Self-Publishing IB Learner Profile Teaching Materials

Written by Matthew Baganz, Strothoff International School When you ask your students what it means to be a risk-taker, how many answers include jumping off of something high? Have you ever witnessed the word principled draw blank faces across an entire class of fourth...

ATL Skills Progression: How to Plan and Track Progress

Written by Adrian von Wrede-Jervis, Bavarian International School Why teach skills? For a long time now education has been accused of pandering to the factory model by encouraging the transfer of knowledge but to do so in ways that encourage a compliancy that was...

Unleashing the Power of Deadline Management

by Chantelle Buchanan, The English College in PragueIBDP: Building Clarity and Structure A quick web search will provide insight into the level of stress and anxiety IBDP students feel about the ‘tremendous workload’ they face. A quick look at the various online IB...

A Philosophical Approach to PSHE in the Middle Years Programme

by Gudrun Bjorg Ingimundardottir, Head of Middle School, St. Nicholas Alphaville How to cultivate a critical outlook on lifeAlmost all educators — and in fact, almost all of us — experienced some form of Personal, Social, and Health Education (PSHE) during our years...

Building Quality Curriculum in the Middle Years Programme: Know Your Why

by Adrian von Wrede-Jervis, Director of Continuum Learning, Bavarian International SchoolKnow Your Why Purpose is essential. Simon Sinek’s 2009 TEDx talk has seen almost 50 million hits. It contains a simple message. Rather than focussing on WHAT we are doing, we need...

Why Focus on Students Learning Rather than Teachers Teaching?

by Darlene Fisher, EdD, Consultant/International Accreditation Leader, NEASC-CIEGrowth and transformationOver the past two years I’ve worked with more than 25 schools taking on the challenges and growth of the NEASC: ACE Protocol. These schools are exploring ways of...