Explainer 1 for Teachers and Practitioners
Explainer 2 for Teachers and Practitioners
This document is the second explainer guide for Scotland’s Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC). It introduces early drafts of two key resources being developed as part of a 10-year programme to strengthen the Scottish curriculum:
- “Building Scotland’s Curriculum”: A draft digital resource designed to replace older guidance series, streamline policy, and support curriculum design.
- Draft Know-Do-Understand (KDU) Model Samples: Examples showing how the curriculum is shifting away from traditional Experiences and Outcomes (Es and Os) and Benchmarks toward a structured framework focused on what learners need to Know, Do, and Understand.
Early Sense-making resources
These optional materials are designed for education leaders to support understanding of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC).
They can be used in whole or in part by leaders themselves, or as a facilitated session with teams to support discussions and sense-making in advance of the ‘Sharing, Learning and Adopting’ Phase and professional learning offer in 2026/27.
Community Learning and Development (CLD) Resources
These optional materials are designed for CLD leaders to support understanding of the Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC). They can be used in whole or in part by leaders themselves, or as a facilitated session with teams to support discussions and sense-making in advance of the ‘Sharing, Learning and Adopting’ Phase and professional learning offer in 2026/27.
