MYP Role of the Coordinator Cat 3, Singapore, Sep 8-10, 2023 by William Tolley

Desert Island Discs...

wjt — 2023-08-13 08:08:14 UTC

Some things I would want for comfort on a desert island:

Novel: War and Peace
Song: Bach’s Chaconne
Food: Grandma’s eggplant parmigiana
Album: Radiohead: OK Computer (but right now: NewJeans: Get Up)

Feel free to come up with your own categories. No survival gear! Pure comfort.

Keith McCann - Desert Island Essentials

2023-09-08 01:49:32 UTC

Hi Everyone,

While I do love music and I would need some hip hop to accompany me on a desert island, I have chosen to share some of the other essentials things that I would need to take with me.

First, my daughter. She would brighten up my life so much and we would be able to do many things together to entertain ourselves. So, we would need a basketball (and hopefully, a hoop or court too) so we could be active. We also both like playing soccer so a soccer ball is another must. She's a drummer too, so a drum set would be nice. Finally, she also loves to read all kinds of series including Sherlock Holmes and the Investigators. We would need this books, for sure!

Taryn's Desert Island Picks

tarynsmith5_1 — 2023-09-08 01:50:22 UTC

Books: The Harry Potter series (the re-readability on them never fails!)

Album: If I HAVE to pick, probably Fine Line (Harry Styles) or Faith in the Future (Louis Tomlinson) ((I'm a pop girlie - love me a good boyband))

Food: Anything involving chocolate. My mom's roast lamb (and roast potatoes!) ((thinking about it now.. perhaps not roast lamb if we're on a deserted island... not if I had to prepare it! I'd much rather start a sustainable farm! haha)

Katherine's Desert Island

2023-09-08 01:51:12 UTC

Novel: Dune by Frank Herbert
Song: Knights of Cydonia (Muse)
Food: Chicken and Dumplings
Album: Dragonforce (Ultrabeatdown)
Other: hammock. If you're stuck on an island you might as well enjoy the island vibes.

Darla McClelland

2023-09-08 01:53:02 UTC

Food: I would bring all the nachos with all the toppings! I would also need lots of coffee and ice water!

Music: Taylor Swift and P!nk are my jams!

Company: I would like to bring my dog, Roxie. You will probably see her on Zoom at some point. She loves to cuddle!

Eunyoung - Desert Island

2023-09-08 01:53:03 UTC

Hello, nice to meet you all! Some things I'd like to take on a desert island...
- Novel: Any Stephen King's book will do!
- Song: Lauv "Steal the show" if you've watched the movie Elemental, it's amazing.
- Food: My mom's Kimchi fried rice!
- Album: Imagine Dragons

James's Desert Island

JamesHuang88 — 2023-09-08 01:54:33 UTC

Hi,everyone!
On a deserted island, in order to attain comfort,
I might need a computer with internet access and sufficient power. This would allow me to access new information and keep me somewhat connected to society. With a computer, I wouldn't feel lonely either, as I could wake up every morning and listen to my favorite music: K-Pop, English pop songs...
The second possibility is that I enjoy drinking cola, bubble tea, and Starbucks coffee. These are the beverages that keep my mind alert and happy every day.
Thirdly, I might also want to have a pet of my own, like a little cat or dog, for companionship and interaction.

Richa Sharma ~ Desert Island Essentials!

2023-09-08 01:56:04 UTC

Hello!

First thing on the desert island to do (obviously) is find yourself a nice hammock and relax.
My essentials would be:
1. Book: Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
2. Food: Lots of fruits
3. Song: Punjabi Songs with nice beats
<3

Rosalinda Lima

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-08 01:57:00 UTC

While on a desert island, I would eat a nice Angolan Chicken Funge and listen to RM's album Indigo.

I would also listen to Goo-Goo Dolls Iris and read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee to relax.

Next to me, I would have a nice photo of my parents and close friends having fun.

This desert island picture would be complete with a nice passion fruit juice, my notebook and a pen to spend my time writing.

Keith McCann

2023-09-08 03:07:59 UTC

"Coordinate everything but sometimes (often?) say no"

Darla McClelland

2023-09-08 03:08:10 UTC

Stress is a six letter word.

From James

JamesHuang88 — 2023-09-08 03:09:04 UTC

Responsibility, Roles, Priority, Collaboration, Communication, Policies/Documents

Katherine's Memoirs

2023-09-08 03:09:11 UTC

Guiding a team to mutual success.

Eunyoung - Memoirs

2023-09-08 03:09:57 UTC

Guiding teachers for growth and international-mindedness.

Rosalinda - Memoirs

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-08 03:11:06 UTC

Coordination is a multiple-pathway fun jungle!

Richa Sharma

2023-09-08 03:11:14 UTC

Juggling MYP chaos with a smile.

Taryn's Memoirs

tarynsmith5_1 — 2023-09-08 03:12:13 UTC

Guiding educators towards authentic, meaningful practices.

Darla

2023-09-08 06:16:10 UTC

Communicating with the IB for authorization, self-study and evaluation.

Ensuring teachers’ access to IB frameworks via the Programme Resource Centre.

Interaction with the IB (including programme updates, subject changes and general communications).

Rosalinda

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-08 06:21:46 UTC

Language policy committee to review and align language placement procedures and language pathways that align with the school language profiles.

Review the Academic Honesty policy to address the new AI and Chatgpt reality.

Rosalinda

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-08 06:25:38 UTC

Support homeroom and wellbeing programmes teams to ensure the school resources help develop international mindedness and the IB learner profile.

Create opportunities for the ESOL team to deliver differentiation workshops, as all teachers are language teachers.

Taryn

tarynsmith5_1 — 2023-09-08 06:25:55 UTC

Communicating with the IB for authorization, self-study, and evaluation. - We are doing our self-study this year in preparation for our combined CIS/IB visit in Dec 2024.

Pedagogical leadership in the school's programme. - The goal is always to have the most effective teaching and learning possible happening. Through committees and workshops, I would like to lead teachers towards effective T&L, (then later move to a supporting role).

Darla

darla_mcclelland — 2023-09-08 06:26:16 UTC

General professional development (not mandated by the IB)

Developing and promoting key pedagogical elements in the programme(s) (ATL, ATT, Learner Profile, etc.)

General professional development (not mandated by the IB)

Eunyoung Park

2023-09-08 06:27:05 UTC

Direct communicator with the IB- to be the "bridge" between the teachers and IB network preparing for BQC, evaluation, changes with guides, etc.

Introducing the IB MYP framework to parents and new staffs.

IB school policy.

Keith

2023-09-08 06:28:17 UTC

Here are a few of the areas in which I need to support in the MYP Coordinator at my school:
- Personal Project: Identifying and supporting a new PPPC, providing resources, monitoring students' achievements, etc.
- Assessment: ensuring that teachers are using appropriate formative and summative assessments, and checking that they meet the subject group objectives and criterion.
- Preparing professional development workshops along with weekly MYP meetings for staff

Katherine

2023-09-08 06:28:39 UTC

Documenting and monitoring in-school assessment. Toddle helps to facilitate of documentation and makes it easier for data to be chronicled.

Support teacher instruction and guide them to more student-centered styles of teaching, implementing different instructional strategies, and supporting development of units.

Richa

2023-09-08 06:29:43 UTC

Collaborate with teachers to develop and refine the MYP curriculum. This includes selecting appropriate subject groups, defining learning objectives, and aligning assessments with MYP criteria.

Oversee the allocation and utilization of resources, including textbooks, technology, and other materials necessary for MYP implementation.

Taryn

tarynsmith5_1 — 2023-09-08 06:29:58 UTC

Monitoring the implementation of the core components of the programme - We are fortunate to have Community Project and Personal Project Coordinators who are brilliant in their roles. My job is to support them and give them what they need to make those components run smoothly!

Developing and promoting key pedagogical elements in the programme(s) (ATL, ATT, Learner Profile, etc.) - These are evident in what our educators do, but I want to support them further by ensuring they are being explicitly addressed and considered from the planning, implementation, and reflection process of teaching and learning.

Keith

2023-09-08 06:30:13 UTC

Here are a few of the areas in which I need to lead as the MYP Coordinator at my school:
- ensuring that new teachers get IB Professional Development training and are implementing the MYP in their classrooms
- timetabling
- Service in Action

James'

JamesHuang88 — 2023-09-08 06:32:31 UTC

| General professional development (not mandated by the IB)
| Ensuring teachers’ access to IB frameworks via the Programme Resource Centre

James

JamesHuang88 — 2023-09-08 06:32:57 UTC

Developing and promoting key pedagogical elements

in the programme(s) (ATL, ATT, Learner Profile, etc.)：I will create some materials such as ATL (Approaches to Learning), Learner Profile, and PowerPoint presentations based on my own experiences. I will present examples of how these ATL strategies are applied in the classroom during our weekly PD meetings. We will collectively analyze both successful and unsuccessful applications. Then, in the following week, subject teachers will be invited to explain how they interpret, communicate, and apply these concepts to students within their specific subjects.

Katherine

2023-09-08 06:46:02 UTC

Communicating with IB for authorization.

Informing the school community of and monitoring IB-mandated professional development.

IB-mandated school policy development. I am part of the admin team which includes the principal, vice-principal, PYPC, and MYPC (me). We create, review, and update policies. Teacher involvement is encouraged but often only minimal input is given.

Rosalinda - Learning Spaces

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-08 06:51:33 UTC

The way in which facilities are structured and organized clearly enhances the learning experience.
The school designs spaces that contribute to the social, emotional and physical well-being of its students and teachers.

Rosalinda - Excited Educator (Lenny Dutton)

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-08 07:09:34 UTC

This website has several valuable resources to support in-school PD (Personal Project, assessment, ATL Toolkit, IB Learner Profile, etc.)

Katherine

2023-09-08 07:22:37 UTC

The way in which facilities are structured and organized clearly enhances the learning experience
The school designs spaces that contribute to the social, emotional and physical well-being of the students and teachers

Taryn

tarynsmith5_1 — 2023-09-08 07:27:21 UTC

A great Ted Talk about how teaching needs to move with the times, not just adding on to what we've always done. So much of learning is utilizing the environment in order to create authentic learning experiences. I think that classrooms organized in these ways (or incorporating these elements) definitely aids learning while contributing to the social-emotional (and physical) well-being, if for in no other way than engaging students in learning that is authentic and interesting to them, they will feel valued and gives them agency over their own learning.

Eunyoung

2023-09-08 07:32:18 UTC

Monitoring assessment: Making sure everyone's understanding formative/summative assignments and subject criterion.

Access to IB Programme Resource Centre: Not many teachers know this. Might as well make use of the resources for staffs!

Developing and promoting key pedagogical elements

in the programme(s) (ATL, ATT, Learner Profile, etc.)

Victoria

2023-09-08 07:43:46 UTC

Pedagogical leadership

Leading on horizontal and vertical articulation of units/ATLs. Reflection and refinement of provision. Ensuring conformity with IB requirements.

Coordinating IDUs

Managing student curriculum matters

Liaising with stakeholders e.g. parents through workshops to reassure them about the IB journey.

Allocation of resources

Link with the IB

Student options

Victoria

2023-09-08 07:49:51 UTC

Supporting teachers with developing their practice and unit plans

Academic monitoring - observations, departmental check ins, provision on Managebac etc with feedback to staff for development

Supporting the Service as Action Coordinator

Supporting the Wellbeing Team, ensuring synergy to support holistic development of our students

Organising CPD

Providing guidance with assessment

Rosalinda - Service As Action Handbook

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-08 08:15:47 UTC

Keith

2023-09-08 10:46:05 UTC

In this video, the first words that attracted me to the ideas of learning spaces were when the narrator said that they were building "spaces for personal learning." Rather than just having separate spaces dedicated for just one purpose, they were intent on designing flexible shared spaces with many possible uses. Bringing it back to MYP, these places such as "Flex Labs" for art, music or science which would be ideal for IDU uses. Finally, I also noticed the huge "Collaboration" painted on one wall is a great reminder of a key factor of every learning space - providing areas for gathering as well as independent work spaces.

Eunyoung

2023-09-08 11:12:59 UTC

In this short video, it reminds teachers that standing in front of the class and lecturing isn't where the "learning" occur, but moving away from the lecture style has led to more engaged students in her classroom. Students are "finding" the answer, they're becoming "risk-takers".

Something I wrote in 2013...

wjt — 2023-09-08 21:51:09 UTC

21st Century Classroom Design

The 21st Century classroom is designed with two key concepts in mind: technology access and student-centered architecture. To the end of providing greater access to technology, the classroom is outfitted with a mounted LCD projector, a document camera and an additional wireless router. The school is also in the process of installing power outlets around the room so that students can charge their personal computing devices during class. In order to create a student-centered environment, the teacher’s desk has been removed and replaced with a podium that can be moved around the room. This is a strategy known as “decentralizing the classroom” and the goals is to remove the traditional teacher’s desk (situated as the center of the class’s attention, much like a television in living room) to allow students to take over in a polycentric layout. Students assume authority at six workstations around the room, each able to seat a team of up to five students; each outfitted with an individual whiteboard for student-to-student instruction. So far this year ISC students have taught each other the causes of World War One, the reasons why Napoleon was able to rise to power and the key historiographic explanations for the Cuban Revolution.

Another Great MYP Educator-Blogger

wjt — 2023-09-08 21:55:51 UTC

Darla

darla_mcclelland — 2023-09-09 00:31:13 UTC

This video showcases a math teacher who truly facilitates her inquiry based math lessons. The students are responsible for figuring out authentic problems. They have to transfer knowledge, use critical thinking skills and collaborate with others. And NO TWO answers will be the same!

James

JamesHuang88 — 2023-09-09 00:56:14 UTC

When I watched this video, the central idea I observed was 'questioning.' It's about taking big questions and breaking them down into smaller ones to guide children in thinking, discussing, and exploring the themes of our unit. At the same time, providing some prompts to encourage their active engagement, gradually, in their pursuit of answers, children shape a more proactive, interested, and in-depth approach or methodology to learning.

ATL Mapping Template (Katherine)

bainekatherine — 2023-09-09 04:37:21 UTC

This is available from the Lenny Dutton resource that Rosalinda shared. It's a good way to map and document your ATL skills. Once teachers start filling it out, it is really easy to identify gaps and plan ahead to address them.

Rosalinda - MYP in a Nutshell (New Teachers)

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-09 05:32:46 UTC

This is the Padlet I shared with new teachers. It has all the elements they need to delve into the MYP.

Rosalinda - VTR

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-09 05:35:11 UTC

This Padlet compiles several Visible Thinking Routines (and examples).

Rosalinda - Reflection guide for students

rosalindamypc — 2023-09-10 03:40:10 UTC

The guide is available on this website and you can donwload the Googleslide. Thank you Keith. :-)

MYP IDU planning resources

JamesHuang88 — 2023-09-10 05:10:40 UTC

This is a very comprehensive website for an interdisciplinary unit (IDU). If you are in search of the IDU resources, I hope this website proves to be helpful to you.