Introduction to Subject Management

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Overview of Subject Management Areas

Subject Management is compiled from Classes, Subjects, Courses, Learning Areas, and Curriculum Management– each area has its own purpose and flows sequentially into the next. 

We start with the basic concept: the class with students and a teacher. What the students learn about in that class is referred to as a Subject. That same subject they’re learning about might be timetabled for different classes. The subject gives you details about what is being taught in each of its classes over a period, for example, Semester 1 Geography or Semester 2 English. Subjects can have their own Outcomes, or these can be drawn from the Course. 

The Course is the next level and is the gathering point for the subjects. All the outcomes that are to be achieved, how many units the Course counts for, and if it should be included in academic reports, all live on this level. By simply ticking or not ticking a box, you choose whether that Course should be included in the Academic Report.

You can determine how reports and assessments are marked by default – we call this Grading. Grading could be numbers, letters, competency, participation etc.

The course will be able to have a combination of these, depending on what is being marked, including converting numbers into another Grading Scheme of your choice. Educonnex can convert the mark into your chosen Grading Scheme, based on the thresholds that you’ve set. 

Most schools administer certain Courses together. In Educonnex, we call this the Learning Area component. For example, Mathematics which consists of Essential Mathematics, General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics.  

You will be able to extract meaningful data about learning areas, courses, teachers, and students who make up these, so you can extract the information you need to support student wellbeing and understand how subjects and their relevant learning areas, are going.