INTRODUCTION
You must begin working on your Course Plan as soon as possible with a view to having it finished by the end of February. This will allow you to have my first revision, and thus open the door for the oral defence. This all-important part of the exam requires intensive rehearsal and practice, as it is where posts are eventually decided.
As happens in every other occupation, teachers need to plan their work. This planning becomes essential in order to comply with the law (national and regional) and to adapt it to their particular educational context. This is what is termed “programación didáctica” (Course Plan).
The Course Plan is a document where decisions are made as concerns what the students need to learn (objectives and contents); how and when they will do so (methodology), and what, how and when we shall assess them (evaluation), among other issues.
LEVELS OF CURRICULAR CONCRETION
When planning, it is customary to talk about three levels of curricular concretion (niveles de concreción curricular).
- Level 1 corresponds to the curriculum itself, developed in Order 2nd July 2019 in the case of Andalucía (please, check the legislation section for other Communities. Thank you.).
- Level 2 corresponds to the Course Plan (Programación Didáctica), in which the curriculum is adapted to a particular educational centre.
- Level 3 corresponds to the Teaching Units (Programación de Aula), in which the Course Plan is adapted to a particular group of students. It is an specification of how we will cover the objectives, contents, etc. contained in our Course Plan, that is, our actual teaching.
This year we shall be working in Levels 2 and 3, and will come up with a document that will include both the Course Plan proper (Level 2) + 12 teaching units (Level 3) (note that it is 15 units in the case of Madrid).
UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
We shall gradually become acquainted with the legislative framework regulating EOIs. The legislation is of the utmost importance, not only because it regulates everything surrounding our educational context, but also because it is the source we need to resort to so as to solve any doubts we might have concerning the internal functioning of EOIs.
The framework for our topics (temario), together with everything we state in our Course Plan, must always be based on the current legislation. A comprehensive and fully updated list of the legislation for the different Autonomous Communities is available on the website. Click on your particular Community and the law you are interested in consulting, and you shall be redirected to the pdf document.
When dealing with legislation, you shall see that different terms are employed (Royal Decree, Decree, etc.). These ranks depend on (i) their level of applicability (national level –Spain–, or community level –e.g. Andalucía), and (ii) their level of importance. This way, we may find Organic Laws, Royal Decrees, Decrees, Orders, Resolutions and Instructions, in that order.
Here you have a document explaining these different ranks –please note that the examples provided in the document correspond to Secondary Education and are not applicable to us–.
CHOOSING YOUR LEVEL
Click below to see the structure of levels in your Community:
(Same as Andalucía)
(Same as Andalucía)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The tables of contents embedded beloware two proposals that include all the curricular elements that must be developed in your Course Plans. One of the proposals follows the structure of the Andalusian curriculum closely, as you will see for yourselves once you study the curriculum; the other proposal contains the very same elements, but structured in a slightly different way.