The District Curriculum Team promotes quality education by supporting schools to improve student learning. The team supports schools to :-

• Plan, develop and implement a balanced curriculum that enables all students to maximise achievement of the Curriculum Framework outcomes.
• Use the Outcomes and Standards Framework -
  - to monitor, evaluate and report on individual student achievement and plan for improvement
  - to evaluate and report on student achievement of standards specified at years 3, 5, 7 and 9
  - as the basis for reporting school performance and demonstrating school accountability.
• Implement system-endorsed moderation processes.
• Administer prescribed system assessments as specified.
• Provide regular and relevant information to parents on student progress and achievement during the year.

District Curriculum Consultants
The Fremantle - Peel Education District Curriculum Team contact details and staffing lists are available now.

Service Area Curriculum Consultants
There are eight Service Area Curriculum Consultants (SACCs); three Numeracy, three Literacy, one ICT and one ESL SACC who work across the Fremantle-Peel, Bunbury, Warren-Blackwood and Narrogin districts. These four districts comprise the South-West Service Area. Two Literacy, one Numeracy, and one ESL SACC work from the Fremantle-Peel DEO in Beaconsfield.

Role of District Curriculum Consultants
The team consists of the Curriculum Manager, Jan Klifunis, and a team of District Curriculum Consultants. Each Consultant is the first point of contact for many schools, and supports:

• School development planning
• Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy Program
• Curriculum Improvement Program
• ICT
• Students at Educational Risk
• School Information System – curriculum software
• Management Information Systems
• Parent Education
• Assessment & Reporting
• Pedagogy
• Quality Teacher Program
  

Members of the Curriculum Team will facilitate school support to ensure that:

• Professional learning (PL) is responsive to teachers’ needs and can take many forms
• PL is not ‘one-off’ and involves action learning
• PL is always focused on student learning
• Answers to curriculum challenges are constructed, not given
• Enhancing curriculum leadership is always an objective
• Collaboration is promoted within and between schools
• Support is brokered from outside the district’s resources where necessary
  

A professional learning program focusing on curriculum, pedagogy, school organisation and learning environment is offered to teachers and schools across the district throughout the school year. Sessions are generally conducted after school hours and details of the PL program are forwarded to schools and published on the the Fremantle - Peel Education District Web Site. Special events such as Art Blast and the Music Festival which  promote an outcomes approach and celebrate the achievements of government schooling in the district, are coordinated by the Curriculum Team.

Networks of teachers with a common curriculum interest such as curriculum coordinators, learning area specialists and early childhood educators are facilitated by Curriculum Consultants.

The following program is managed by the District Office Curriculum team:

Primary Extension and Challenge (PEAC)

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