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=Making the PYP Happen at Beanstalk International Bilingual School 2013=
 * August 15 - August 16, 2013 **

// This workshop assists teachers who are currently in an IB World School offering the PYP but did not have the opportunity to receive category 1 training before commencing their responsibilities. It assumes a familiarity with the planning process and the philosophy of the PYP. Participants will develop their personal knowledge and understanding of the essential elements of the programme; deepen their understanding of internationalism and the learner profile; prepare themselves for planning, teaching and assessing students; and develop skills to analyse and refine the school’s programme of inquiry. The workshop environment supports educators as lifelong learners through reading and discussing current pedagogy and research. It supports teachers with their insights and questions on their journey to implement the PYP. //

All Participants will need to bring:
 * A copy (electronic or paper) of Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for international primary education
 * A means of note taking/journal writing
 * Two units of inquiry to share, reflect on, further develop
 * The school’s programme of inquiry
 * A completed unit planner on which the participant has collaborated
 * A mobile device (laptop or tablet) for full participation and access to this wiki


 * Current versions of the following IB documents are available to all through the online curriculum centre: **
 * PYP planner template on Google Docs, 2011
 * Making the PYP happen: a curriculum framework for international primary education
 * IB standards and practices, 2010
 * The learner profile booklet
 * Developing a transdisciplinary programme of inquiry (revised), 2012
 * A basis for practice
 * What is an IB Education (2012)
 * PYP mathematics scope and sequence
 * PYP language scope and sequence
 * PYP PSPE scope and sequence

It may also be helpful to bring a digital camera or phone capable of taking digital image stills and/or video to use in note-taking and/or presenting to the group.

__//Facilitator Biographical Information//__
 * ==**//Shanel Catasti// **==

Shanel has ten years of PYP experience working in two IB regions – Europe and Asia-Pacific, as a PYP teacher, a PYP coordinator, and in PYP pedagogical leadership. She is also a PYP workshop leader, an IB consultant and IB team leader, and held experience in all aspects of the candidate, authorisation and programme evaluation phases to ensure schools meet the PYP requirements.

Shanel is originally from Australia and has kept her strong ‘Aussie’ accent, despite being absent from her homeland for over 15 years. For the past two decades, she has taught in various educational systems in Australia, Scotland, Sweden, and England, and has enjoyed working in different cultures in international schools.

Working at Yokohama International School in Japan, Shanel is currently the Elementary vice principal who oversees the curriculum for 3-11year olds and works closely with teachers, parents and students. She has recently completed her Masters of Education - Educational Leadership, and is looking forward to having time to follow her passion for yoga, //taiko// drumming and hooping. || ==//Sean Thompson //==

I have lived in Japan for the past sixteen years. My experience and study of and in Japan has lead me to learn a great deal about myself, my own culture and the challenges facing anyone moving from their home to a new country with so many new things to learn. As a student of a new language, and with my extensive experience teaching speakers of languages other than English, I have a particularly well-informed understanding of how to meet all students’ language needs while concurrently differentiating all aspects of a given curriculum to meet the needs of all students in my care. Having worked across year levels I have many insights concerning the necessity of meaningful transitions between these fundamental early years of education.

I have been working most of the past nine years in the Primary Years Programme. One of the most attractive components of this programme for me is the Learner Profile. I was drawn to education initially out of a desire to help children become balanced adults capable of making informed, compassionate, generous choices about their lives and their world. I have found much of the same philosophy working within this program and have seen numerous students benefit from it both socially and in the development of their critical thinking skills.

It is the manner in which children learn to challenge themselves and one another that leads them to realize there is always more to know or another perspective from which to view any concept, problem or situation. The challenge as a teacher is to create the optimal circumstances in which to pose the right questions and to follow the questions the children pose.

Presently developing an integration curriculum for PYP school & supporting elementary school teachers with technology related professional development, I also teach MYP Technology & Grade Six Math, run the Yearbook Elective and am implementing schoolwide Moodle.

I am passionate about the integration of technology in the classroom. I am compelled to continue learning, creating and sharing with others. I aim never to completely leave the classroom but to increasingly focus on sharing what I have learned with other educators so that they may further develop their integration practice. I have a further love of creating visual communication; infographics, videos and digital stories in all forms. || Image credit: [|lmproulx]