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The PYP Regional Manager will be available to answer individual questions. Please note this session is entirely interactive and does not include a presentation.

Corresponding to a national need to focus on content in professional development programs, Rice University has implemented a unique workshop model to connect IB teachers to higher education faculty. In each workshop, teachers experience four presentations that focus on current content and research in the field.

Come join the IB Primary Years Programme Regional Manager in a presentation and conversation. This session will review changes to the Primary Years Programme that have occurred over the past year, those that are coming in the future, and offer an opportunity to ask burning questions about the programme.

The session will illustrate the use of performance-based practices at the International Community School in Decatur, Georgia and encourage participants to engage in their own improvisation exercises. Performance-based activities can be used in any classroom in which individuals learn and grow by adopting new roles.

Teaching staff how to use realia with PYP key concept questions has been effective in developing their pedagogical knowledge of inquiry. By using realia in this session, participants will be able to ask questions about specific objects from various cultures, and make connections to all subject areas in the curriculum.

The IB Learner Profile is widely accepted as the basis for all IB programs, but there has not been much cohesive effort made to link it to the overall IB aim of developing international mindedness in our students. This session will focus on the how the Learner Profile can serve as a basis for achieving this objective in all three programs.

Ghandi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." As IB teachers and schools undertake service projects in the developing world, we need to understand what is involved in implementing successful, sustainable programs.