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=All aBout IB= All IB Programs share these common elements: ==The Primary Years Programme (PYP which means elementary in our language) promotes inquiry as a pedagogical approach. The PYP develops a concept-driven framework! PYP focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside. The PYP is a framework guided by six transdisiplinary themes of global significance, explored using knowledge and skills derived from six subject areas, with a powerful emphasis on inquiry-based learning.==
 * have a strong international dimension
 * draw on content from educational cultures around the world
 * require study across a broad range of subjects
 * include both individual subjects and transdisciplinary areas
 * give special emphasis to learning languages
 * focus on developing the skills of learning
 * provide opportunities for individual and collaborative planning and research
 * encourage students to become responsible members of their community

Below is a visual of our __Introduction to PYP__ in Baltimore - Dec 2009.
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Th // is wiki is being used for planning purposes so that we can share our Primary Years Programme introduction that we attended in Baltimore during December, 2009. Please notice the pages created so far. We have Themes and Programme of Inquiry. Please create additional pages as needed. (I need to look at my notes to remember other vocabulary) This home page can be deleted right before the sharetime... and we can place a photo here. Our questions, objectives, sharepoints, etc. that we hope to bring forth to the staff can be organized here. Hope this tools helps for organizing our thoughts. (the ads should disappear in a day... as I've requested educational considerations...) // The following people attended: Debbie, Florence, Karla, Cheryl, Michelle, and Janelle

** Please type YOUR Ideas that you would like to share, if any! **

 * Karla ** : I suggest that we present the basic premise of IB along with the themes that are used throughout elementary school. Show the matrix of how each grade fits their curriculum into the themes so there is no infringement on other grades, give examples of central ideas that are global, and any specific things that we thought were usable for us.

** Michelle: ** 
 * Janelle ** : I have the photos that I can certainly incorporate; I will try to re-create the matrix that shows the themes and how they took standards and placed under the themes and for diff grade levels. We could take a content like Science or SS and do this if you think this is helpful... (this is along Karla's ideas...) I've made the matrix and also placed it here...

** Debbie ** : food and accommodations (this is what she offered!!)  Well it was great!!!! I am thinking that the PYP Terminology Page would be a great handout. I have put it into a spreadsheet that looks pretty good. Maybe compare it to our FQL in some way? Teachers could also use it to tweek the FQL units they have already written?  Kim: (copied and pasted from her email) Just a reminder that I am giving 20 – 30 minutes to participants in the IB training to share out their experience with the faculty. This does not need to be a formal presentation, but I do think it would be beneficial for those who did not attend to hear from you about tools, strategies, information, etc. that you found to be interesting, positive, forward thinking, or enhancing to the work that currently engages us. Each person will get a chance to share from their perspective and what information helped you to rethink what or how you plan and instruct.

A couple questions to consider – ideally, is IB a program/organization that you’d like the division to consider? If no funding support, are there strategies or key points that we can add to our practices to grow and improve? This is for the January 27 faculty meeting at 3:00 pm.