Resources
Documents
God's Big Story 2.0 3.81 MB
CHRISTIAN STUDIES PROGRAM 3.67 MB
Training Modules
Module 1: The Big Picture
The Big Picture - What Makes Curriculum Distinctively Christian 1.11 MB
Module 2: Teachers Teach What They Believe
What's my Philosophy of Education? What is real, true and of value? 11.20 MB
Critical Readings 377.67 KB
Direct Learning Activity 451.64 KB
Influencing Culture 531.22 KB
Philosophy Education - An Introduction in Christian Perspective 80.51 KB
What is Real, True, Of Value - Worksheet 1,001.08 KB
What is Real, True, Of Value - A4 Worksheet 538.84 KB
What is Real, True, Of Value - A3 Worksheet (for groups) 1.01 MB
Module 3: Illuminating God’s Big Story in the Australian Curriculum
How do I Connect Learners with God's Big Story? 18.12 MB
Using God's Big Story for Planning Curriculum 885.45 KB
Jigsaw Cards 39.09 KB
Module 4: Putting It All Together: A Planned Approach
How well do I connect curriculum, pedagogy and assessment with God's Big Story? 2.22 MB
Unit Assessment Rubric 353.99 KB
4 by 6 Planning Tool With Prompts and Without 493.90 KB
4 by 6 Year 8 HASS Business 281.99 KB
Evidence Prompts 186.94 KB
Pedagogy Prompts and Checks 213.19 KB
Presentation Resources From School Leaders
God's Big Story - Tyndale Christian School, Strathalbyn 2.04 MB
So what's the Purpose of Christian Schools - Wyong Community Christian School 4.41 MB
A Thematic Approach - Pilgrim School, Aberfoyle Park 77.92 KB
WA Snapshot, CSA 631.29 KB
CSA LOR Announcement
CSA Learning Object Respository 1.21 MB
Additional Tools
The Connected Curriculum 736.17 KB
Biblical Lens Planning Tool 2 877.23 KB
Biblical Lens Planning Tool 1 271.10 KB
4 by 6 Unit Template 97.00 KB
4 by 6 Planning Tool 493.90 KB
Curriculum Resources
The CSA Curriculum Action Group (CSA-CAG) is an ongoing project in which educators from the CSA movement are collaborating to produce responses to the Australian Curriculum for Christian Schools.
The paper presented here includes a philosophy and planning tools to aid Christian schools in local responses to the requirements of the Australian Curriculum.
This is a living document which is intended for ongoing development by the community of practice represented by CSA members.
To become involved in the ongoing work of the CSA-CAG please contact sscott@csa.edu.au
2017 CSA National Curriculum Symposium: Training the Trainer
Introduction
Christian schools desire to be authentic and effective in both the spiritual formation and excellent education of students. To be authentic, Christian education must embed Biblical integration right at the roots of curriculum and pedagogy.
The implementation of the Australian Curriculum proved an ideal opportunity for the CSA movement to do just that, leading to the development of the popular God’s Big Story approach.
Stage 1 of CSA’s Curriculum Project produced Connecting Learners with God’s Big Story (GBS), a curriculum philosophy and planning resource which has been enthusiastically received by many CSA schools throughout Australia.
Stage 2 has focused on developing a set of ‘Train the Trainer’ modules and extending collaborative curriculum writing opportunities for schools.
The Curriculum Symposium: Training the Trainer
…is designed to equip both experienced and beginning curriculum specialists to roll out a Christian worldview approach to Curriculum in Christian schools.
Those who may be new to God’s Big Story (GBS) will gain new perspectives on how to bring an authentic Biblical approach to programming in their schools. For those leaders who do not have a copy of God’s Big Story, a free copy may be downloaded here.
Curriculum leaders will be trained through a series of modules and provided with training materials to then train other teachers and leaders in their own schools.
Christian Studies Program with Trinity Theological College
The first document will be a Christian Education program and a Service Learning Framework. CSA has partnered with Trinity College Queensland to develop a Christian Education Program and Service Learning Framework for use in CSA member schools. This resource may be:
- applied by schools as a form of audit tool against what their school is already doing;
- used to supplement materials already in use; or,
- adopted fully as the school’s Christian Education program.
This document is available in the Resources section of this page.