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Using the Essential Learnings to plan units of work
Workshop 6
Workshop aims
• To support teachers in using the
Essential Learnings to develop
units of work
• To align curriculum and
assessment through unit planning
The five components of the QCAR Framework
Essential Learnings clarify what to teach
Standards provide a common language to describe student achievement
Assessment Bank provides online access to a collection of quality assessments and resources
Queensland Comparable Assessment Tasks (QCATs) in Years 4, 6 and 9
provide evidence of what students know, understand and can do, and support consistency of teacher judgment
Guidelines for Reporting support consistency of reporting
Think of a time when you planned and taught a
quality unit.
What made it successful?
Five processes that guide planning
Identify curriculum
Sequence teaching & learning
Develop assessment
Make judgments
Use feedback
Learning and assessment focusDescribes the focus of learning and assessment within the year-level juncture.
Ways of workingDescribes the essential processes that students use to develop and demonstrate their knowledge and understanding.
Knowledge and understanding Describes essential concepts, facts and procedures of the KLA.
Select:• Essential Learnings• school priorities• context for learning
Identify curriculum
Choose: • learning experiences• teaching strategies
Sequence teaching & learning
Choosing the context for learning
Context: How do we care for our local waterway?
