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Photo Montage
The photo montage protocol is a great activity for collecting evidence from multiple perspectives on an aspect of your school. It develops collaborative planning and learning. In this activity you have...
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Your personal annual report Free
This popped into my LinkedIn and it made me stop and think. Spending 15 minutes with Shane Parrish's 2022 Personal Annual Report will be the best thing you do today. He offers 7 simple questions to help...
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A teaching thought each week Free
I work for a community of schools. Each Monday I send each school a short 'teaching article' for them to share with their staff. They are intended to provoke reflection and hopefully give busy teachers...
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Happy 2023 Free
I look back to my message this time last year. I wrote: "The world is starting to anticipate a time when the worst of COVID has passed and the pandemic becomes an epidemic that we learn to live with,...
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A teaching thought each week Free
Thoughts for the week I work for a community of schools. Each Monday I send each school a short 'teaching article' for them to share with their staff. They are intended to provoke reflection and hopefully...
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A paragraph, sentence, phrase, word
An activity used to explore a text and encourage discussion.[1] This tool can be used in different situations: $1 alternative Teachers will be given a short article and told that they have $1.00 to spend...
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Think Piece
Think pieces are short pieces of text used as a stimulus for individual and group reflection. Each think piece includes a short introduction and key questions to consider in relation to the topic. They...
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Learning through COVID-19
This section of the website focuses on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Click on the links to pages below. “Learning is not a place but an activity. This crisis presents an opportunity for us to do...
IB Authorization & Evaluation
IB Authorization & Evaluation
A new Guide to evaluation (2020) informs all IB evaluations which take place from September 2021. Evaluations are grounded in the revised Programme standards and practices (2020). Schools who wish to...
Mission & Vision
How to help students and staff facing trauma
Evidence suggests that trauma and associated mental health symptoms can interfere with student learning, school engagement, and academic performance. Schools offering safe and supportive environments...