Staff Meeting - Education Council Code and Standards - Tuesday 18th September 2018

Interim professional standards - Linked to pay
In back of position description these have been aligned with the Education Council Standards

6 Standards - Evidence of these shown in PLJ

Webinar - Task-based Approach to Language Learning - Manu Menard

Stages of Language Unit:
1. Priming stage - approx. 6-12 tasks

2. Form stage

3. Main task

- Do not start with grammar/vocab lists - Let the students discover the language themselves.
- Introduce words/vocab and recycle/reuse these in the next task.
- Cognitively move up the ladder with each task. Processing higher with each task. From receptive state up to a productive one.
- Save video resources for the latter part of the Priming stage when they have more knowledge.
- Ask yourself 'Can they do what I am asking them to do?'

Example Activities:

An Example End Product:

To think about:

The Exhibition Online PD - Final Reflections

FINAL REFLECTION:

This course has opened me up to a number of new ideas and ways of thinking about the exhibition process. I have really enjoyed participating in discussions with the other IB educators and looking at the way that they do things in their schools. The activities have encouraged me to look critically at my practice and make improvements to the way that I organise things. As Rebecca has reflected above, this course has refreshed my knowledge and understanding of the 5 essential elements and the role that they play in the exhibition process. It has also encouraged us to look at the different stakeholders perspectives and how we can best involve them in the process. I now recognise the importance of promoting academic honesty with my students and have developed some tools that will help to do this. The timelines, timetables, organisational tools and planners that we have developed over this course are great resources that can be implemented in our classrooms and will aid the exhibition process.

I am leaving this course with a much deeper understanding and a new found motivation to engage in the exhibition process. Thank you to all who have given feedback, shared their work and provided new ways of approaching things!

The Exhibition Online PD - Staging and reporting the exhibition and final reflections

Reflect on your own learning and how it will determine the way you lead the PYP exhibition at your school. Post your reflection when you upload the final version of your planner to the module forum.

I have really enjoyed participating in this course and being able to share strategies and ideas with other IB educators. As Rebecca has mentioned above this course was very timely as we are just beginning the PYP Exhibition process at our school for 2018. I have therefore already been able to implement some of the new resources we have made and share some of the ideas discussed with my other colleagues. My own understanding of the five essential elements of the PYP has been strengthened through our activities, readings and discussions and this has helped me to develop my students understanding. I already feel more organised for this exhibition because of the way we have developed our planners and have put together personal timelines. The readings that we have engaged with have reminded me of the information and support that is out there from other IB educators. This has motivated me to find out more and continue to develop my practice. I have thoroughly enjoyed learning alongside all of you and would like to thank everyone for their contributions.

Before completing the final task for this workshop, we will do some preliminary reflections on some of the concepts, skills and contents that we developed through these four weeks.

In order to do that, you will need to reflect upon:

• three skills you developed during this workshop

• two key concepts

• one attribute of the IB learner profile and

• one action you will be taking as soon as you complete your workshop.

Share any other reflections and comments that you would like your peers to read before we all say goodbye in the conclusions task of the workshop.

• three skills you developed during this workshop

Communication: This is the first online course that I have participated in. I have learnt to communicate my thoughts and ideas clearly with others in this type of forum.

Organisation: I have developed several tools throughout this course to aid with the organisation of our exhibition but have also developed my own ability to be organised and complete all activities during the busy weeks we have currently been having.

Collaboration: Even though our school works very collaboratively already, it has been fantastic to work alongside Hayley and Rebecca (both in different teaching teams from my own) to create a collaborative planner and tools that will benefit our school’s exhibition.

• two key concepts

Form & Function: Throughout this course my understanding of the PYP exhibition process has developed and grown. I understand what each stage is like and have a better grasp on how it all works.

Connection & Perspective: The connections made with others throughout this workshop have had a huge impact on my practice and have encouraged me to look at things through different lenses. I feel I have a new creative way of looking at the exhibition process and hope to share this enthusiasm with my students.

• one attribute of the IB learner profile

Open-minded: Discussing and sharing ideas and strategies with other IB Educators throughout this course has definitely opened my eyes to a whole range of new ideas and ways of doing things. I look forward to implementing many of these in my own school and to continuing to find out more!

• one action you will be taking as soon as you complete your workshop

I will be implementing all of the new knowledge and strategies learnt throughout this course into our school’s PYP exhibition process which we have just begun working through with the students. I am excited to share my new findings with our other colleagues to strengthen our PYP practice.

Writing Monitoring Meeting - Gail Loane - Thursday 6th September 2018

Leading Learning PD - Gail Loane - Wednesday 5th September 2018

Gail shared about a student that she has been working with recently and the journey that he has been on with his writing.

- Make connections
- What do they need?
- How do we help them to take the next step?

Ladder of Inference

Learning from your experience
- Stop using avoidance strategies such as blame, justification, denial and quitting
- Using 'I' Statements
- Notice the little moments - Call it as it happens - Deal with it
- This can be a good opportunity to share perspectives/clarify any misunderstandings and misinterpretations.
- This same strategy can be used with students - Gail mentioned about a school that has used this successfully.

How to facilitate Learning Conversations effectively with colleagues, student teachers, etc.