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The IB assessments are going to take two weeks or more due to the large class size. This assessment time infringes on important learning time.

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I have had to tell students I could not assist them with the questions they had on homework after school because of the meetings I must attend multiple times a week.

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My classroom has many issues with bugs, this morning I walked into very many small ants crawling all over my desk and the walls. I make a point to not keep food in the classroom but the bugs seem to come in anyway. And with time being such a precious commodity here I feel the time I have to spend killing the ants takes away from time I could spend on preparing for class.

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Some students will struggle mightily with the DP, which in some cases can effect the entire class in spite of best attempts at inclusion. More support and/or candor about this is needed.

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Students should be looking to make decisions on the DP subject choices well before Christmas to enable departments to plan and the school to have time to find new staff required for the increasing number. This looks to be the case for 2017.

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This model is in my experience far more effective, especially for the HL students as lessons can be geared for and delivered at a HL level through the topic rather than being mindful of the SL students and the fact that they don't need many of the HL concepts.

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Helping prepare students is a joy, but it is also an intense challenge that requires sufficient time for preparation, assessing and feedback. Having three meetings in a week might be detracting from the greater aim of inspiring and empowering our students to become lifelong learners

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With the added meeting time on Tuesday and In-service days, it is felt amongst many teachers that the PD is having diminishing returns. The more time we spend in meetings the less time we have to work on our lessons and marking. Many are also disappointed because there was no collaboration on adding "collaboration time" to the schedule.

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Educational Software for DP Math Teaching

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Educational Software for DP Math Teaching

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There are free software resources for DP Math ( Geogebra, Desmos) but other useful software (Autograph, Fathom) for teaching statistics and calculus should be bought for any teachers of DP Math. (I have my own personal copy)

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With talk about a new building I think a design lab should be included in the architectural plans which would support the current MYP design classes and allow NIS to offer DP Design classes. I will be at the American School in Japan in November which has an entire Design building and can bring back photos of what their design labs look like.

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The increase in students is affecting the experimental side of the DP.  The required practical work is becoming increasingly difficult due to space and equipment constraints.

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If we could coordinate that any outdoor maintenance work is done outside of school hours (or when I do not have class in the field house) that would be great! Someone was cutting hedges the other day with a gas powered cutter and it was incredibly loud in the classroom.

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My students have had to walk to their next class in the pouring rain twice this school year. Many of them do not bring proper rain gear with them to class (as it's math class and there's so many of them there isn't room for much else) so they have to sprint to the main building so their supplies do not get wet. And because the rain is so loud in the field house it becomes quite distracting for the students once it starts.

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Students are on the whole working very productively and have a great attitude to learning. In fact they could even have been a little over worked in some aspects of the course. Having said that, I see that it is a massive jump in workloads and understanding for the new year 11 given their preparation for the IB.

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A greater emphasis needs to be placed on investigations in the IB. This not only helps to formulate understanding, it is essential as there are required practicals and experimental concepts are included in examinations.

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With only my experience of the IGCSE to allow me to make comparisons of our Year 10 to students taking the IGCSE, my initial impressions is that our students are well behind when it comes to knowledge/ understanding and skills within the subject. Splitting the subjects over 2 years may be problematic.