The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) is partnering with British Columbia (B.C.) for the renewal of the Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum.

SA国际影视传媒淥ur curriculum is out of date,SA国际影视传媒� said Shannon Barnett-Aikman, assistant deputy minister of Education, Culture and Employment. SA国际影视传媒淭his decision is a result of extensive research and analysis, and more than 40 engagement consultation sessions with Indigenous governments education bodies.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淲e rely on provincial partners for many aspects of our school curriculum, particularly high school,SA国际影视传媒� she continued.

In 2019, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment looked into the curriculum of different western Canadian provinces.

SA国际影视传媒淩esearch found that B.C.SA国际影视传媒檚 curriculum is clearly the most aligned to the N.W.T.,SA国际影视传媒� said Shannon Barnett-Aikman. SA国际影视传媒淏.C.SA国际影视传媒檚 curriculum is one of the first in Canada to focus on competencies-based learning.

SA国际影视传媒淚t focuses on literacy and numeracy skills as well as financial literacy,SA国际影视传媒� she continued. SA国际影视传媒淚t begins providing career education in the early grades, and it offers applied design skills and technologies curriculum.SA国际影视传媒�

Alberta, the long-time partner of NWT education, also renewed its entire K - 12 curriculum.

SA国际影视传媒淐hanging the N.W.T. was inevitable,SA国际影视传媒� said Barnett-Aikman.

The N.W.T.SA国际影视传媒檚 new curriculum will be implemented using a SA国际影视传媒減hased-in approachSA国际影视传媒� over several years.

Education partners, including Indigenous governments and various education bodies, will play roles in teacher training, as well as adapting classroom resources and large-scale student assessment tools.

On top of the secondary education-based benefits of B.C.SA国际影视传媒檚 curriculum, B.C. also includes Indigenous knowledge in teachings as well, which was another significant aspect the N.W.T.SA国际影视传媒檚 partnership.

SA国际影视传媒淏.C., has designed its curriculum to be flexible, which allows us here in the N.W.T. to adapt it to fit our territorial and cultural contexts,SA国际影视传媒� said Barnett-Aikman. SA国际影视传媒淭his can even happen at the local level by incorporating place, school, and community ways of learning and doing.SA国际影视传媒�

Current N.W.T. curricula, like that of SA国际影视传媒渓anguages, Northern studies, health and wellness, hunter education, and junior kindergarten - kindergartenSA国际影视传媒� will remain in NWT schools.

Thanks were extended to Alberta education for years of partnership.