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Level 1 and Level 2
Workshops: Which one to choose
Level 1 workshops are designed for those who
have decided to apply for IB authorization, and they provide assistance
in this process.
Please note that Level 1 workshops are required for authorization.
Level 2 workshops are for those who have completed
Level 1 workshops and whose schools have begun the IB programme.
Two groups of teachers "fall between the cracks"
of these categories: those with extensive IB teaching experience who
find themselves in applicant schools, and those inexperienced in IB
teaching who find themselves in schools with longstanding IB affiliation.
We hope that those teachers will refer to the goals and objectives of
the workshops to choose judiciously.
For further information, please view
this document created by the IBO.
Level 1 - Primary Years Programme
Level of Workshop: 1
Title of workshop: Application and Authorization
Goals of Workshop:
1. To increase the ease of application and authorization
2. To enable schools and teachers to be successful in early years
of IB implementation
Objectives of workshop:
1. Participants will become familiar with successful
application procedures
2. Participants will become familiar with highly successful applications
3. Participants will create initial drafts of their own applications
4. Participants will be able to begin implementation upon returning
to school from workshop
Intended audience: HOS, IBC, key teachers, other key
employees as deemed appropriate by applicant school
Level 2 - Primary Years Programme
Level of workshop: 2
Title of workshop: Experienced Teacher Workshop
Goals of Workshop:
1. To improve the quality of authorized schools' IB
programs
2. To form a community of schools offering IB programs
Objectives of workshop:
1. Participants will understand more fully the philosophy
of the IB and the Primary Years Programme
2. Participants will understand practices associated with adhering
to the philosophy of the IBO and the Primary Years Programme
3. Participants will understand more fully IBO assessment practices
for the Primary Years Programme
4. Participants will gain understanding of successful methods of preparing
students for IB assessments
5. IBO will profit from the contributions of participating schools
to the science and the art of the Primary Years Programme
Intended audience (from authorized schools): HOS, IBC,
subject area teachers, other key employees as deemed appropriate by
applicant school.
Below are outlines of each course offered at the level 2. Please note that CASIE does not offer all courses each year. Please check our workshop page for registration and availability.
Assessment in the PYP - Level 2
This workshop will explore the IB Program Standard C4: “There is an agreed approach to assessment, and to the recording and reporting of assessment data, which reflects the practices and requirements of the programme…. assessment as the gathering and analysis of information about student performance. Identifying what students know, understand, can do and feel at different stages of the learning process.”
In this workshop, participants will explore:
- the PYP perspective on assessment
- the purpose of assessment
- a range of assessment practices (strategies, approaches and tools)
- record keeping and communication
- collaboration and school-wide policy development
Participants are required to bring:
- 1 copy of your school’s Programme of Inquiry
- 1 copy of a unit of inquiry (with stage 6 completed) with accompanying assessment tasks/rubrics/ student work samples
- 1 copy of your school’s assessment policy/essential agreements
- 1 sample portfolio
- 1 sample report card from your school
Inquiry in the PYP - Level 2
In this workshop, participants will develop understanding in:
- how the PYP framework provides opportunities for all teachers and learners to engage in relevant and significant inquiry across the disciplines
- how inquiry as a pedagogy supports a range of learning needs and styles as well as levels of language competency
- how inquiry directly supports the personal construction of meaning and active responsible learning
- how inquiry is an ongoing process which leads to reflection, to new inquiries and to deeper understanding
- inquiry learning and the essential elements
- inquiry models and the tools of inquiry
Participants are required to bring:
- 1 copy of your school’s Programme of Inquiry
- 1 copy of a unit of inquiry (with stage 6 completed) with accompanying assessment tasks/rubrics/ student work samples
PYP for Coordinators and Administrators (Pedagogical Leadership in the PYP)
In this workshop participants will explore the IB standards and further develop their understanding of the following:
- a school as a community of learners
- affecting change in an educational context
- developing a school community in relation to the program standards and furthering understanding of organizational and curricular implications of the PYP
- using school diversity to build a learning community and affect change
- effective professional development based on the philosophy and pedagogy of the program
Participants are required to bring:
- 1 copy of your school’s Programme of Inquiry
- 1 sample report card from the school
- 1 copy of your school’s assessment policy/essential agreements
- 1 copy of your school’s professional development policy
- 1 copy of your school’s planning schedule
- 1 copy of your school’s action plan
Collaborative Planning in the PYP - Level 2
In this workshop participants will further develop their understanding of the following:
- collaborative planning in the PYP
- how the PYP planner is a cognitive tool for both individual and collaborative planning
- promoting conceptual understandings and reflective practice
- developing effective and engaging learning experiences and activities
- identifying and collecting evidence of understanding
- the synthesis of the PYP planner and the connections within
- how systems can facilitate/promote planning, teaching and reflecting in collaborative teams by all teachers
Participants are required to bring:
- 1 copy of your school’s Programme of Inquiry
- 1 copy of your school’s planning schedule
- 1 copy of your school’s assessment policy/essential agreements
The Written Curriculum in the PYP - Level 2
Participants in this workshop will further develop understanding of:
- the need for coherence, cohesion, and collaboration in the curriculum
- the whole-part relationship between the PYP and the Programme of Inquiry
- defining the 'why' and 'what' of transdisciplinary learning
- the relationship between the written curriculum and the essential elements
- the relationship between the written and the reported curriculum
- the relationship between the written curriculum and class/schedule organization
- vertical and horizontal articulation of the written curriculum
- the nature of the relationship between the different content areas and the Program of Inquiry
Participants are required to bring:
- 1 copy of your school’s Programme of Inquiry
- 1 copy of your school’s assessment policy/essential agreements
- 1 copy of your school’s language scope and sequence or benchmarks and standards
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