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Understand your user needs

What does the design thinking model say?

Define needs. Combine your research and begin to identify and meet stakeholder needs.

What does this mean for curriculum design?

- Deepening understanding of the Curriculum for Wales Framework.

- Developing/refining your school vision

- Embedding curriculum reform within your school development plan

• priorities for improvement
• role and responsibilities
• actions - why, what, who, when, how

- Identifying professional learning and support needs of all staff– why, what, who, when, how

- Considering collaborations and partnerships - why, what, who, when, how

What does Welsh Government's Curriculum for Wales: the journey to curriculum roll-out say?

'Schools should develop an understanding of the conceptual model of the curriculum: this involves engaging and sense-making with materials and literature, and developing or updating their vision.'

'It is critical that as schools and practitioners embark on detailed curriculum design that they understand the key principles, structure and implications of the Curriculum for Wales.'

'Leaders should recognise the importance of developing this understanding across the school, supporting all staff to engage from the earliest stages of the process. Developing deep understanding will take time and should be an ongoing process.'

'A vision for the curriculum sets out what a school’s curriculum is seeking to achieve and its priorities. It should make sense of the curriculum as a whole, and how it supports learners to develop towards the four purposes.'

'This vision should be co-constructed: commonly owned, understood and used by all to inform the design and realisation of the curriculum.'

Key questions from Curriculum for Wales: the journey to curriculum roll-out to support next steps

• How do we ensure a common understanding of a purpose led curriculum?
• What is our thinking in response to the questions posed in the introduction of Designing your Curriculum

What CSC professional learning is available to support this phase?

• Establishing Shared Vision - CSC module from national programme
• INSET example/pack for schools on developing whole school and AoLE vision
• Understanding the framework, wider reforms and considering AoLE vision - CSC module from national programme
• Creating Time and Space for Professional Learning
• CSC CfW Assessment Guidance Poster Pack
• CSC CfW Poster Pack

Other professional learning / reading to support you:

• Curriculum for Wales: the journey to curriculum roll-out
• https://hwb.gov.wales/curriculum-for-wales/designing-your-curriculum/introduction/
• National CfW PL programme – CSC overview
• Leading Change - CSC module from national programme
• CSC Curriculum for Wales Professional Learning Offer
• CSC Curriculum for Wales Knowledge Bank
• CSC Curriculum for Wales community area
• CSC Central South Wales Challenge booklet

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