Professional Development
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A five-star post about Assessment
Here are a couple of short, funny* videos that could be used for informal discussion prompts on assessment. If you have more, please post them in the comments below. Mr. D on grading tests Is the assessment we design and… Continue reading
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A School Year of #MYPChat
Early in this school year we took a lead from #PYPChat and started up #MYPChat: an informal discussion on topics of interest in and around the MYP. Over the last ten chats we’ve had interesting discussions on concept-based learning, visible… Continue reading
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Using Student Learning Data to (try to) Improve Student Data Processing: A Department Goal
This year saw the start of a school-wide push to become more data-driven in our decision-making and evaluation. As a result, one of our goals as teachers at the start of the year was the Student Learning Goal, a target… Continue reading
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An MYP Coordinator’s Bookshelf
A collection of books that are useful to the MYP Coordinator. Continue reading
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“Curriculum Development IS Professional Development”
As the year winds down, it is time to reflect and plan for next year. The summer will bring family time, trips and MA study before we get back into it all in August. I had a good ‘coaching’ session… Continue reading
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MYP Mind the Gap: Tensions in Transition from MYP to DP
A summary of my first conference presentation, which I really enjoyed. Continue reading
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“The Grass Is Greener Where You Water It”: IBAP Conference 2013
A whistle-stop summary of the last couple of weeks. Continue reading
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What’s the Difference? Putting on my Thinking Hattie
What do the data tell us about teaching and learning? Continue reading
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Teachers as Researchers & Engaging in Academics
We need to get over ourselves and get involved in education. Continue reading
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Aspiring to Inspire: Inspiration vs Standardisation
John Boyer’s TEDx Talk gives food for thought as a teacher and curriculum leader. Continue reading
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How Twitter shook my confidence as a teacher (and why that’s a good thing)
I’ve been a Twitter user for about a year and a half. That’s late to the party, I know, but at first I was skeptical. It seemed a time-suck and a frivolity: what could be worth saying in 140 characters?… Continue reading
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A Year of i-Biology | Reflections
One year ago (ish) I started to make a more purposeful effort to write down my thoughts, reflections and ideas on my teaching and this blog was born. I should make the time to post more often and on more… Continue reading
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How do you measure Inspiration? Goals in 2012-13
This year’s goals are a bit different to last year’s – and I like it. The word from above was that we are to have four goals for the year, all essentially linked to the school’s strategic plan and mission.… Continue reading
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Differentiating… differently.
Long time no post! The school year is well underway and a ton of topics are on my mind, but things have been chugging along busily. Without the MA assignment to procrastinate, there’s been a little less motivation to blog,… Continue reading
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We are the Agents of Change
Finishing up an assignment, I went back through some of the recommended texts for the Curriculum Studies unit, and got fixated on the role of the teacher and coordinator in the curriculum. As it says in Kelly (2004) we are… Continue reading
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