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SACE Change Network | September 2021 update Revitalising the RP and PLP

A project focusing on revitalising Stage 2 Research Project (RP) and Personal Learning Plan (PLP) for teaching in 2022.

Conducted 4 workshops with teachers from the SACE Change Network (SCN)
Surveyed teachers to gather insights about what they value in the current PLP.
Tested potential PLP and RP assessment models.
Modelled how capabilities could be used in the revitalised PLP and RP.
Developed models for how to capture students natural output of prospective, spective and retrospective reflection.

Pathways and reflection are highly valued in the current PLP and RP.
Confidence the proposed PLP and RP Assessment Framework Models, with assessment types and design criteria, provide structure and guidance, while providing sufficient flexibility for student agency and local contexts.
Significant interest in embedding future capabilities with the revitalised PLP.
There is support for capabilities to be embedded in revitalised RP, but not explicitly assessed through a specific feature.
There was support for different forms of reflection (prospective, spective and retrospective) being embedded naturally in teaching, learning and assessment activities.
There was some concern that a reduction in workload for the RP (to align with other Stage 2, 10-credit subjects) may impact on the rigour of the learning.
There is support for students to have a greater connection with community.

We assume we can develop a manageable 10-credit workload, while maintaining rigour(complexity, independence, new contexts).
Prototype and test performance standards for the PLP and RP subject outlines.
Ideas about reflection and students having a greater connection with the community need to be tested with a broader representation of teachers and students.
Continue to refine the PLP and RP subject outline.
Further explore the use of capabilities within the revitalised PLP and RP.
Further explore workload impacts of the revitalised PLP and RP.