1. MYP: Unit Planning – developing essential agreements

2. Requirements at an evaluation
all subjects using the unit planner and planning process
all teachers involved in collaborative planning
common understandings of the planning process
planners demonstrate that the school uses inquiry based pedagogy
the school uses the areas of interaction as contexts for inquiry
planners demonstrate opportunities for students to explore content through multiple perspectives
the school’s curriculum offers opportunities for responsible action

3. The programme standards and practices

4. The programme standards and practices

5. Questions for teachers during an evaluation
What is your understanding of stage one of the unit planner?
How has your school worked to develop common understandings of the elements of the planner?
How do you use the areas of interaction to develop inquiries?
How as the school worked to ensure that all subject areas have a common approach to developing the significant concept and MYP unit questions?
How do you use stage one of the planner to ensure students see the relevance of the topics they are studying?

6. Questions for students?
What unit questions are you currently working on?
How do your teachers use MYP unit questions?
What is your understanding of the areas of interaction?
How did you use the areas of interaction to develop your personal project?
Why are you studying what your studying? Do you see it as relevant?

7. Changes are coming shouldn’t we just wait?
Significant concepts
Areas of interaction (AOIs)
8 subject groups
Prescribed concepts with illustrative content
Potential replacement of AOIs with global contexts
Choice of subjects years 4-5
Engaged students
motivated teachers
improved preparation for DP
recognition and accreditation
more children benefitting from the MYP
Curriculum
Optional moderation
Certificate of Achievement
Assessment
Optional external summative assessment (e-assessment)
Compulsory PP moderation
Year 3/4 culminating task
The MYP is tightening rigour and assessment but with options to suit national or school circumstances.
The proposed changes will improve both the teacher and student experience and will allow for more students to access the MYP.
Guides
Teacher support materials
Support
Guides
Teacher support materials
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8. The MYP is making changes shouldn’t we just wait?
There are changes coming but the school is still required to meet current expectations at evaluation. There are some tweaks to current practice which will bring you in line with what’s coming down the line.

9. Developing essential agreements about stage one of the planner.

10. AOI
The AOI’s will be repackaged in MYP Next Chapter. Rather than disappear they become more significant in the planner.
The will define how you developed the inquiry.

11. AOI Current requirements….. Global context Community and service SLE
A tweak to bring things in line what what’s coming down the pipe:
Community and service
SLE: students will investigate the needs of a community
SLE: students will design a response to an identified need
SLE: students will evaluate the outcomes
INQUIRY STATEMENT: this unit is an inquiry into how communities meet their needs.
SLE
Inquiry statement

12. A tool that’s been developed I want to share
This unit is an inquiry into…..

13. Significant concept
In the Next Chapter project the idea of significant concept will be much more defined.
Moving to identifying a key concept and subject specific related concepts and then developing a concept statement.

14. Examples of possible key concepts

15. Key and related concepts
Key concepts in humanities:
Change, Time/place/space, Global interactions, Systems

16. Significant concept Current requirements….. Key concept
A tweak to bring things in line what what’s coming down the pipe:
Key concept: Systems
Related concepts: organization, evolution, society, beliefs
Concept statement: in this unit students will explore the concept of systems through an inquiry into the development of local government.
Related
Concept statement

17. MYP unit question
MYP unit questions are meant to integrate the AOI and SC.
There is no right answer for what is the perfect unit question but generally they should be broad, open ended and where possible usable by different subject areas.

18. The rest of the unit planner is pretty much self explanatory

19. The rest of the unit planner is pretty much self explanatory

20. The rest of the unit planner is pretty much self explanatory

21. The rest of the unit planner is pretty much self explanatory