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International Mindedness and Collaborative Planning: Are We There Yet?

Here are the handouts from the presentation that you can review and comment on. Remember that they are not official IB documents. Thank you.
Document 1, IB Standards Rubric
Document 2, Standards A2 and C2
Document 3, Things to Work On

International Mindedness and Collaborative Planning: Are We There Yet?

This year I continue to explore the IB standards. Only this time we will look in depth at two that often raise more questions: A2 (international-mindedness) and C2 (collaborative planning).

We will look at these through the lens of an unofficial rubric for the standards I created shortly after the standards were released.

The three purposes of the rubric are to:

What Research Says About the IB Programme Standards and Practices

Many thanks to those that attended my session at the 2007 IB North America regional conference. I look forward to continuing the conversation with those that I met at the conference and those that are interested in the topic but don't know who I am.

My hypothesis:
Implementing school-wide practices that reflect the IB programme standards and practices will result in improved student outcomes.

It is a simple and compelling idea but those of you in schools know that it takes a lot of work: thinking, planning, doing, coordinating, collaborating, reflecting.