Phase 2: Progress Mapping & Curriculum Unpacking
Using AI in progress mapping isn't about automating lesson creation or rushing through curriculum content. It is about deconstructing dense standards into clear, actionable "Know, Understand, Do" targets and designing engaging learning journeys.
Instead of relying on generic worksheets or walls of text, Phase 2 turns the "big ideas" of your curriculum into differentiated, active learning materials that foster deep student inquiry.
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Separating action verbs from subject matter to isolate what students must Know, Understand, and Do, preventing curriculum coverage panic.
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Using GenAI as a creative sounding board to uncover surprising contradictions, historical hooks, and open-ended inquiry questions.
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Replacing disposable, throwaway worksheets with structured, multi-week "Field Guides" featuring metacognitive approaches and active learning drills.
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Mapping anonymous student data onto four distinct achievement tiers (Needs Support, Developing, Exceeding, EAL) so all students access the same core concept.
CURRICULUM LEADER CARDS
#LKUD2
Unpacking Standards (UbD Method)
As a Primary Learning Specialist, I want to use GenAI to separate action verbs from subject matter across new curriculum standards, so that I can run a PLC session that teaches my team how to isolate core "Know, Understand, Do" targets.
[ SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM PROMPT ]
#LDP2
GenAI as a Dialogic Partner
As a Curriculum Coordinator, I want to prompt GenAI to find historical contradictions and surprising hooks in our upcoming unit topics, so that I can equip my teaching faculty with engaging inquiry twists for their term planning.
[ SETTING UP A CHAT LOG]
#LNWR2
Net Workload Reduction
As a Learning Specialist, I want to co-create a student "Field Guide" workbook template with GenAI, so that my department can replace single-use worksheets with a single, structured learning guide for the entire term.
[ SETTING UP A PRODUCTIVE MEASURE ]
#LDIFF2
Differentiating & Personalising
As an EAL Leading Teacher, I want to instruct GenAI to map writing and speaking progressions across EAL continuums, so that I can provide mainstream teachers with a clear baseline map for adjusting classroom expectations.
[ SETTING UP AN ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST ]
CLASSROOM TEACHER CARDS
#TKUD2
Unpacking Standards (UbD Method)
As a Classroom Teacher, I want to paste a complex VCAA/ACARA standard into GenAI to separate exact action verbs from subject topics, so that I know precisely what skills to teach without getting lost in curriculum jargon.
[ SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM PROMPT ]
#TGDP2
GenAI as a Dialogic Partner
As a Classroom Teacher, I want to use GenAI to draft three open-ended, thought-provoking inquiry questions for the whiteboard, in order to drive weekly student debate and foster critical thinking.
[ SETTING UP A CHAT LOG]
#TNWR1
Net Workload Reduction
As a Classroom Teacher, I want to transform text-heavy worksheets into physical speaking drills, roleplays, or visual detective boxes, so that my students engage in active learning rather than passive reading.
[ SETTING UP A PRODUCTIVE MEASURE ]
#TDIFF2
Differentiating & Personalising
As a Classroom Teacher, I want to feed anonymous class PAT reading scores into GenAI, in order to generate four level-appropriate activity tiers (Needs Support, Developing, Exceeding, EAL) that allow all students to learn the exact same "Big Idea."
[ SETTING UP AN ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST ]