I'm a parent myself and so I know how stressful it can be to choose a school for my children. In my case, because I'm an educator and my children attended the same schools where I worked, it w...
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Over the past few years research studies have shown the important link between wellbeing and learning outcomes. Even before the pandemic wellbeing has been shown to impact cognitive functionin...
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When I visit IB schools as part of an evaluation team, I always carefully read through what the school has shared in its self-study questionnaire. Invariably, when asked about challenges the s...
As the year closes, I think it's always good to look back on what has been achieved. This year I have worked in 35 schools and have led regional workshops for participants from many more schoo...
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A couple of months ago I became a grandma (now known as GrandMaggie). Compared to when I had my own children 30 years ago, there is now so much research available about the first weeks, months...
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This post is a follow on from the last one and is looking forward to what can be expected in schools that are involved in the progressions trials that will run up to December this year. First, ...
http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2023/07/learning-progressions-in-pyp-next-steps.html
As a number of my readers will know, I've spent the past couple of months working with the PYP Curriculum Managers on the learning continuums that will eventually replace the current scope and s...
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In April I led a workshop about the role of ICT in the PYP in Kenya, and we were introduced to some AI tools by the participants such as ChatGPT for report writing and Copilot for lesson ...
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Over the course of the past four of five years, since leaving full-time work in a school, I've visited many IB schools in Africa, Europe and the Middle East (probably between 80 and 90 schools)....
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Over the past 6 months or so I've done a lot of school visits - some in person but mostly still virtual visits at this point. It's been a real learning journey for me, as we have been using th...
http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2023/02/school-visits-and-appreciative-inquiry.html
The next book we are looking at in the PYP Coordinator's Book club is The Instructional Playbook by Jim Knight. This could well be a very interesting collaboration, but first of all I need to ...
http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2022/05/making-pyp-playbook.html
Change ... this is a big topic. The past few years have seen so much change - we've had a global pandemic, schools have closed, lessons have shifted online, some of us have had to deal with hy...
Time has been running away from me the past couple of weeks, but it is coming up to the time for another PYP Book Club so it's time to read on in Onward by Elena Aguilar. I'm now on Chapter 10...
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These are three big questions that are addressed in Chapter 9 of Onward by Elena Aguilar. She opens the chapter with the following statement, > If we see challenges as opportunities ...
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Yes I thought that would grab your attention! All will become clear as we look at the next chapter in Onward by Elena Aguilar where she inspires us to cultivate compassion for ourselves and ot...
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When I was teaching in India I did the Strengths Finder survey from Gallup. This is what emerged and I feel it is absolutely true: > Your mind is open and absorbent. You naturally so...
When you travel by plane, in the announcements where it tells you what will happen if oxygen levels fall, you are always told to put on your own mask first, before assisting others. In the...
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If you have been following my blog for some time you will know that my mother was diagnosed with dementia in 2016 and as a result of this I moved to the UK to look after her as her mental capaci...
There's a quote about collaboration that I use when leading PYP workshops: > MEMBERS OF A PYP LEARNING COMMUNITY ARE OPEN TO NEW IDEAS, COMMIT TO > CAPACITY-BUILDING, SEEK A...
http://www.maggiehosmcgrane.com/2022/03/building-learning-community.html
Today, with war raging in Ukraine following the country being invaded by Russia, one very brave Russian journalist spoke out. Marina Ovsyannikova, who works at the Russian Channel 1 TV news, d...
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I'm still playing catch up with ToddleTIES. I wan't able to attend the Masterclass session Being known, loved, safe, and successful - The role of collaboration in inclusion by Ochan Kusuma P...
When I reflect back on my journey as a coach, I think the most important lesson I learned was to paraphrase the emotion that someone was experiencing, before paraphrasing what a person has actua...
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I've been enjoying some great ToddleTIES session today as well (yes - I know I've also been leading a workshop but I hopped straight onto the ToddleTIES platform afterwards to catch up with all ...
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What an absolute joy to be in the ToddleTIES session with Jim Knight. Just sharing a few screenshots here and will post about my thoughts later.
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Wow! I've been involved in a school visit all day today, but have just found time to join TIES and to participate in the Learners without borders - possibilities of a new education session by ...
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