Leadership
Teacher appraisal - school case studies Free
Teacher appraisal is a thorny issue for a number of reasons. If we are going to evaluate teachers, we need to know what we are looking for. The IB have produced a free webinar on Evaluating the work of...
Leadership
Appraisal | Performance Management Free
Appraisal can serve a number of functions.It can have a number of personal and performance management functions (selection, retention and termination). It can also play a key role in the formative process...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Grading
What makes grading effective? Grades are communication vehicles and they should communicate about student achievement. So, what makes assessment - and specifically grading - effective? Assessment - both...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Assessment - what is its purpose?
"Assessment should be an opportunity to enhance, empower and celebrate students‘. Instead we too often use it as an opportunity to point out students’ failings.” (David Lazear, 1995) This page will provide...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
How do we differentiate?
This page focuses on HOW we differentiate. We explore the concept of the zone of proximal development as a tool to help us differentiate work to meet individual student needs. We consider the four principles...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Research - the HOW TO collaborate
Not all group work leads to learning. So what does research tells us about what works and what doesn't? (Image source: Download Business, Partner, Handshake. Royalty-Free Vector Graphic - Pixabay) Collaboratibe...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
Exciting curiosity, creativity and passion
Curiosity is at the heart of inquiry-based teaching and learning. We can and should teach young minds to embrace their inquisitive nature. Studies suggest inquisitiveness is linked to joy of the job,...
IB Approaches to teaching and learning
WHICH inquiry strategies to use - role of questions
At the heart of an inquiry approach to teaching and learning is the art of asking good questions. It has been said that "the true art of teaching is to ask the right questions." The question that arouses...
Leadership
Being a successful head
Whilst leadership in one school is always particular to the context of people, place and organization, research has shown that successful leadership shares certain characteristics. On this page we reflect...
Leadership
Leading a new school
The focus of our professional inquiry is to explore the specific requirements of leading a new school. The context for our inquiry is the exponential growth in the number of new schools being built, especially...