by Angela | Jul 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
© James E. Petts Monday morning, I accompanied my eldest daughter on her first commute into central London for a week of work experience at an architecture company. And this is where the personal and the professional converge, because on the way home all I could think...
by Angela | May 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’ve been in professional development mode for a couple of weeks now. Over two days last week, I led 5 faculties at my school in a workshop on concept-based learning. Later this month, I will be delivering an MYP workshop for a school in the candidacy phase in...
by Angela | Sep 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Many of the details from my early days of teaching have become hazy over the past two decades, but I have a very clear memory, in one of those first days navigating all of the induction activities I was required to complete, of my Department Chair handing me a fat...
by Angela | Feb 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Earlier this month, the IB released the updated guides to the Personal Project and Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, and there are some exciting changes coming from September! Two things seem clear in both guides: there is a greater emphasis on student agency...