{"id":1272,"date":"2024-09-11T09:11:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.randschools.edu.sa\/res\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2026-01-01T06:35:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:35:43","slug":"self-study-our-collaborative-journey-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randschools.edu.sa\/res\/self-study-our-collaborative-journey-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Study – OUR COLLABORATIVE JOURNEY Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Workshop 1 &2: Co-Developing a Shared Understanding (Week 1-2 March, 2022) \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Committees in each group co-developed a shared understanding, identifying common characteristics by reflecting on the practices that are evident in our classrooms and in our learning community. Grade level teams in groups reflected on the rich learning environment that the school provides and the distinguished learning experiences observed in the school community especially the learning experiences and the results of the Unit of Inquiries and the Learner Profile attributes. Teams also shared the characteristics of an authentic, valid and reliable evaluation which helped in the self-reflection process through the self-study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Workshop 3 & 4 (Developing a Teaching Mission Statement) (Week 3 &4 \u2013 March & April 2022)<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Continuing with the co-developing a shared understanding, teachers across the grade levels (K-6) developed their grade level teaching mission statements reflecting on the common practices and learning experiences in our classrooms aligning with school’s vision and mission statements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Workshop 5 Week May 2022: Online-PD: Exploring PRC: Navigating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Learner, Learning and Teaching, The Learning Community on PRC.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Pre-Assessment: Connect-Extend-Explore<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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As a school community, we explored the resources on PRC from the sections – The Learner, Learning and Teaching, The Learning Community, navigating the resources from\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/www.ibo.org\/programmes\/primary-years-programme\/curriculum\/the-learning-community\/<\/u><\/strong><\/a>for using during the self-study. Teachers shared their understanding of the<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>resources through reflections on google forms.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Self \u2013 Study inquiry<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Workshop 6 Week Aug & Oct (Digging Deep into Assessments),<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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defining how best we live the PYP in our school’s assessment practices reflecting on the PS&Ps of ATA (0404). We had a two-day long session “Rethinking Classroom Assessments with Purpose in Mind: Assessment OF-FOR-AS Learning”. During the workshop we learnt good practices of assessments from the PRC resources while reflecting on our current practices rating the standards of Assessments. This also gave us an opportunity to revise our school’s assessment philosophy and policy reflecting on the improvements. The process of reflecting and revising on Approaches To Assessments (0404) went on for 3- 4 weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Workshop 7 Week Oct. \u2013 Apr. 2023 (Examining Standards in more depth)<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Examining standards of Learning<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(0401) Designing a Coherent Curriculum – 0402 Students as lifelong learners \u2013 0403 Approached to Teaching) in more depth took about 3 \u2013 4 months where teachers were engaged in online PD reading the documents of Concepts \u2013 Conceptual Understanding-Inquiry in Early Years-Inquiry-Personal Inquiries and the Role of Educator in Play, International Mindedness, ATLs from the PRC while sharing their reflections on the current practices and documenting the evidences along identifying the growth opportunities.<\/p>\n

While examining the standard 0402 Students as Lifelong Learners, the school community agreed on Learner Agency for the school’s programme development plan.<\/p>\n

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Grade 3 Teachers rate Aproache to Teaching standard<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Examining the standards Culture through Policy Implementation (0301) was done by the focused committees reading our policies aligning with IB policies, reflecting on our good practices and opportunities of growth while sharing the actions.<\/p>\n

Examining the standards Purpose (0101) was done by the board team\/senior leaders recognizing the achievements, the successes of the programme while reflecting on the challenges and opportunities of growth.<\/p>\n

During examining the standards, we had plenty of discussions around interpreting the practices and descriptors with prompts and questions that lead our discussions to be thoughtful and insightful.<\/p>\n

Overall, the entire process of self-study created opportunities for the self-development within the process through varied PDs (online\/onsite) while setting the actions for further improvements each year across all standards which is shown through self-study analysis.\u00a0<\/span>Updated 02, Program Standards and practice & Report analysis.xlsx<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Celebrating our Self-Study Process<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
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Workshop 5 Week May 2022: Online-PD: Exploring PRC: Navigating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Learner, Learning and Teaching, The Learning Community on PRC.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
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As a school community, we explored the resources on PRC from the sections - The Learner, Learning and Teaching, The Learning Community, navigating the resources from\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/www.ibo.org\/programmes\/primary-years-programme\/curriculum\/the-learning-community\/<\/u><\/strong><\/a>for using during the self-study. Teachers shared their understanding of the<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>resources through reflections on google forms.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Self \u2013 Study inquiry<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Workshop 6 Week Aug & Oct (Digging Deep into Assessments),<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
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defining how best we live the PYP in our school's assessment practices reflecting on the PS&Ps of ATA (0404). We had a two-day long session \"Rethinking Classroom Assessments with Purpose in Mind: Assessment OF-FOR-AS Learning\". During the workshop we learnt good practices of assessments from the PRC resources while reflecting on our current practices rating the standards of Assessments. This also gave us an opportunity to revise our school's assessment philosophy and policy reflecting on the improvements. The process of reflecting and revising on Approaches To Assessments (0404) went on for 3- 4 weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Workshop 7 Week Oct. \u2013 Apr. 2023 (Examining Standards in more depth)<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n
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Examining standards of Learning<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>(0401) Designing a Coherent Curriculum - 0402 Students as lifelong learners \u2013 0403 Approached to Teaching) in more depth took about 3 \u2013 4 months where teachers were engaged in online PD reading the documents of Concepts \u2013 Conceptual Understanding-Inquiry in Early Years-Inquiry-Personal Inquiries and the Role of Educator in Play, International Mindedness, ATLs from the PRC while sharing their reflections on the current practices and documenting the evidences along identifying the growth opportunities.<\/p>\n
While examining the standard 0402 Students as Lifelong Learners, the school community agreed on Learner Agency for the school's programme development plan.<\/p>\n
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Grade 3 Teachers rate Aproache to Teaching standard<\/span><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Examining the standards Culture through Policy Implementation (0301) was done by the focused committees reading our policies aligning with IB policies, reflecting on our good practices and opportunities of growth while sharing the actions.<\/p>\n
Examining the standards Purpose (0101) was done by the board team\/senior leaders recognizing the achievements, the successes of the programme while reflecting on the challenges and opportunities of growth.<\/p>\n
During examining the standards, we had plenty of discussions around interpreting the practices and descriptors with prompts and questions that lead our discussions to be thoughtful and insightful.<\/p>\n
Overall, the entire process of self-study created opportunities for the self-development within the process through varied PDs (online\/onsite) while setting the actions for further improvements each year across all standards which is shown through self-study analysis.\u00a0<\/span>Updated 02, Program Standards and practice & Report analysis.xlsx<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Celebrating our Self-Study Process<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
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