NOTE: All workshops are facilitated by trained workshop leaders experienced in teaching in IB programmes.
CATEGORY 1
Head of school, Leading the learning, and subject workshops meet the requirements for authorization. Each workshop has a different audience and focus. All category 1 workshops are available in English, French and Spanish.
An introduction to interdisciplinary teaching and learning
Plan units integrating disciplinary knowledge for new conceptual understandings in the MYP.
Arts
Align educational beliefs with IB, develop collaborative practices and prepare teaching strategies in this subject area.
Design
Align educational beliefs with IB, develop collaborative practices and prepare teaching strategies in this subject area.
Head of school
Develop leadership understanding, align school mission with the IB and plan the IB authorization journey.
Head of school: Adding an IB programme
Plan the IB authorization journey when adding an additional programme as an IB World School.
Individuals and societies
Align educational beliefs with IB, develop collaborative practices and prepare teaching strategies in this subject area.
Language acquisition
Align educational beliefs with IB, develop collaborative practices and prepare teaching strategies in this subject area.
Language and literature
Align educational beliefs with IB, develop collaborative practices and prepare teaching strategies in this subject area.
Leading the learning
Create the culture and conditions of an MYP school and develop an IB action plan.
Mathematics
Align educational beliefs with IB, develop collaborative practices and prepare teaching strategies in this subject area.
CATEGORY 2
Category 2 workshops invite more experienced Middle Years Programme (MYP) school leaders and subject group teachers to collaborate and reflect on strategies to enhance the ongoing implementation of the programme.
All category 2 MYP workshops are for administrators, coordinators and teachers who:
- have been working with the programme for at least one school year.
- have previously attended a category 1 workshop (Scheduled or requested) facilitated by MYP workshop leaders organized by or through the IB.
Arts
Refine MYP unit planning through collaboration, new strategies, and flexible, concept-driven approaches.
Design
Refine MYP unit planning through collaboration, new strategies, and flexible, concept-driven approaches.
Individuals and societies
Refine MYP unit planning through collaboration, new strategies, and flexible, concept-driven approaches.
Interdisciplinary teaching and learning in the MYP
Support student inquiry, develop inquiry-based pedagogy,and promote lifelong learning.
Language acquisition
Refine MYP unit planning through collaboration, new strategies, and flexible, concept-driven approaches.
Language and literature
Refine MYP unit planning through collaboration, new strategies, and flexible, concept-driven approaches.
Leading the learning
Enhance school identity as an IB World School and develop leadership capabilities.
Mathematics
Refine MYP unit planning through collaboration, new strategies, and flexible, concept-driven approaches.
Physical and health education
Refine MYP unit planning through collaboration, new strategies, and flexible, concept-driven approaches.
CATEGORY 3
For educators with substantial IB experience, the focus is on subject area delivery and deepening the understanding and meaning of an IB education.
Building self-directed learners through approaches to learning
Develop ATL skills for independent learning, meaningful assessment and reflective practice.
Creating authentic units
Design authentic MYP units through inquiry, agency, and real-world connections in collaborative cohorts.
Global contexts for teaching and learning
Develop contextual learning, promote student inquiry and support globally relevant contexts.
Managing assessment: Individuals and societies
Build successful assessment practices using subject-specific objectives.
Managing assessment: Language acquisition
Build successful assessment practices using subject-specific objectives.
Managing assessment: Language and literature
Build successful assessment practices using subject-specific objectives.
Managing assessment: Mathematics
Build successful assessment practices using subject-specific objectives.
Managing assessment: Physical and health education
Build successful assessment practices using subject-specific objectives.
Managing assessment: Sciences
Build successful assessment practices using subject-specific objectives.