NORTHLANDS

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NORTHLANDS Regional Conference IBLA 2006 Lima,
Perú Adriana García Posadas-Marcela Scarone
Argentina

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DEVELOPING THE IB LEARNING COMMUNITY AT
NORTHLANDS
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STANDARD C 2 The school has implemented a
system through which all teachers plan and
reflect in collaborative teams.
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Planning collaboratively
STUDENTS
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• Implementation of programmes at school
• 1 . Presentation of Programme to teachers in
• corresponding section.
• 2. Formation of teams to work on different
  aspects of
• the programme.
• 3. Presentation of Programmes to students,
  parents,
• teachers and ancillary staff.

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• Bridging between / amongst programmes
• The aim of the School was to smooth
• the transition of students from one
• programme to the other one plus the
• transition from one section into
• another one.

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The actions (I)

• Presentation of programmes to all school sections
  not directly involved in the programme done by
  Programme coordinators.

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The actions (II)

• Work of coordinators as a team to work on
  contents / attainment targets / teaching
  learning process / assessment.

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The actions (III)

• Visit to lessons in other school sections

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The actions (IV)

• Whole school workshops.

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• Whole school reviews
• Senior management team of all sections
• (Principal, Heads of Section, Deputy Heads),
• Heads of Department, Area specialists take
• part in the review.

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Heads School Reviews
COORDINATORS Development and
implementation of the programme
TEACHERS Classroom planning
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Criteria of Review are written in agreement
within all sections and shared with all teachers.
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• The steps of the
  review comprise
• Comprehensive reading of all curriculum
• documents
• Lesson observation
• Interview with parents students teachers
• Analysis of resources
• Formal meeting of review team
• Production of a final document/ report with
• commendations , recommendations and matters
• to be addressed.
• Writing of an action plan by reviewed department

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• The result of these actions improved
• The communication amongst sections
• The perspective of each section regarding
• other sections
• Students wellbeing in the transition
• Staff development

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These actions allow us to develop the Northlands
Learning Community day by day.
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THANK YOU