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  • Cycle Diagrams and Design Thinking

    Inspired by the IB’s Middle Years Programme (MYP, ages 11-16) Design Cycle in the 2014 Next Chapter programme overhaul, I went into a frenzy of designing cycles and applying design/cycle thinking to my roles as teacher and coordinator. Over the… Continue reading

  • Google Certified Educator

    Today I took the Google Certified Educator (Level 1) test for a few reasons: To check my own competence in Google Apps for Education basics. To see how long it would take, with an eye on how we might support… Continue reading

  • Capturing the Curriculum, Criteria & “Zooming In”

    Shortlink to this resource: is.gd/mypassess Update Sept. 5 2017 based on edits summarized in this update from the IB. Big Update Dec. 2 2017: added subject group overview (curriculum articulation) tabs for each subject group, with data validation for key, related… Continue reading

  • Standardization: Cycling away from the moderation “event”

    Update 2024: Standardization Cycle 2.0 is here. A quick post to share a resource, based on some of our work at CA. I love cycle diagrams and was thinking about the process of moderation, planning and the challenges of effective… Continue reading

  • Don’t feel hopeless, despite the world right now.

    Originally posted on i-Biology: IB Learner Profile  With the world at fever-pitch for humanitarian crises, discrimination, a swing to the political right and environmental problems becoming compounded, it can seem like we are powerless to make a change. This might… Continue reading

    Don’t feel hopeless, despite the world right now.

  • How International Is Our School? MA Dissertation

    This post is to store and share my MA Dissertation. A pilot-test of a visualization and set of evaluation rubrics for factors affecting the promotion of international-mindedness and global engagement (IMaGE) of a school. After starting this investigation with my… Continue reading

    How International Is Our School? MA Dissertation

  • Visualising the Curriculum: A Design-Cycle Approach

    This year, two of my professional learning ‘Tankyuu‘ goals are to develop the curriculum review cycle for our school and to investigate ways in which we can best communicate our curriculum to the school community: parents, teachers, students and outside… Continue reading

    Visualising the Curriculum: A Design-Cycle Approach

  • Bath MA International Education: A Review

    This year I successfully completed my MA Education (International Education) programme through the University of Bath. I really enjoyed it and recommend it to others in international schools, and I’ll be back in the summer for graduation. Here’s a wee… Continue reading

    Bath MA International Education: A Review

  • Book Recommendation: The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education

    Title: The SAGE Handbook of Research in International Education [SECOND EDITION] Editors: Mary Hayden – University of Bath, Jack Levy – George Mason University, Jeff Thompson – University of Bath Update Dec 2017: I fleshed this out into a full review for the Journal… Continue reading

  • Down the Rabbit Hole: Professional Learning for International Educators

    Eyes-deep in reading for the MA dissertation, with 200 links in my Paperpile and counting, concurrently thinking about future professional learning at school, and following the threads of developing the IMaGE of a school, I keep stumbling across articles, books… Continue reading