A Continuum of Thinking Methods for Primary Years Programme Coordinators

Audience: Primary Years Programme
Session: Block 7: Sunday 11:00 to 12:15, Room: Pacific J

Through this session, coordinators will be able to develop a continuum of higher and deeper thinking methods for their teachers to personally advance as practitioners in the PYP. As teachers of teachers we must provide challenges and engaging strategies that allow a greater understanding of how to teach knowledge in depth, theory, evidence, and application. Teachers will be given methods that will enable them to become more sensitive to a child's development by enhancing the ability to grasp the meaning of classroom behavior and performance, to be tactful in their response to questions, and to be aware of one's actions in the process of learning.


Anna Hodge, PYP Coordinator, Rosewood Elementary International School

Anna Hodge is presently the PYP /Gifted and Talented Coordinator at Rosewood Elementary International School. She is also a consultant, site visitor, and workshop trainer for the Primary Years Programme. Throughout her years in the field of education, she has developed art curricula for pre-K-5, worked as a grants administrator for the Governor's Office of Economic Development, served as a teacher consultant for the SC Geographic Alliance and presented at various district, state, national, and international in-service trainings or workshops. She has also been a tutor for academically challenged students and has taught at the elementary, middle, and high school, and college levels.