Online Curriculum Support

Education Services Australia is managing the procurement and alignment of digital resources that will support the implementation of the new Australian Curriculum.

Priority areas for procurement are:

• high quality student resources for Foundation to Year 10 for history, English, mathematics, science, geography, the Arts and Mandarin and Italian languages. Included are resources that support cross-curriculum priority areas of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures; Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia; and sustainability
• high quality digital support materials for teachers to implement the Australian Curriculum in areas such as implementing the cross-curriculum priorities; the use of digital resources to enhance subject understanding; using professional development modules in online settings in schools, professional learning programs and individually; and using digital technologies to support digital pedagogies.

Respondents may belong to the government and education sectors, professional and subject associations, cultural and collections sectors, publishers and developers.

For further information and to complete the response form, download:

• Expression of interest to establish a register of digital resource suppliers and service providers
• EOI response form

Contact

Leah Wright
Email: eoi@esa.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9207 9600

Responses should be sent to Education Services Australia by 19 December 2011

Education Services Australia is managing the delivery of the online curriculum support, which will provide all schools with access to new digital teaching and learning resources and online professional development support. The procurement of student resources and teacher support material to support the implementation of the Australian Curriculum is part of the package announced by the Australian Government on 23 September 2011.

The Supporting the Australian Curriculum Online component provides support for teachers to develop flexible learning approaches and integrate digital resources into the classroom. It will also significantly enhance the pool of national, state and territory digital curriculum resources to support all teachers. It includes:

• $10 million to support teachers by providing high-quality online professional learning resources that further their professional development
• $5 million to support flexible delivery of language teaching and learning, including through a new Language Learning Space
• $11.4 million for new digital learning resources such as film clips, animation, interactive tools and web resources,  with particular focus on resources for teaching English, mathematics, science, history, geography, languages and the arts
• $5 million to improve the technical infrastructure for storage, distribution, discovery and accessibility of digital resources.

Education Services Australia will work with government and non-government schools’ authorities, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority(ACARA), the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership(AITSL), teacher professional bodies, cultural institutions, government agencies, scientific organisations and international resource repository owners.

The Australian Curriculum Connect component provides:

$9.8 million to support Education Services Australia to work with government and non-government schools’ authorities to link the Australian Curriculum to existing digital resources with improved online search and delivery capabilities so teachers can easily find quality online teaching materials through their local e-learning environment or through the national portal, Scootle.