Presenter: Anna Perez (Canadian International School)
Description: This workshop aims to give inspiration to early years teachers to reflect on the learning spaces that they currently have in their classrooms and how these support the development of their learners. In this workshop, the teachers will look at the different factors that need to be considered when creating learning spaces.
Target Audience: Early Years Teachers
Presenter: Michael Lucchesi (Chatsworth International School)
Description: In this workshop we will explore Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a means to support Agentic Learning at a classroom and whole school level.
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a collaborative, strengths-based approach to change in organisations and schools. We will share tools, resources and readings on the principles and theory behind a strengths-based change approach and how this can be applied to nurture Agentic learning communities.
Target Audience: Classroom teachers, Single Subject teachers and Leaders
Presenter: Maggie Dawson (Chatsworth International School)
Description: Participants will create concept maps for one of their units of inquiry. We will then develop generalisations and teacher questions which can be used in your classroom to guide inquiries and assess learners.
Target Audience: Classroom teachers
Presenters: Ariana Rehu and Sarah Herbert (ISS International School)
Description: This workshop looks at ways to strengthen your approaches to learning (ATLs) in your own teaching and learning.
Target Audience: K - 5 teachers
Presenter: Joseph Chong (MangoSTEEMS)
Description: The workshop aims to provide clarity to the understanding of the term "technology" and looks at how problems are presented in the form of a narrative story to trigger students' involvement in identifying a problem. Using Science related knowledge to the different fields of Engineering, students will explore ways to solve problems and create or improve the solutions. Integrating subjects such as English, Science, Maths and Social Studies, the problems are set in 20 unique geographical locations across the globe and have been especially crafted, emprirically and classroom-tested to integrate engineering in the elementary curriculum.
Target Audience: PYP Homeroom teachers, English/ Science/Maths specialist teachers or support teachers