IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Time Management
The IB describes self-management skills as a mix of (a) organization skills—managing time and tasks effectively, goal-setting, etc, and (b) affective skills—managing state of mind, self-motivation, resilience,...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Task Management
The IB Diploma Programme is a rigorous pre-university programme. It is demanding. Sometimes students can feel overwhelmed by the amount of work they have to do. It is important that they learn task management...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Communication skills - resources
This page provides video resources that you can use to explore the importance of students developing communication skills, one of the IB approaches to learning. Each video could be usd as an activator...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
How do we teach collaboration?
How can we value and reward collaborative learning more? The IB identifies collaboration as a core social skill. This page takes a deeper dive into collaboration because although we have seen that collaborative...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Which skills are important?
"How are we preparing students for their future rather than our past?" This is a question that Daniel Pink asks in A Whole New Mind. What skills do students need to be successful in their future lives?...
Leadership
Graduation Speeches - what makes a good one?
Commencement | Graduation speeches aim to impart wisdom to students moving on to the next stage of their life. Traditionally they contain words of reflection | life lessons – to be ready for whatever...
Leadership
Helpful resources
This page signposts where you can find helpful resources that can be used in the recruitment, induction and professional development of your governing body. A Framework for Governance: A flexible guide...
Leadership
Governance - Case Studies
The two case studies here relate to proprietor owned schools. A personal case study from an experienced headteacher who has worked in a number of prprietor owned schools in which he spells out potential...
Leadership
Headteachers' Report
A quick checklist of what you could include in your headteachers' report to governors. (Image source: Modern Technologies Marketing - Free photo on Pixabay) The Headteacher should provide the school board...
Leadership
Governors' Meetings
Tools for ensuring good governance. A quick checklist of governance essentials (which you can use to carry out your own brief audit of governance) and a tool for organizing governing meetings. If you...