1. Approaches to Learning
IB Tuesday
North Atlanta High School
September 26, 2017

2. Statement of Inquiry/ Inquiry Questions
Developing approaches to learning skills over time may increase student success on rigorous objectives, tasks, and life- long learning.
What are Approaches to Learning skills?
Why should students learn and use Approaches to Learning skills?
Are some skills more appropriate than others for certain grade levels?

3. What skills and knowledge do you need to….
Bake a Soufflé?
Drive to Alaska?
Measuring ingredients
Reading instructions
Prepping supplies
Egg yolks and egg whites
Mixing vs. Folding
Accuracy
Perseverance
Focus and concentration
Self talk and positive thinking
Organization
Using technology appropriately
Planning pit stops
Driving a car
Distance and speed
Calculating miles per gallon
Traffic patterns
Weather
Organization
Research
Are there any skills that you want to add or did not think of? What do you notice about the skills and knowledge needed?

4. What skills do your students need to prepare for a test in your subject area? Any subject?
Set goals
Organize Time
Use various strategies
Select and use appropriate technology
Use visual diagrams
Generate metaphors and analogies
Give and receive feedback
Make inferences and draw conclusions
Reflect on learning
Identify strengths and weakness
Are there any skills that they want to add or did not think of? What do you notice about the skills and knowledge needed?
This is were the ATL skills in the IB programme comes in to support student success.

5. What and Why: Approaches to Learning Skills
Approaches to Learning provide the foundation for independent learning and encourage the application of knowledge and skills in unfamiliar context.
LEARN HOW TO LEARN.
Purpose of the ATL skills:
Develop tools for learning
Develop self-regulated independent learners
Transfer of skill development across all learning areas

6. ATL skill categories and clusters
ATL skills categories
MYP ATL skill clusters
Communication
I. Communication
Social
II. Collaboration
Self-management
III. Organization
IV. Affective
V. Reflection
Research
VI. Information literacy
VII. Media literacy
Thinking
VIII. Critical thinking
IX. Creative thinking
X. Transfer

7. Self- Management Skills
Review the Self- Management category and the clusters
MYP (Organization, Reflection, Affective)
DP (Organization, Affective)
Read and annotate the handout:
One word, one phrase, and one sentence
Now we will take a deeper dive into one category.

8. ATL skills in Action
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How did students work on their self-management skill?

9. Self-Management
What Self- Management skills do your students need to prepare for a test in your subject area? Any subject?
Affective
Organization
Reflective
What would that learning experience look like for your students?
Look back at their original list and use the handouts to choose skills for each cluster under self- management.

10. Tuning In
“We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t exist, using technologies that have not been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet”
Former U.S Secretary of Education Richard Riley- The Jobs Revolution: Changing How America Works).

11. Next Steps- October 10th Approaches to Learning Pacing Guide
Vertically and Horizontal planning