Especially for Teachers - About English

Statement and Profile

What are the statement and profile?

A statement on English for Australian Schools and English - a curriculum profile for Australian schools

The statement is a description of the learning area.  It explains the broad goals of English teaching and sets out the content of English programs at  various stages of schooling.  The statement is organised into two strands: Texts and Language, and describes curriculum content at four stages, Bands A to D, (roughly corresponding to the early years of schooling, middle to upper primary school, high school, and secondary college).

The profile is a set of learning outcomes linked to the English statement.  It describes what students can do at eight levels of achievement in speaking and listening, reading and viewing and writing.  Profile outcomes were designed for planning and to provide information about students' progress. 

How are they used in Tasmania?

The statement and profile are now support documents for curriculum planning K- 12 and TQA syllabus revision 11 - 12. They help Tasmanian teachers to ensure that:

• teachers K - 12 have a common language to describe what students learn in English
• there is continuity in language programs within and between schools
• language programs cover all the essential aspects of the English learning area

But I haven't got a statement or profile!

If you can't track them down within your school, they can be ordered from the Curriculum Corporation .  You can also find an overview of  the two strands of the statement, Texts and Language, on this site.