Overview
Alberta is renewing the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K to 12) curriculum, starting with K to 6. The curriculum development process is happening over a few years.
August 2019 to December 2020
The following activities laid the groundwork to begin a transparent review process and develop new curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K to 12):
- an independent 12-member curriculum advisory panel provided input that helped inform curriculum direction and a new ministerial order with a vision for student learning
- more than 8,000 Albertans shared their views on the vision for student learning through a survey and in person engagement sessions
- a new Ministerial Order on Student Learning was finalized with the input from the panel and Albertans – it set the vision to guide education
- the Guiding Framework for Curriculum Design and Development was updated to align with new ministerial order
Find out more about the curriculum development groundwork.
In fall 2023, Alberta Education will meet with diverse education partners, teachers, multicultural organizations, Indigenous and francophone communities and other education specialists to inform development of the scope and sequence of K to 12 social studies curriculum and content of draft K to 6 social studies curriculum.
In winter 2024, Albertans will have the opportunity to provide feedback on key learnings within K to 12 social studies curriculum and view the draft K to 6 social studies curriculum to provide additional feedback. Opportunities for classroom piloting will follow this engagement.
Grades 4 to 6 French first language and literature, French immersion language arts and literature, and science curriculums will be implemented in all elementary classrooms starting in September 2024.
In the 2024-25 school year, teachers will also have an opportunity to pilot refined draft K to 6 social studies curriculum in classrooms and provide further feedback.
Draft fine arts curriculum will be made available at a later date for further engagement with Albertans and education stakeholders before it is piloted and then implemented.
Next grades
Recognizing the timeline for new K to 6 curriculum has been adjusted, the work to draft curriculum for grades 7 to 12 will be sequenced accordingly.