Our vision at ISH, is that learning has no boundaries. We work towards enabling students to become engaged, global learners who demonstrate these attitudes through actions taken now and in the future. The school's vision aligns with Helsingborg's vision for 2035, working towards developing community members who are creative, vibrant, global, unified and balanced.
As part of the whole school, the PYP must build on student’s prior knowledge and understanding and enable them to move forward with confidence and the necessary skills to succeed in the future. Together, we are empowering students to become inquires, knowledgeable and caring young people who are motivated to succeed and active and productive members of our global society.
As coordinator, my initial goals in relation to the IB Standards are:
Standard A relates to the school’s educational beliefs and values reflecting the IB philosophy.
Two areas of this standard I envisage being further developed are;
Standard B the school’s leadership and administrative structures
My vision for supporting the implementation of the IB program focuses on staff development.
Standard C focuses on four aspects of curriculum, collaboration, the written curriculum, teaching and learning and assessment.
Maintaining a collaborative approach to the PYP, including the vertical alignment of subject scope and sequences, essential skills and approaches to learning across programs will be my focus.
The personal strengths I bring to the team and the PYP coordinator position are that I am committed to the development of ISH as a whole school and particularly to the PYP program. I am able to lead and work effectively in diverse groups. I believe in collaboration and the value it brings to our development. I have completed the IB PYP pedagogical leadership course for coordinators. The qualities I would bring to the coordinator position are that I am committed to always doing my best, I am open minded, an effective communicator, courageous and reflective.
I am excited by the opportunity and ready to do my best as the PYP coordinator at ISH.
As part of the whole school, the PYP must build on student’s prior knowledge and understanding and enable them to move forward with confidence and the necessary skills to succeed in the future. Together, we are empowering students to become inquires, knowledgeable and caring young people who are motivated to succeed and active and productive members of our global society.
As coordinator, my initial goals in relation to the IB Standards are:
Standard A relates to the school’s educational beliefs and values reflecting the IB philosophy.
Two areas of this standard I envisage being further developed are;
- Students and families becoming more involved in the evaluation of how well the PYP is implemented. This could be achieved through simple student and family surveys. It would need to be supported by sharing information about the Primary Years Program which could be done by meeting with families after unit learning celebrations or grade level assemblies and continuing the program information sessions at the beginning of each semester.
- Strengthening student action within and beyond the school. One option for developing responsible student action is for the current ISH cohort to identify 1 or 2 organisations that we could collaboratively support, in a long term and meaningful manner (not repeated bake sales). I see this type of program, acting as a model for individual action. This idea could be implemented as a whole school approach and model vertical collaboration.
Standard B the school’s leadership and administrative structures
My vision for supporting the implementation of the IB program focuses on staff development.
- To provide time for teachers to observe and be observed by peers. Staff engaging in professional discussion as a result of collegial observations develops our reflective practice. This would be possible if I take a class, enabling teachers to observe each other, creating a collegial community of learners amongst the staff.
- To support professional development, in both PYP pedagogy and areas of identified need – such as language development. By combining with other IB schools, we could share the cost of an IB professional development and enable many staff to participate in IB professional learning. We could also consider the benefits of webinars or other digital workshops to develop pedagogy in language and as teaching professionals.
Standard C focuses on four aspects of curriculum, collaboration, the written curriculum, teaching and learning and assessment.
Maintaining a collaborative approach to the PYP, including the vertical alignment of subject scope and sequences, essential skills and approaches to learning across programs will be my focus.
- Maintaining rotational schedules to ensure time is allocated to collaborate in different groups, vertically and horizontally and recording this collaboration so that the information is shared and available to all.
- Ensure learning continues to focus on conceptual understanding, as it enables students to develop deep and meaningful understanding of concepts and discover how they are linked. Empowering students to apply their learning across subject areas and in life.
- Develop a PYP assessment program that ensures assessment is transparent and consistent. Staff using the scope and sequence, essential skills and transdisciplinary skills documents to develop grade level rubric outlines, which they use when collaborating with students to define what will be assess and what differentiates the quality of the work sample or action (Sharing these rubrics with families when appropriate). In addition, using and analysing assessment data to plot students on English and Swedish language and number and continuums which identify each student’s progression throughout the PYP and using this data to inform teaching and learning.
The personal strengths I bring to the team and the PYP coordinator position are that I am committed to the development of ISH as a whole school and particularly to the PYP program. I am able to lead and work effectively in diverse groups. I believe in collaboration and the value it brings to our development. I have completed the IB PYP pedagogical leadership course for coordinators. The qualities I would bring to the coordinator position are that I am committed to always doing my best, I am open minded, an effective communicator, courageous and reflective.
I am excited by the opportunity and ready to do my best as the PYP coordinator at ISH.
