Collab+planning+issues+4

Inexperienced teachers who do not understand the planning process - Induction / Introduction to the PYP - Allow time - Continuous support, touch base with teachers - Peer support, extra collaboration with experienced PYP teachers - direct them to the OCC for more resources - provide them examples of planner for them to refer to - providing teacher with articles or simple reading on inquiry or 'Bringing the PYP Forward' and getting them to share what was most significant

How to use assessment effectively as part of the planning process - Pre-assessment and formative assessment to evaluate students' learning in order to plan further - Be flexible if a more suitable assessment task arises - Open ended tasks to truly assess students' knowledge, skills, etc. - determining if assessing the understanding versus the skills

People who didn't implement their planning due to lack effort of implementing - Acknowledge effort made, motivate and inspire where possible - Ask teacher to reflect on his/her practice and beliefs - Set expectations clearly - Monitor closely - seek to understand: find out what is hindering the lack of effort and then tackle with appropriate support accordingly for each 'issue' - mentoring with an experienced teacher