After another day, with over 100 other educators, I have learned more the 2016 Alberta Curriculum redesign.  As always, I have to say I am excited.  First, here is the implementation timeline

Another focus of this drastic change will be to address that the following are lacking in our current curriculum.

• Growth of the whole child.
• A student centred approach.
• Personalized learning.
• Supporting teacher decision making.
• Providing consistency across subject/discipline areas and in assessing and reporting.

The plan is to address these problems by ensuring that all students K-12 achieve the following cross-curricular competencies:Now, of course, not everything is going to change and here a list of what will remain the same.

• Alberta Education will still determine what students need to learn.
• There will be grades and subjects.
• The basics will remain.
• Teachers will continue to teach.
• There will be some form of provincial assessment.

The key here is that students will now face problems where they must use strategies taught in Math, Science, English, and Social together.  Currently, we have "silos" of learning occurring, since what is taught in Math has very little relevance to the lesson taught in Social Studies only one hour later.