BOS 34/06 (Vol 15 No 3)

To assist with the Stage 6 Mathematics syllabus review and revision, the Office of the Board of Studies is creating a register of curriculum writers. This register will be used to select writers to undertake tasks at various stages of the process. Depending on their current employment situation, the selected writers will be contracted or deployed (subject to approval of the current employer) to undertake the writing tasks.

People with expertise in writing syllabuses, support documents or units of work, and/or with expertise in the conduct of educational research, are invited to submit an expression of interest for inclusion on the register.

Expressions of interest are particularly sought from people with skills and interests in the writing of Stage 6 syllabuses in Mathematics.

The register will be used to identify potential syllabus writers or to identify writers to undertake other tasks associated with the development of syllabus materials. Once particular tasks are identified, the potential writers will be contacted to discuss any further requirements of the task or to provide further information on which to base the selection of writers.

The selected writers will work under the direction of a Project Manager who will have overall responsibility for coordinating and managing each of the tasks associated with the development of the materials, and for ensuring that the project is completed to an acceptable standard, on time, and within budget. For some parts of the project there may be several writers who will be required to work collaboratively.

Selected writers will be expected to attend regular meetings and, in most cases, will be required to undertake their writing at the Office of the Board of Studies, 117 Clarence St, Sydney.

Placement on the register

Selection of potential writers for placement on the register will involve consideration of the following criteria:

• demonstrated knowledge in the area (evident through educational qualifications and work résumé)
• practical teaching experience in relevant areas (evident in work résumé)
• demonstrated experience in curriculum development or evaluation in an educational environment (evident in work résumé and curriculum writing experience)
• high level of writing skills (evident in curriculum writing experience).

Confidentiality

Writers may be required to give an undertaking that they will maintain confidentiality in relation to the project being undertaken.

Lodging an Expression of Interest to register as a curriculum writer

To obtain copy of the application form please select either the MS Word or Acrobat PDF file format below.

• Expression of interest form in MS Word format
• Expression of interest form in Acrobat PDF format

It should be completed and submitted, along with the required supporting statements and documentation, to:

Ms Margaret Bigelow
Senior Project Officer, Mathematics
Office of the Board of Studies
GPO Box 5300
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Ph: (02) 9367 8247

While it will be possible to make later additions to the register, interested people are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible to ensure that they can be considered for work on the development of syllabuses for Stage 6 Mathematics.

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