Introduction Most schools treat the assessment calendar as an admin document — a place to track due dates, avoid clashes, and keep parents informed. That’s too small a job for a tool that can shape how students plan, pace, and respond to learning. Picture this. It is a Tuesday afternoon. A Year 9 student arrives home, drops […]
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Introduction I’d like to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Jennifer Chang Wathall for inviting me to host this 45-minute webinar. I decided to explore how we can leverage AI tools to enhance teacher clarity. As an educator, I am always very interested in exploring creative ways to leverage technology to
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Introduction The MYP Enhancement Guide is a resource designed to help educators enhance the Middle Years Programme. This guide focuses on conceptual teaching, global contexts, ATL skills, and community engagement. The Enhanced MYP has introduced four key elements of change that aim to enhance teaching and learning practices, including Concepts & Conceptual Teaching, Global Contexts,
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Introduction To help parents understand MYP assessment principles and practices, I created an MYP Assessment Guidance Handbook. Nevertheless, explaining MYP assessment practices concisely and assisting parents to understand them without overwhelming them is challenging. In case the handbook’s information was too intense, my head of secondary suggested creating a one-page summary of key MYP assessment
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Introduction Assessment can be challenging, particularly when it seems you’re never quite sure when it’s going to come around. By using an assessment roadmap, students are able to engage in goal setting. Knowing what they are expected to achieve by a certain date provides students with a sense of control that they may not otherwise
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Concerns about learning loss Unplanned school closure resulting from the Covid-19 has impacted student learning physically, emotionally, socially, and academically. Educators and school administrators express concerns about learning losses and gaps and lack of student engagement, motivation, and approaches to learning skills. The unprecedented sustained school closure periods have brought attention to ‘lost learning’. This
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