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This session will explore a researched model for online collaborative learning and examine ways to integrate enhancements into your science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula. Discover how informal STEM learning projects are characterized by high levels of self direction, open-ended challenges, and self-motivated decision making.

Just as the Silk Road opened the East to the West in the ancient world, the National Council for Teaching Asia (NCTA) provides the opportunity for educators to present Asian culture to students. As Asia continues to rise in prominence on the global stage, there is a growing need for integration of Asian culture in the middle and high school curricula.

This session will present findings from a 2008 University of La Verne doctoral study on building a culture of trust in schools offering the Primary Years Programme. Highlights include observations from PYP principals, coordinators, and teachers on strategies they have used at their various schools to build trusting relationships that help them implement and sustain the PYP.

The Junior Great Books (JGB) program is based on the belief that true literacy is about engaging the intellect and the imagination through challenging texts.

The Westwood School in Dallas, Texas is proof that small schools can fully participate in an International Baccalaureate programme. Small, private schools face different challenges in implementing an IB progrmme than larger public and private schools. This session aims to inspire small schools interested in IB to find the confidence to begin the application and authorization process.

In this presentation, we will share helpful, practical, and current resources and ideas in order to help educators from other schools organize and streamline their IB application-to-implementation process.

Over the past decade, IB programs have been established in thirteen Chicago Public Schools. What are we learning about the academic performance of these students? How many of them are progressing to college, and how well are they doing once they get there?