Workshops and situational analysis bring learners, teachers, and community into the design, surfacing goals, constraints, and equity considerations.
NCF 2023 & NEP 2020 aligned
Process Of Curriculum Development: A practical, school‑ready guide by NatureNurture
Curriculum should feel alive in classrooms. We blend policy alignment, competency development, experiential pedagogy, and continuous improvement to deliver coherent learning.
Clear value in the first week of discovery; simple steps to start.
Why schools choose this process
Clear mapping to NCF 2023 and your school mission, ensuring compliance without losing local priorities.
Stage‑wise profiles and outcomes include critical thinking, collaboration, agency, and well‑being.
Unit blueprints, lesson architectures, and resource lists make implementation practical from day one.
What we do
Stakeholder interviews & needs assessment
Baseline reviews, equity considerations, and clear success criteria for the next 12 months.
Define aims, competencies, and outcomes
Programme aims, learner profiles, subject standards, and progression logic aligned to policy.
Design scope, sequence, and pedagogy
Unit blueprints with inquiry tasks, UDL patterns, differentiation, and language‑rich strategies.
Build assessment for and of learning
Assessment maps, performance tasks, rubrics, and moderation with data routines for feedback and reteach plans.
The five‑step process
Step 1: Understand needs and context
UNESCO guidance stresses participatory design and mapping what exists before building anything new.
- Stakeholder workshops and situational analysis
- Alignment map against NCF 2023 and school mission
- Problem statements and success criteria
Step 2: Set aims, competencies, and learning outcomes
Consistent with the OECD Learning Compass 2030 and local frameworks; NCF 2023 derives aims from NEP 2020.
- Programme aims and stage‑wise learner profiles
- Subject standards, outcomes, and progression
- Crosswalk to policy requirements and board expectations
Step 3: Design scope, sequence, and pedagogy
Tyler’s rationale aligns purposes, experiences, organisation, and evaluation; Taba’s inductive model scales strong units into a curriculum.
- Unit blueprints with inquiry & experiential tasks
- UDL, differentiation, language‑rich strategies
- Resource lists & teacher‑facing lesson architectures
Step 4: Build assessment for learning and of learning
Plan evidence up front: formative checks, performance tasks, summative assessments; iterate for coverage and coherence.
- Assessment maps with rubrics & samples
- Data routines for feedback cycles & reteach plans
- Moderation protocols for fair, useful judgments
Step 5: Implement, support teachers, and improve
Evidence‑based practice cycles implementation with ongoing professional learning and fidelity checks feeding improvement.
- Teacher PD, co‑planning, and coaching
- Implementation monitoring & fidelity tools
- Termly reviews, updates, and versioning
What you receive with NatureNurture
1. Needs & context
Covers: Stakeholders, assets, gaps
Deliverables: Discovery report, NCF
alignment map
2. Aims & competencies
Covers: Goals, outcomes, profiles
Deliverables: Aims matrix, competency
map, progression
3. Scope & pedagogy
Covers: Units, experiences, resources
Deliverables: Scope & sequence,
unit plans, lesson patterns
4. Assessment
Covers: Formative and summative
Deliverables: Assessment map, tasks,
rubrics, moderation
5. Implementation
Covers: PD, coaching, QA
Deliverables: PD plan, fidelity checklist,
improvement log
FAQs
How is this different from a syllabus?
A syllabus lists topics. A curriculum defines aims, competencies, experiences, assessment, and support so learning is coherent and progressive.
How do you ensure relevance in India?
We align to NCF 2023 and NEP 2020, including stage design and local language considerations, then localise for your school’s context.
How often is a curriculum updated?
At least once per year through a review cycle, with interim adjustments based on assessment data and classroom feedback.
Want a curriculum that’s coherent on paper and effective in classrooms?
Start with a short discovery call. We’ll map your next 12 months with clarity.
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