by Lu Gerlach Welcome to the third and final episode of our application series. If you haven't had a chance to apply your learning of the learner profile and international mindedness, I'd suggest you do so before moving forward. It's a great chance for you to synthesize and apply your understanding of the big ideas to your school/ unit context. This is our ultimate goal with any professional development to make meaningful application to what we are already doing. As we know, agency and action take up a lot of space in our practice within the PYP. They shape everything we do, so we need to take time to apply their role into our practice. Take a look at the table below to remind yourself of their role. Choices, Choices, ChoicesLet's use this strategy to help us take a deeper look at how to use agency and action more readily in our practice.
Let’s take look at an example for those who might need a bit more inspiration Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:It’s only a great idea on paper until I share it with my team. This will put it into action.
Final Thoughts Something that came to my mind after our agency and action series. We live in a world of endless choices: what career we will choose, what colleges we want to attend, which cities we want to live in, and so forth. If we don’t get students to practice with making choices at a young age, they will struggle greatly to make informed choices when it truly matters. The last three episodes have been focused on applying our knowledge and understanding into our practice. This is so important if we want to make lasting change and grow in our practice. Reflection and application are never easy, because they often require us to change. As we know, change can be scary and daunting at times. My goal has been to get the dialogue started, so it’s easier for you to approach your team with tangible suggestions for improvement. See you in the next episode and hold on to that passion!
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