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MYP Curriculum Guide Benefits - Clarity, Understanding, Consistency, and Collaboration

MYP Curriculum Guide: The Impact and Creation of a Comprehensive Guide

15/11/2023 / Curriculum, Leadership / Leave a Comment

Introduction It can be difficult for parents, students, and even teachers to understand the MYP curriculum. Parents frequently complain about the absence of a clear curriculum in the MYP. This makes it challenging for parents to understand the subjects and expectations for their children. Furthermore, it is challenging for students to refer to the subject …

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2020 IB Programme Standards and Practices

What is the point of IB evaluation?

04/10/2022 / Leadership, PD / 1 Comment

Introduction School quality is ensured and improved through the IB evaluation process. Through the evaluation process, schools identify what works well and what needs further development to improve teaching and learning. The evaluation is also a collaborative process that seeks input from stakeholders, including educators, learners and parents. A process of preparing for IB evaluations …

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Team-based interdisciplinary teaching approach

Team-based Interdisciplinary Teaching Approach

25/01/2022 / Interdisciplinary Unit, Leadership / 2 Comments

Concerns in planning an MYP interdisciplinary unit Planning the MYP interdisciplinary teaching and learning can be tricky, especially working out the schedule, the collaboration between teachers, the delivery of lessons in different subjects, assessment design and evaluation, etc. In Lenny Dutton’s blog post, “The Problem with IDUs“, she identified timing and teacher fear are the …

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DEI through Conversation Roles

6 Conversation Roles to Promote Engagement

09/02/2022 / ATL Skills, Differentiation, Leadership, Relationship Building / Leave a Comment

Diversity, equity and inclusion through conversation roles How do you get the most out of your lessons? How do you promote student engagement in your class? How do we promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the classroom by assigning conversation roles? I initially wrote this blog with students in mind and wanted to specify discussion …

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