Our goal is to create a cultured IB community that focuses helping our students become responsible, service oriented, respectful, compassionate, and international minded individuals. We will accomplish this goal if we focus on the 4Cs (Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration). Share one thing that you are currently doing at King Middle, based on the 4Cs, to create a cultured IB community.
We will continue our focus on the learner profile of Caring. If you have any questions about MYP, do not hesitate to email me or reply on this blog. Your question(s) may benefit someone else.
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This week we looked at a video that demonstrate what an IB middle year programme (MYP) classroom looks like. We noted that many of the strategies and ideas of the MYP classroom aligns directly with many of the things we are currently doing in our classrooms: Standard Based, SEL, PBIS, Quality Work Board, Collaborative Grouping, Student Centered, and Display of Authentic Student Work. We then talked about how MYP will affect the curriculum. Our goal is to shift our teaching to building conceptual understanding for our students. We will achieve this with the MYP unit planning process. If you have ever worked with Concept Based Units or Thematic Units, then you may get a general understanding of the MYP unit planning. We looked at some basic vocabulary: 1) Key Concepts which is the big idea (total of 16), 2) Related Concepts which are prescribed and content related, and 3) Global Context which are the lens in which we will teach content. Remember, our goal is to enable our students to relate to the content thereby decreasing discipline and increasing engagement.
We will continue our focus on the learner profile of Caring. Please share your ideas of how to infuse the caring learner profile in your content area by using the comment section of this post. If you have any questions about MYP, do not hesitate to email me or reply on this blog. Your question(s) may benefit someone else. This week we began the implementation of the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile with a focus on caring. We identified specific characteristics of caring in our faculty meeting on Tuesday. Mr. Brown posed the question: what does caring look like from the teacher’s perspective, and what does caring look like from the student’s perspective? We agreed that our behavior should provide support for students who struggle in the classroom, and listen to our students. We should show compassion and empathy to our students. During the lesson, we should give students wait time so students can process their thoughts. Consequently, we expect for students to listen to each other, provide peer-help, and show interest in each other’s well-being. Ejike John states “Sometimes all it takes is for you to be there. Your presence alone can go a long way.” Let our presence be a model for caring. Find ways to infuse ideals of caring throughout the day.
New to the blog this week is the Teacher Resource Tab. Please take the time to look at the teacher fact sheet. It provides a brief overview of the Middle Year Programme (MYP), and the impact it will have on your classroom. If you have any questions about MYP, do not hesitate to email me or reply on this blog. Your question(s) may benefit someone else. |
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