A collection of data questions and concerns
I feel I have made a great deal of progress in understanding how to use data with our teaching teams to improve learning for our students. At this point, I…
Category: PYP
Using assessment data with teachers: what works?
As my final post in this series, I wanted to review the literature findings to highlight which practices have been effective in helping teachers use assessment data to inform their…
Planning forward: Formative assessment and learner agency
Now that we have completed our first three sessions focused on our beliefs about assessment and developing a shared vision, we need to turn our attention to our practice and…
Taking stock
I began this course with a variety of questions, all of which I am now able to answer to some degree. What conception(s) of curriculum does the International Baccalaureate follow…
Reflecting on my Professional Communities
I have to confess that I am more of a silent stalker in the professional communities I follow than I am an active voice, and this is often the way…
What is agency?
The most recent communication from the IBPYP outlining some of the changes we can anticipate from the launch of the enhanced PYP later next year both highlighted some anticipated changes…
Conceptions of curriculum in our programmes of inquiry
The last few months I have been learning about different conceptions of curriculum. Our conception of curriculum Expresses a viewpoint about curriculum’s development and design; the role of the learner,…
Identifying a professional community
Deciding which professional communities to participate in was relatively straight-forward. I am already a member of a couple PYP Facebook groups: PYP Workshop Leaders and PYP Coordinators. The PYP workshop…
