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OVERALL PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP

This workshop assists teachers who are currently in an IB World School offering the PYP but did not have the opportunity to receive category 1 training before commencing their responsibilities. It assumes a familiarity with the planning process and the philosophy of the PYP. Participants will develop their personal knowledge and understanding of the essential elements of the programme; deepen their understanding of international mindedness and the learner profile; prepare themselves for planning, teaching and assessing students; and develop skills to analyse and refine the school’s programme of inquiry. The Workshop environment supports educators as life-long learners through reading and discussing current pedagogy and

research. It supports teachers with their insights and questions on their journey to implement the PYP.

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDINGS

1. Individual teachers’ beliefs and experiences related to teaching affect the way they perform.

2. International-mindedness is encompassed in the IB Learner Profile. It is further developed by practices under PYP standards.

3. In the PYP, the school’s curriculum includes all those student activities, academic and non-academic, for which the school takes responsibility, since they all have an impact on student learning.

4. At the heart of the curriculum cycle is the learner constructing meaning.

5. The five essential elements resonate throughout the entire curriculum.

6. The PYP curriculum is concept-driven and transdisciplinary.

7. Teaching and learning takes place when a range and balance of teaching strategies are selected appropriately to meet particular learning needs.

8. Assessment is integral to planning, teaching and learning, and needs to be varied and purposeful.

9. Responsibility for learning is shared within a learning community through collaborative and reflective planning.

10. The programme of inquiry and the subject scope and sequences are components of the curriculum, which when used together, define a coherent curriculum.

11. Units of inquiry must illuminate the transdisciplinary theme under which they are placed.

12. There is a range of IB professional development available to support the implementation of the PYP

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Dear Workshop Participant,

My name is Naira Hamdy. IB workshop leader, team leader and school consultant.

You are expected to spend around 90 minutes on these learning engagements to familiarize yourself with the IB and the goals and contents of this workshop. Some of these resources may be familiar to you and some new.

Please read the workshop purposes;
Please view "The learner profile in action",https://ibpublishing.ibo.org/server2/rest/app/tsm.xql?doc=g_0_iboxx_tsm_1308_2_e&part=2&chapter=2

Here is the link to some videos on the IB web site.http://www.ibo.org/digital-toolkit/videos/
Please click on "General videos" and then "Programme videos / PYP" and watch the  videos for this learning engagement.

Looking forward seeing you on the 3rd of January

Thank you.

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After the workshop, you are expected to

-Add your reflections on the Padlet - Wonder Wall  and/or your reflection journal.

-create a personal action plan.

-fill out the IB workshop survey that will be sent to your email address  a few weeks after the workshop.

Thank you.

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We will use the booklet during the workshop

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Write your reflection here

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Every workshop needs a place where participants can meet and discuss any topic and socialize with their peers. Discuss new experiences, share learning strategies or anything else that interests you. Get to know better each other and share your  learning experience together.
Hello,

My name is Naira Hamdy. IBPYP workshop leader, consultant and school visitor. My journey with PYP started in 1998 and since then PYP for me is a way of living by applying research, knowledge, skills and attitudes in daily life routine. Always looking for new professional development opportunities to improve practices and here am I facilitating an inschool workshop. I've worked as PYP coordinator in 2000, in Cairo Egypt, in oasis international school. It's a French school, it has the three programmes : PYP,MYP and DP In 2002, Oasis was authorised for PYP and MYP, I continued as PYP coordinator in the same school and went through the 1st evaluation visit in 2005, then the 2nd evaluation visit in 2010. In the same time, I was also facilitating in school workshops, regional workshops and visiting schools in Africa, Europe & Middle East. All this, give me the opportunity to visit many schools in our region: Africa, Europe and Middle East. In September 2011 , looking for a new challenge in my professional life; I moved to UAE and worked in Ras Al Khaimah English Speaking schools RAKESS as PYP coordinator also. In the same time, continuing my career as workshop leader & school visitor.

Since September 2012, I'm working in a PYP authorized school in Dubai called" Dar Al Marefa" as Deputy school principal.We had our evaluation visit in May 2017.

Married to a fantastic husband, mother of two lovely daughters and a sweet sweet sweet granddaughter and a grandson

Hope you'll enjoy the workshop Naira

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3. In the PYP, the school’s curriculum includes all those student activities, academic and non-academic, for which the school takes responsibility, since they all have an impact on student learning.

4. At the heart of the curriculum cycle is the learner constructing meaning.

5. The five essential elements resonate throughout the entire curriculum.