An MYP / PYP Physical Education and Health Teacher.
Leadership
A personal interest and professional goal of mine is to develop my leadership skills, alongside finding meaningful ways to develop the leadership skills of my students. This page reflects on the leadership experiences I have had, and sessions I have led to bring interest and discussion to leadership in an IB setting.
Explicit Leadership in the PYP
Leadership Traits and the Adventure Challenges Unit
Through learning experiences, reflection, and taking action, Grade 5 students learned traits that effective leaders demonstrate while working through team challenges in our Adventure Challenges unit.
October 16th, 2022
Standalone Leadership Activities
Qualities of a Leader MYP Unit Plan
During the start to the school year online, upper MYP students explored how to explicitly become a better leader, exploring their own leadership abilities, and those of famous leaders.
December 1st, 2021
Year-Long Action Research
Developing Student Leadership through ATL Self-Reflection
Over the span of the 2020-21 school year I created explicit learning experiences, and focused self-reflection on how using Social and Self-Management skills can help develop leaders.
July 10th, 2021
Orientation Week Teacher Session
Shaping Student Leaders - Interactive Presentation
Using "The Student Leadership Challenge" five practices for exemplary student leaders, I led teachers through activities demonstrating how to develop student leaders by explicitly connecting with the learner profiles and ATL Skills.
August 18, 2020