【PD-IB会议】NorthernChinaPYPCNetwor

Mazel&Lulu and Me at BCIS

The Northern China PYP Coordinator's network is a diverse, inclusive and supportive community, who strives to empower schools and educators through collaboration and communication, in order to develop & strengthen the network as a whole.

The First Session

How to build a learning community with parents? 如何建立家长学习者社区

Orientation led by PYP coordinators, topics chosen by parents, homeroom teachers; activities and games same with what they have in the classroom, English lesson for parents, learning new glossary of PYP, unpacking the report card, database for topics that parents can share to each other, meetings for dads, not only moms; reshaping education sharing IB philosophy with the parents esp to those whose kids are going to the primary school; sent out teachers’ research about topics that they think are really interesting for them and useful for the parents (passion project); reading program for parents/ reading workshop run by parents (parents suggest speakers); small group counselling; lately parents come with a lot of prior knowledge already so it is important to get to know what they really need; One to one parent conference; make sure that the parents somehow understand the teaching strategies, objectives, etc. ; make sure that the expectations are clear from the very beginning; use case studies as examples; homeroom teachers first then escalate to PTA if it can’t be solved

The Second Session

What are other schools doing?

其他学校是怎样做的?

Some schools have the stand alone language units but its not in the planner; Role of EAL teachers;  EAL team can, can’t do’s ; content of language unit is related to the unit of inquiry for each level; literacy skills that are most appropriate for a specific unit; EAL teachers are also present with the unit meetings, planning, etc. Homeroom teachers + EAL teachers work together; Language skills expectation + prior knowledge check of units already learned; language bridging program ; Language teachers are considered as subject teachers, they also write their own planners

STEM – Which schools that have this?

BCIS, International School of Tianjin,

Canadian International School of Beijing (on the process)

CCTV policy- only the security guards, and school administration; educate the parents; make the school protocols visible in the school premises;

Job alike protocols

What protocols do we need in place for schools  to feel confident in hosting job alike meetings?

我们需要什么样的协议来让学校有信心举办类似的会议?

Disscussing

Before

What are the protocols/tasks (organisation) that need to take place in the lead up to the job alike?

-more information for the organizers about the characteristics/background of the participants and the number of participants

-make the objectives/expectations of the job alike more specific and clear

-creation of Essential Agreement about the Job Alike

-Have a visual invitation at the basecamp from the host school

- awareness of the areas of interest/ gather topics that the teachers are interested at and choose the most popular ones so as to make the discussions more useful and structured

-make a survey before the job alike

-Volunteer speakers

-Group the participants according to grade levels

-budget?

Lulu is learning

During

How should the job alike groups run in order for the meeting to run efficiently?

为了让会议高效运作，工作团队应该如何运作?

-Common template to follow for all the small group sharing

- Specific time duration for the sharing

- someone who take notes

-discussion flow/ modulator

-Presentation about the topics in the beginning

-Make the discussion structure more visible

From our group

After

What procedures should we have in place to reflect on the job alike?

我们应该采取什么样的程序来反思这份工作?

-network meeting after the job alike

-platform for the sharing

-upload notes to the basecamp

-hand-outs, sharing of resources, survey/ feedback on how the basecamp went

-emphasis on constructive feedback for both the host and participants (for the whole network)

-School visitation

-Collaborations

-Take away handouts

*EAL

*ICT

*PE

Learner Community To Be Reflective及时反思