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Letter to Education Ministers reprinted below.
Dear Minister
The Australian Curriculum Coalition represents a forum of Presidents, Executive Officers and Executive Directors of National Education Organisations. The Organisations represent members who are teachers, principals, school leaders, academics and education researchers. Collectively the Organisations have cooperated for a number of years in supporting the development of a high quality, 21st century national curriculum agenda. The Organisations individually believe that Australian schools, their teachers and students, deserve the highest quality national curriculum.
It is in this context that the organizations have cooperated as the Australian Curriculum Coalition (formerly CSCNEPA) to contribute positively and dynamically to the development phases of the Australian Government’s National Curriculum.
The Coalition shares a number of similar concerns about the process of development, work to date, conceptual framework and structural issues of the first drafts, assessment and reporting issues and finally, implementation issues.
These concerns were evident in the individual responses of members of the Coalition and the attached paper represents a summary of their views.
The paper sets out matters of concern, recommendations for further activity and engagement by ACARA, and underpinning principles for a way forward.
The Coalition has had the opportunity to meet with senior ACARA personnel and we are pleased that this opportunity is scheduled to continue.
We believe that it is important that the considered and common views of peak national education associations are made explicit to Ministers to ensure that the National Curriculum is delivered in the highest quality form as possible
Signed
AARE ACE ACEL ACSA AEU AHISA APPA APTA ASPA CaSPA IEUA NEF PA.