https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd Reflect on the PYP Organizing Structure - The Learner, Learning and Teaching and Learning Community en-us 2019-05-21 08:13:39 UTC 2019-05-24 02:53:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363146902 My role as Head is to oversee the whole school so this one makes most sense to me. I need to ensure that the students, the staff, faculty, parents (existing and prospective) understand the way that we operate as a school and have us all working in the same way so that we get the benefits of a school-wide pedagogy. ]]> 2019-05-24 02:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363146902 wingzero8 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363146924 I feel strongly connected to the learner. I think that it is a very powerful thing to give students the opportunity to explore themselves through many different aspects rather than giving them one aspect.]]> 2019-05-24 02:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363146924 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363146991 The learner because I see the learner every day, have a strong relationship with them, spend time developing the learner profile attributes with them.]]> 2019-05-24 02:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363146991 uyaldiz https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147133 At the moment I feel connected to The Learning Community. Because, I would like to contribute my school establishing a school culture and a positive school climate. ]]> 2019-05-24 02:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147133 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147169 I think the learning community is connected because children affects each other. And the teachers and kids affect each other too.]]> 2019-05-24 02:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147169 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147173 There is continuing deepening of understanding about how people learn. The growth in knowledge about brain science for example means that we constantly need to assess how well we are incorporating the new understanding in our teaching programs.]]> 2019-05-24 02:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147173 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147192 While my students have taken some action in the community, I feel like there is room for a lot more. I could also involve the parents more in the classroom, and organise more meaningful field trips, etc.]]> 2019-05-24 02:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147192 wingzero8 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147212 Our school is on the way to becoming an IB school, but it involves many difficulties as it is being implemented into a school that wasn't IB from the beginning. I need to become more efficient in my ways of conveying the ideas of IB and how it affects us; why it is important and how we learn gives us deeper understanding how the world works.]]> 2019-05-24 02:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147212 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147430 As a non-Japanese speaker in Japan, this often holds me back with researching and implementing the learning community. I sometimes ask my colleagues for help, but I don't want to make their busy day even busier!

Maybe I neglect to make all of these connections between the learner, learning and teaching, and the learning community as much as I could because there never seems to be enough time in the day to reflect on all of this-maybe this can be a goal for me after this workshop.]]> 2019-05-24 02:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147430 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147454 The Exhibition is a powerful example of agency and action in learning, however we have traditionally only made it available in its usual form to our final year of the PYP (Grade 5). I believe that each year, every student should have multiple opportunities to develop, and refine, and extend and demonstrate their skills and abilities through a version of Exhibition so that they are super-exhibitionists by the end of the PYP experience. Encouraging and empowering my teachers to find a way to build in all the skills of the exhibition through the regular UoI is my challenge.]]> 2019-05-24 02:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147454 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147539 Because in isolation, the learners output will be limited;  the teachers on their own without the context of the learner are irrelevant;  the teaching and learning will be most impactful when the entire learning community is taken into consideration. ]]> 2019-05-24 02:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147539 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147616 I believe I am strongly connected to our learners because I know I have this responsibility to help them achieve their goals in life.  I can do that by giving them opportunity to understand how things work.]]> 2019-05-24 02:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147616 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147879 I feel most strongly connected to the learners because everything starts from them. I need to get to know them personally, and then build a strong, trusting, and positive relationship with them. I will be able to facilitate them to learn and guide them to be successful in their lives. ]]> 2019-05-24 02:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147879 wingzero8 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147899 The Japanese crowd at my school is tough. In the beginning, everyone hated it but slowly they have started to see the changes that are happening with the students. However, some teachers still want to take the easy way out because. I got the question "Who is going to teach them the right answer?". And this is two years after we implemented the PYP. 
We have more interested parents now, but some just simply don't care.]]> 2019-05-24 02:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147899 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147903 I want to learn about how children understand the world issues year by year.I feel about that I can not understand the children sufficiently.]]> 2019-05-24 02:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147903 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147924 2019-05-24 02:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363147924 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148178 Teaching and Learning:
In my capacity as Head of School, it’s not only important that I understand the approaches to teaching and learning but also empowered to resolve any conflict that may arise from the old guard resisting the advise of the PYP coordinator and sometimes the PYP coordinator over prescribing the PYP jargon and conditions. Harmonious transition to the PYP as a candidate school (we’ve only just got our candidacy status) is very important in my school ]]> 2019-05-24 02:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148178 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148594 As a teacher, I sometimes feel that I can do something more for the students.  With this new goal that we are planning for the school and our learners, I believe there will be an atmosphere of increased awareness and understanding for both me as a teacher and as a learner itself.]]> 2019-05-24 02:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148594 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148981 2019-05-24 02:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148981 uyaldiz https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148989 I would like to explore methods for establishing a positive learning community who responds to local and global problems.]]> 2019-05-24 02:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363148989 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149058 Mine is a 32 year old school that has been rated Outstanding for 8 years in a row by the DSIB. A major mindset shift is required to try something new as opposed to what they have been used to. The challenge for the learners is to quickly adapt to the inquiry cycle and get familiar with the new way of learning. For the Teachers, it is to familiarize themselves with the new jargon and ways of working and for the community at large it is to embrace the opportunities provided to nurture global, international minded students who exhibit the learner profile ]]> 2019-05-24 02:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149058 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149112 I feel that I need to extend my understanding in teaching and learning area. As an educator, I am responsible to teach children, and everything about me as a teacher will affect them. I need to improve myself constantly, and there is always room for improvement. ]]> 2019-05-24 02:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149112 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149581 2019-05-24 02:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149581 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149585 I feel that the balance of teaching and learning is most important.So ]]> 2019-05-24 02:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149585 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149641 I guess it’s all about how to implement the program properly for our students to understand it better.]]> 2019-05-24 02:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363149641 https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363151447 2019-05-24 02:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/lynethmagsalin/5v58thix9thd/wish/363151447