Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for administrators, coordinators and teachers who

• are working in schools where the programme is being implemented

AND

• have had an induction by their PYP coordinator and have taught approximately 6 months in a PYP school. They will have collaboratively planned at least one unit of inquiry.

OR
• have been working with the programme for some time but feel the need to revisit the basic philosophy and framework of the programme.

 What do you need to bring to the workshop?

• Your school’s programme of inquiry

• A completed unit planner on which you have collaborated

Current version of the following IB documents:

• Making the PYP happen: a curriculum framework for international primary education

• IB programme standards and practices

• The learner profile booklet

• Developing a transdisciplinary programme of inquiry

• A basis for practice 

To develop the following understandings:

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

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

• 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 

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

• The five essential elements resonate throughout the entire curriculum 

• The PYP curriculum is concept-driven and transdisciplinary. 

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

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

• Responsibility for learning is shared within a learning community through collaborative and reflective planning 
• The programme of inquiry and the subject scope and sequences are components of the curriculum, which when used together, define a coherent curriculum. 

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

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

 

My name is Natalie and I am currently working in the American International School in Abu Dhabi where I teach in the KG2 class. I used to live in Shanghai, China where I also worked with children in the early years. I am passionate about early childhood education and developmentally appropriate practices and so I am very excited about learning more! I look forward to meeting you all tomorrow. 

Natalie