Transcend –> Transit –> Transfer –> Transform My two children decided to keep fish at the beginning of this year. We drove around town and finally found a fish shop. They chose two tiny fish and one small fish tank. My 6 year-old and 9 year-old were so excited. They decorated the aquarium and got …
End of year event Towards the end of the academic school year, teachers are very close to burnout, and students are also very exhausted. Students often watch many videos in the final week of school, and many teachers are probably googling activities to engage their students at the end of the semester. In my school, …
Better Conversations by Jim Knight I have been enjoying reading Jim Knight’s books relating to professional learning and instructional coaching. His books were well-structured and easy to follow. He often provides concrete examples and useful practical strategies to implement coaching conversations. This blog post records my visual notes and personal reflections from Jim Knight’s work, Better …
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What are students getting out of the personal project? I enjoy tremendously in supporting students in completing their MYP personal projects. Through the process of completing a personal project, I feel the biggest growth that students develop is GRIT. The MYP personal project is essentially a design challenge that engages students in the process of ideation, …
We had a great success implementing a two-day MYP induction and orientation at KIS last year (2018-2019). Students had opportunities to meet others from different grade levels and participated in various community building engagements. Teachers also got to know students whom they did not teach. In addition, teachers had time to meet in their departments to …
Introduction The IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) are two of the four IB programmes offered by the International Baccalaureate (IB). PYP caters to children from the ages of 3 to 12, and MYP is for children from the ages of 11 to 16. The difference between the two programmes isn’t …