IB WORKSHOPS

This workshop will be bilingual in English and in Turkish.

Making the PYP happen: Implementing Agency
This workshop invites you to inquire into your own teaching practices and reflect on how you can develop the capabilities of a PYP teacher. By exploring the PYP framework, you will connect how voice, choice and ownership is recognized and developed in all members of the IB community.

You will be supported in your understanding of learning and teaching in a transdisciplinary, concept-driven curriculum and how to design this in your own school context.

This workshop will be bilingual in English and in Turkish.

Leading the Learning
This workshop will support learning leaders to enhance the identity of being an IB World School through a reflection on the purpose, culture and environment of their learning organization and their agency for growing leadership capacity within the school. Building on this understanding, leaders will consider the ways in which they will place learning at the center of their IB program, through the thoughtful development of purpose, culture and environment, in alignment with the IB’s standards and practices.

Working with each other and the workshop leaders, participants will:
-develop their leadership capabilities as a pedagogical leader within a learning organization;
-become familiar with the IB’s leadership capabilities as lenses or tools to develop their personal mastery in an IB global context;
-prepare to develop collaborative or shared leadership capacity within their school; and
-plan the journey through school self-study toward evaluation and beyond.

During the workshop, leaders will reflect and build on their school’s IB development plan to meet the IB’s requirements for evaluation and a vision for ongoing implementation.

This workshop will be in English.

Theory of Knowledge
This workshop is designed to prepare you to teach theory of knowledge (TOK) in a manner that supports the IB mission statement and philosophy.

The workshop will focus on:
-developing an understanding of the IB mission and philosophy through the DP program model as a context for a holistic learning experience;
-the Theory of knowledge guide (first teaching September 2013, first examinations 2015), and associated assessment requirements with practice marking activities of sample student work;
-structuring a TOK course that integrates authentic assessment and encourages students to make links across the DP that will enhance their understanding;
-the dynamic nature that exists between Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) and TOK when emphasizing the importance of reflecting and developing self-awareness; and
-IB program standards and practices (January 2020).

This workshop will be bilingual in English and in Turkish.

The Learner Profile
How does the learner profile exemplify the IB mission in action? The leaner profile is at the heart of the IB’s commitment to an international education.

In this workshop, participants will:
-Investigate the core concepts embedded within the IB learner profile and the central role it can play in an education that is international, relevant and able to support essential competencies for success in school and in life;
-Analyze and evaluate the relationships between the learner profile, international-mindedness, and meaningful action in both local and global contexts;
-Learn new strategies to bring the learner profile to life in any school setting; and
-Develop tools and strategies to bring the learner profile into action in any school setting