Developing teacher capabilities by Brooke Antcliff https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb Michelle, Brooke, Erin en-us 2018-12-09 12:27:08 UTC 2025-10-01 17:51:18 UTC hello@padlet.com 0 How multilingual is my school antcliff https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb/wish/312623524 The IB Believes...
- An inclusive school finds ways to value, represent and integrate the languages of the learning community
- Aspects of the school to consider when creating a multilingual school- Environment, Learning and teaching, Resources, library, School administration and procedures, School documents
- in supporting all learners to reach their full potential
Teacher Capabilities
PYP Teachers support ways to move the school from monolingual to multilingual. Monolingual learning, when then community is expected to comply with majority language norms. And multilingual, being an inclusive learning community.  
Teachers support
]]> 2018-12-09 12:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb/wish/312623524 Explicitly teaching thinking skills antcliff https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb/wish/312625165 The IB expects...
- social skills, communication skills, research skills and self-management skills should be taught explicitly across the curriculum.
- Students set themselves learning goals based on skills and these are shared with teachers so their thinking is visible and audible.
- Reflecting on thinking is important 
Teacher Capabilities 
PYP Teachers are able to use the the Approaches to Learning (skills) as stepping stones to conceptual understanding. They ensure students make their thinking visible and use a range of strategies such as thinking routines, technologies, modelling, resources and varying environments to allow all learners to access the curriculum successfully.
]]> 2018-12-09 12:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb/wish/312625165 Flexible timeframes antcliff https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb/wish/312625828 The IB expects...
- Teachers decide the appropriate length of time for a Unit of Inquiry
- Teachers may have an extended time to run the Unit, this might mean it runs all year long.
-minimum duration of 3-4 weeks to allow for breadth and depth of learning
-Units can be developed continually throughout the year, revisited more than once, can have a discrete beginning and ending and can be introduced alongside another unit.
Teacher capabilities
PYP Teachers have the autonomy to make changes to the length of time of their Units depending on the needs of learners. Ages and inquiry possibilities are taken into account.
 ]]> 2018-12-09 12:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb/wish/312625828 Technology & design of learning spaces in the library antcliff https://padlet.com/antcliff/tajeuwsaj6vb/wish/312625881 The IB believes...
- The library should provide open access to learning before and after school, during recess and lunchtime, for students, parents and teachers
- The IB explanation of what “technologies” are, based on the idea that things and concepts work together as “technologies” to make the world easier to live in
-“technologies” are anything that aids or extends you.
- The Library creates opportunities for discovery. 
- to design places that support collaboration and student agency by allowing students to explore things that they find interest in and have value for the learner
-a variety of technologies in the library provided diversity and fosters connections in a learning community
Teacher Capabilities
PYP Teachers use the library to promote choice, autonomy, ownership, collaboration and develop a sense of community. PYP Teachers view technology as tools to aid or extend learning and use these in their teaching to further develop student's conceptual understanding.
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