Boards and Development Groups
In the NCCA’s existing structure, oversight of the curriculum and assessment work in early childhood and primary, junior cycle and senior cycle is carried out by Boards. This oversight is important in ensuring that strands of development contribute to a coherent and manageable whole for schools and early childhood settings. Boards have responsibility to ensure that curriculum and assessment development is carried out in accordance with the terms of the agreed briefs, to review each strand of work within the sector in the context of each of the other strands. Boards have the opportunity to discuss significant issues as they emerge within each sector and make connections with developments in other sectors. To provide a strong, representative and responsive basis for its curriculum and development work the NCCA has established Development Groups to undertake specific tasks in curriculum areas or subjects. The Boards and Development Groups currently working are listed below.
Boards
Early Childhood and Primary Development Groups
- Updating Aistear Development Group
- Early Childhood and Primary Mathematics Development Group
- Primary Language Development Group
- Primary Arts Development Group
- Primary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Development Group
- Primary Social and Environmental Education Development Group
- Primary Wellbeing Development Group
Post Primary Development Groups
- Leaving Certificate Accounting
- Leaving Certificate Construction Studies
- Leaving Certificate Engineering
- Leaving Certificate English
- Leaving Certificate Geography
- Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme
- Leaving Certificate Physical Education
- Junior Certificate Modern Foreign Languages
- An Mheitheal Forbartha don Ghaeilge
- Arabic Development Group
- Biology Development Group
- Chemistry Development Group
- Classical Languages Development Group- Leaving Certificate
- Leaving Certificate Climate Action and Sustainable Development Group
- Leaving Certificate Drama, Film and Theatre Studies Development Group
- Physical Education Development Group -Junior Cycle
- Physics Development Group
- Leaving Certificate Business Development Group
- Post-Primary Special Educational Needs Development Group
- Transition Year Programme Statement Development Group
- Agricultural Science Development Group
- Design and Communication Graphics Development Group
- History Development Group
- Computer Science Development Group
- Home Economics Development Group
- Maths Development Group
- Music Development Group
- Physics and Chemistry Development Group