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Using what you learnt about practices that need to be in place at the time of authorization and the requirements for authorization prepare a set of questions you would ask one of these: parents, teachers, pedagogical leadership team,Library and multimedia centre staff, single-subject teachers. Prepare role play. Use Guidelines for site visitors as well!!!!!
 * SESSION 13**


 * SESSION 14**

Role play

Please go back to the //Guide to school authorization// and //Guidelines for site visitors:// EXIT MEETING

In your teams decide whether the following statements are dos or don’ts…

** Do ** 1. …..read all the school documents well in advance and write notes on the issues you want to check during the visit 2. ……take notes during the meetings (otherwise, you will forget important details for your report) 3. ……meet/communicate with your team in advance and organize the details for the visit (e.g. who takes notes in each meeting, how the team will go about writing the report, clarify it is the team leader who speaks during the exit meeting, etc) 4. ……..make all school members feel comfortable by being polite and respectful 5. ……….explain to all school members involved in the process what the aims of the visit are 6. ………use the Exit meeting as an opportunity to get clarification to any questions you may have

** Don’t ** 1. ………..give the answers to your questions 2. ……….accept presents from any school member 3. ………..leave anything in writing at the school 4. …………tell the school representatives that they will or will not be authorized 5. ………….split up the report to be completed by individual team members and then sent back to the team leader to complete the final report 6. ……..make plans to leave the visit before the agreed upon agenda has been completed 7. ………allow the school staff to deviate from the agreed on agenda to get you to leave the school for a special event 8. ………act like the IB police and talk to stakeholders in a condescending manner 9. ………… talk to the press; tv, newspaper, radio, or otherwise. There may be instances when the school, in its enthusiasm, will call in the local media to cover the visit. If someone from the local press asks you questions, kindly have them contact the regional office where we can connect them with our communications staff. 10. ……….give your opinion about how well or poorly a school is implementing the program. You are there to observe and report. Feedback will come to them from the organization officially. 11. ……………give advice. This is not a consultation visit. As educators we are eager to share best practices and enlighten one another with our tales of PYP implementation. However, this is not appropriate during a verification or evaluation visit. Politely state, “I’m sorry. I can’t really help you with that issue as the purpose of this visit is to gather information in regards to how the school is currently implementing. Your coordinator should be able to further assist you. (The IB Answers is a good place to get help)” 12. ……….. meet with anyone other than the IB team outside of normal school hours, politely decline any invitations to dinner, drinks, coffee, etc…. 13. ……….. tell the participants in the exit meeting that they have commendations, recommendations, and matters to be addressed. Official information from the visit will be organized into those three 14. ………………… meet with the entire staff on the final day. Some schools may want to gather everyone together so that they can say goodbye (and so that you can thank them). Tell whoever is making that request that you will get a chance to speak with all teachers during interviews over the course of the visit. You ask the pedagogical leadership team to express your gratitude to the school community for their welcome and hospitality during the Exit meeting.


 * SESSION 15**



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 * SESSION 16**

As workshop leaders you will have to prepare a workshop following the guidelines in the PYP workshop handbook. You will also have a template on which to plan the whole workshop experience. In order to recreate this experience we have chosen 4 big ideas of the PYP which relate to the enduring understandings of Category 1 workshop //An introduction to the PYP curriculum model,// for each group to plan a learning experience which will help participants understand the big idea assigned to your group.

When preparing this assignment you must consider: a. The groups will be set by the presenters but the BIG IDEA will be assigned randomly. b. You must plan a full learning experience (what do we want participants to understand – how will I know they have understood it – what learning experience will we develop) on the template to show how you would develop understanding of the BIG IDEA your group has been assigned. c. When presenting you must: d. The presentation cannot last more than 15 minutes. There will be a 5 minute preparation / set up time between each presentation. e. Every participant will have an assessment tool to assess each group’s presentation. f. At the end of all the presentations every group will be given their written feedback to reflect on their performance before a final, whole group debriefing.
 * make sure every member of the group has the opportunity to show his/her presentation skills;
 * take into account the strategies used/mentioned/discussed in the Academy;
 * make sure you pay as much attention to what you are conveying as well as to how you are doing it;

Big ideas: INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS – TRANSDISCIPINARY LEARNING – THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS – TEACHING AND LEARNING – COLLABORATIVE PLANNING

Please e-mail your session plans to gabriela.benvenuti@ibo.org