Overview
The Alberta government is renewing the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) curriculum, also called programs of study. Before drafting new curriculum, we received input from an independent panel and Albertans. With this feedback, we established a new Ministerial Order on Student Learning and updated the Guiding Framework for Curriculum Design and Development. These documents are the foundation for drafting new provincial curriculum in this order: K-6, grades 7-10 and grades 11-12.
Find out more about the initial activities that laid the groundwork for the curriculum development process.
Curriculum advisory panel input
August 2019 to August 2020
An independent 12-member curriculum advisory panel provided:
- Recommendations on direction for curriculum
- Comité Consultatif sur le Curriculum : recommandations sur l’orientation relative au curriculum
- A draft ministerial order with updated vision for student learning that was central to public engagement
- Final advice on the draft ministerial order based on feedback from the public engagement
Engagement on the vision
January to February 2020
The Alberta government broadened consultations to hear a wider range of perspectives on the draft ministerial order from parents, teachers and subject matter experts. Learn more:
New ministerial order
August 2020
The Alberta government listened to the curriculum advisory panel and Albertans to establish a new Ministerial Order on Student Learning. It sets the vision to guide education, update curriculum, and strengthen the K-12 system:
All new curriculum must be aligned with this ministerial order.
Guiding framework update
December 2020
Curriculum is designed and developed based on a guiding framework that sets a common direction, purpose, principles and standards. With the new Ministerial Order on Student Learning in place, the framework was updated:
Next steps by grade
The K-12 curriculum renewal is happening over a few years as follows:
- Draft K-6 curriculum
- Draft grades 7-10 curriculum
- Draft grades 11-12 curriculum