Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills are deliberate strategies, skills and attitudes that permeate the IB teaching and learning environment.

ATL skills supports the IB belief that a large influence on a student’s education is not only what you learn but also how you learn

ATLs consist of five categories of interrelated skills and associated sub-skills that support students of all ages to become self-regulated learners.

Teachers collaboratively plan for implicit and explicit opportunities using a variety of strategies to develop ATL both inside and outside the programme of inquiry.