students forward
Give extra support to students who are experiencing difficulty with Give extra support to students who are experiencing difficulty with more basic contentmore basic content
Make their own professional judgements about these matters, Make their own professional judgements about these matters, based on their knowledge of the students in their classesbased on their knowledge of the students in their classes
(Non-Arab students – at-risk students – gifted and talented (Non-Arab students – at-risk students – gifted and talented
students and students with special educational needs)students and students with special educational needs)
Methods of assessment and Methods of assessment and recording students' progressrecording students' progress
No prescribed methods of assessment and No prescribed methods of assessment and recording students' progress recording students' progress
The only requirement on Independent The only requirement on Independent Schools is that:Schools is that:
Every student participates in the national tests Every student participates in the national tests based on the standardsbased on the standards
Each school can design and implement its own Each school can design and implement its own assessment policy to help teachers to plan and assessment policy to help teachers to plan and improve teaching and learningimprove teaching and learning