RECOMMENDED FOR: Diploma Programme (DP) subject teachers who have prepared students for at least one DP exam session in that specific subject.
The workshop will enable participants to:
- Unpack elements of the IB Programme standards and practices as a guide for decisions regarding delivery of the subject
- Review and share strategies that support successful collaborative planning and reflection which deepen links with the DP core—theory of knowledge (TOK), CAS and EE
- Consolidate understanding of the nature of the extended essay and the role of the supervisor, to include reference to world studies interdisciplinary extended essay
- Examine the connection between their chosen subject, the approaches to teaching and learning and the learner profile while promoting international-mindedness
- Create teaching and learning strategies that develop self- regulated and metacognitive learners
- Design appropriate inquiry-based lessons and activities for their subject
- Discuss strategies for addressing assessment-related challenges in the chosen subject
- Understand how to arrive at a judgment using a common assessment task and published criteria
- Analyse IB subject reports to promote student achievement
- Discuss successful strategies for recoding, reporting and monitoring ongoing student progress in the subject group
- Design formative learning engagements that will equip students with the required factual, procedural and conceptual knowledge that support the summative assessment task(s)
- Engage with and integrate current IB publications on the programme resource centre into the teaching of their subject
- Discuss and share strategies to promote academic integrity
- Interact with and explore the TSM and subject-specific teaching and learning resources on the programme resource centre and in the programme communities throughout the curriculum life cycle
- Participate in professional learning communities within and beyond your school to facilitate the transfer of professional development
- Reflect on the teacher’s role in programme evaluation, particularly how to highlight horizontal and vertical in-school planning
