The Primary years program

1. The Primary years program Presentation to parents and caregivers Press speaker for audio

2. What is the PYP? • IB (International Baccalaureate) World Schools • IB programs • The Primary Years Program of the IB • Brief History of the IB • Founded 1968, Geneva, Switzerland • Middle Years Program introduced 1994 • Primary Years Program introduced 1997 • 176 Australian schools offer IB programs (4,460 worldwide) • 119 Australian schools offer PYP (1,375 worldwide) Press speaker for audio

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4. The IB Learner profile Press speaker for audio Why is this important?

5. We are preparing students in our schools for a future where change is the only constant… …and the pace of that change is becoming more rapid. Press speaker for audio

6. The last 20 years have seen exponential changes in the way we live, the way we work and the technology we have available to us. But…

7. “There is no prior period of change that remotely resembles what humanity is about to experience.” Al Gore, Former US Vice-President, The Future

8. This generation of students will face unprecedented change…

9. …unprecedented challenge…

10. …and unprecedented opportunity

11. Why is this important? Press speaker for audio Foundation for Young Australians, The New Work Smarts, 2017

12. Future work skills Press speaker for audio

14. Rationale for the PYP • Students come from a variety of backgrounds with variety of experiences, skills and understandings • The importance of using prior learning • Learning through inquiry • Begin with student knowledge, skills and understandings • Student responsibility for learning • Students as active participants in learning • Role of teachers • Guiding, modelling, developing learning experiences • Assessing and planning for next steps • Explicit teaching to equip students with skills Press speaker for audio

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16. What does it look like in the classroom? • Organised into units of inquiry, guided by a central idea with lines of inquiry • Relevant • Engaging • Significant • Challenging Press speaker for audio

17. Example of a unit of inquiry – Year 5 • Central Idea: • Justice systems affect and reflect the communities people live in • Lines of Inquiry: • Purposes of justice systems • Elements of justice systems • Effectiveness of justice systems Press speaker for audio

18. What does it look like in the classroom? • Engage students • Promote curiosity • Foster agency • Encourage responsibility • Exhibition – culmination of program Press speaker for audio

19. IB evaluation • Five yearly process for IB schools • Help meet expectation that schools strive for continual improvement As set out by IBO: • Evaluate how school is meeting programme standards and practices • Improve implementation by identifying strengths, weaknesses and future focus areas • Reinforce school’s support and commitment for program Press speaker for audio

20. IB Evaluation – process • Self-study: Commencing Term 2, 2019 • Document submission: 19 April 2020 • Evaluation team visit: 20 – 22 May  2020 • Evaluation team report • Development of action plan Press speaker for audio

21. IB Evaluation – Key Contributors • Head of school • IB programme coordinator • Teachers • Students • Governing body • Parents and community members Press speaker for audio

22. The enhanced pyp • Introduced 2018 • Significant changes to PYP • Redeveloped to respond to needs of schools and provide flexibility in varied contexts • In process of being implemented – full implementation by 2020 • More information on this to follow Press speaker for audio

23. Thank you Press speaker for audio