IB+Coordinator's+Meetings

**Request for consultation visit: ** - Coordinators to update form and independently send it
 * March 8, 2011 **

**New teacher/induction training: ** - New teachers arrive August 15 - Request for trainers to come during induction week - Introduction to the PYP: Looking at August 15-18 - EDM workshop: August 21-22 - Power schools training (6 hours?) - PYP Coordinator session: full day, perhaps on the 4th or 5th of September? - Amount of time new teachers will have to set up their rooms New teachers arrive: 15-18 August Coordinators return: 22 August Returning staff: 23 August Students return: 6 September

**Written Reports ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Find TIS and Swiss school examples and send to Wendy - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Discussed ways to ensure teachers are using standards in their planning

**<span style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Action Plan ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Language and assessment policies to be developed

**<span style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Connecting standards to Planners ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Include standards (of main focus) in section 1 of planner

**<span style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Strategies for making PYP PD more effective ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">2 session per month - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Negotiate with Kindy teachers an afternoon to repeat the PD session (i.e. from 2:00-3:00)

**<span style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Reflections ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Discussion on how we are doing this - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Need to be meaningful

**<span style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Walkthroughs ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 week goals

**<span style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Workshop follow ups ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Have a meeting with participants to see how comfortable they are in giving follow up info sessions to staff

**<span style="font-family: "arial","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">May Workshops ** - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Teacher coverage? - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Concerns with L1 teachers diving in too deeply, too quickly - <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Look at proposal list, check with Gustav and John re. ** coverage ** and re-send to Mary

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- POI discussion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Unit planning booklets
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">December 15 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Campus updates **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Possibility of being able to move forward now in areas that we know we will have to move forward in when the visiting team gives us our report. Benefits of already moving forward in those areas as opposed to having plans to do so in 20111/2012 school year
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Budget **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Possibility of moving forward with this <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Coordinators to compile a list of programs for Mary to take to the board
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ICT **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- General 'where we are at' discussion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Survey (monkey) using standards and practices <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Do we think we should go ahead with the April/September/May 2011 plans..?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pre-authorization visit timeline **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Discussion of removing ICT/changing humanities grade to UOI <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- General discussion about problems with the report card and ministry requirements
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Report Cards **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Follow up meetings with staff to address where we are at and explain where we are headed <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Administrators and Coordinators to outline present status and direction (road map) so as to halp staff know where we are at/going - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Raising the understanding (amongst teachers) of Coordinator's role with regards to this
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">November 11 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Where we are at with regards to authorization **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Wednesdays: as listed in iCal
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Meeting schedules **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- PYP Coordinators to use enspyp wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Idea for Grade team wikis for grade level planning
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Communication **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Discussion of ways that the LP can be promoted within the school <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Staff meetings, acknowledgements related to learner profile,
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learner Profile **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Promoting the acknowledgement of all school staff.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discussion of Appreciation days (teachers, support staff) **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PYP Coordinators message for school in newsletter **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Discussion of great aspects and things that were significant to us
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Workshop debrief **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Go into every grade – team teach/take a lesson tied into unit