Curriculum for Excellence Religious and Moral Education

Aims and Objectives To inform you about: –Curriculum for Excellence team –Developments so far –Nature of the new qualifications –Development Process

SQA CfE Team Came together in August 2009 Headed by Roddy Gillespie Eight development teams based on curriculum areas plus Literacy and Numeracy Each with a Qualifications Development Manager, QDCs (consultants) and a QDO (officer)

Development Model Curricular Area Suites of Courses Course Units

Curriculum Area Review Group (CARG) Qualification Design Team (QDT) Subject A Subject Working Group (SWG) Qualification Design Team (QDT) Subject B Qualification Design Team (QDT) Subject C Qualification Design Team (QDT) Subject D Subject Working Group (SWG)

Appointments process Curriculum Area Review Group - nominations from key stakeholders Qualification Design Team – nominations from senior practitioners Subject Working Group – self-nominations from subject experts Sign-off via SQA internal & external committees

National 4 key features: Replace Standard Grade (General) and Intermediate 1 Courses will be unit based Ungraded course award based on achieving units and coursework assessment - SQA will quality assure the assessment To be available from session 2013/14

National 5 key features Replace Standard Grade (Credit) and Intermediate 2 Courses are unit based Graded course award based on achieving units, coursework assessment and external assessment by SQA – SQA will quality assure the assessments To be available from session 2013/14

RME Curriculum Area The RME Curriculum Area has two sets of Experiences and Outcomes: –Religious and moral education –Religious education in Roman Catholic schools Future courses at National 4 and 5 will build on knowledge, skills, attitudes and aptitudes established 3-15

RME Curriculum Area Current national qualifications include: –Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies. –Religious Studies The SQA team responsible for the development of RME in the senior phase is currently engaging with practitioners and other bodies on suitable qualifications at National 4 and 5.

Existing qualifications Standard Grade Foundation to go Access 3 and Higher to be retained as ‘points of stability’ Revision of existing qualifications at Access, Higher and Advanced Higher to ensure they are consistent with CfE developments and to provide good progression

Proposed Implementation Timetable Existing QualificationsNew/Revised Qualifications SGInt 1&2HigherAdv HNat 4&5 Higher (rev) Adv H (rev) 2010/ / / / / / /17

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