This document reflects the partners' common desire to reaffirm commitment to Core Curriculum and to find ways of ensuring that it become and remain a reality throughout the province.

Summary Since 1984, Saskatchewan's educational partners have been involved in defining, developing, and evaluating the Core Curriculum. This document reflects the partners' common desire to reaffirm commitment to Core Curriculum and to find ways of ensuring that it become and remain a reality throughout the province. The term actualization was adopted as one that embodies the belief that Core Curriculum is more than a series of curriculum guides. It takes into account activities at all levels of the education system that are aimed at bringing Core Curriculum to life within the context of each school and community. Actualization is an umbrella term that includes all efforts to renew and improve curricula in order to achieve an evergreen Core Curriculum. One of the purposes of this document was to present a policy framework that can guide the partners in their shared efforts to actualize Saskatchewan's Core Curriculum. From the common ground of this framework -- the policy statement and principles on pages 4 to 7 -- each organization can develop an action plan honouring its commitment to Core Curriculum. Through planning at all levels of the system, Core Curriculum actualization can be achieved with respect for legislative mandate, school division mandate, professional decision-making at the school and classroom level, and student and community needs.