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In this episode we talk to four DP students from Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon. All four are in their second year of the Diploma Programme and have done a great deal of reflecting upon what they have learned so far. They have determined that mental and emotional health are tied together and can be best maintained through communication among students, teachers and school leaders. While the Diploma Programme is definitely challenging, all four of these students have found ways to be successful and they would like to share what they have learned with our audience. I think you will see how universal the IB experience is and how their toolbox can also be useful to you and your students.

Thanks to Vikas and his students, Tara, Bahaar, Madhurya, and Vakshi.

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In this episode, we talk to author, Jason Ablin. His book, The Gender Equation in Schools: How to Create Equity and Fairness for all Students will be published in June 2022 and features many tools for teachers to use in beginning to create classrooms where all students feel empowered to be their best selves. Jason shares some of these tools and we hear stories of how he has worked with schools around the world on gender-aware teaching practices.

Links:
Twitter: @jasonablin

Facebook: @jasonablin.education

Instagram: jasonablin

Linkedin: Jason Ablin

Link to Jason's book on Amazon: The Gender Equation in Schools: How to Create Equity and Fairness for all Students 

Link to the book on Routledge (Discounted!): The Gender Equation in Schools: How to Create Equity and Fairness for all Students 

Website: Ablin Education

Blog Link: Educating Gender

Bio: With over thirty years in education and educational leadership, Jason Ablin has served as a teacher, department chair, principal, and head of school. He holds national certification in leadership coaching and mentoring from the National Association of School Principals and has supported and mentored new leaders throughout the country for over ten years. As an instructor at American Jewish University’s MA in Education and in school-based teacher workshops, he trains teachers to create gender aware classrooms and has taught year-long courses in the relationship between cognitive neuroscience and education. He is the founder and director of AJU’s Mentor Teacher Certification Program and consults with schools across the country supporting their efforts to become more gender aware and gender fair. Jason Ablin lives in Los Angeles for over thirty years with his wife and two daughters.

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In this episode we return talk to Vikas Pahwa. This time the conversation centers on leadership in IB and International schools. Vikas has recently contributed an article for an upcoming book on this subject and we found this to be a good opportunity to share our thoughts and experiences regarding great school leadership. 

By the way, if you are in Minnesota, our MNIB Leadership Award nomination form is available on the MNIB website and nominations for this year close on June 15th, 2022. The link is also below.

Some of Vikas' links and contact information:

LinkedIn - http://linkedin.com/in/vikas-pahwa-54b59ba2

Books:

1. GRIT - Angela Duckworth
2. 7 habits of highly effective people - Stephen Covey 
3. Collected Works: Khalil Gibran
4. A more Beautiful Question - Warren Berger
5. Leaders eat last - Simon Sinek
6. Deep Work - Cal Newport
7. The Value Compass - Dr. Mandeep Rai
8. Yearbook of Education
9. Digital Minimalism - Carl Newport
10. Developing the leaders around you - C.J Maxwell

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pascalbornet_inspiration-leadership-activity-6864796138881605632-yw9v

https://hbr.org/2021/11/becoming-a-more-humane-leader?utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

MNIB Leadership Award nomination form

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In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Dr. Aarti Bakshi of Pathways School in Noida, India. As you will hear, she is a very enthusistic counselor who has used every resource available - and few she conjured up - to create a positive school culture which brings the full nature of an IB education to fruition. Dr. Bakshi describes how she, along with teachers and school leaders, have created a model for building a culture which supports inquiry and student well-being. Be sure to check out the extensive list of resources in the podcast notes for how you can do the same.

Dr. Bakshi's links:

• https://www.saareducation.com/app/books/get_flip_book_preview/576
• Each worksheet is scaffolded with the videos, a peek
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jZwHm840X4
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7R6MRHmX3E

More Links:

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xVYT0umPbA
• Mindfulness at Pathways School https://blogs.ibo.org/sharingpyp/2017/06/13/how-teacher-and-counselor-join-forces/

Contact information:

• Twitter: @bakshiaarti
• Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarti-bakshi-b5447555
• Instagram: bakshi3033
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/bakshiaarti?_rdr
• Email: [email protected]

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In this episode,  we talk to Era Dogra about her role as a coordinator of the social emotional learning programs in her school. Listeners will hear how she and her team have implemented necessary supports for students experiencing a lack of personal connections while they are learning in isolation from home. They have found that, by making the programs customized to their school context, the changes they have made will actually be useful even when they return to in-person classrooms.

Era's links:

• https://seelearning.emory.edu/node/5
• https://casel.org/
• https://www.schoolday.com/en/

If you are ready to be a part of the podcast and want to share some aspect of your educational practice, we encourage you to reach out by emailing us at [email protected] or DM us on twitter @MattersIB.

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 In this episode, we talk to Shradha Narayanan from Toddle about the upcoming Inquiry Educators Summit (TIES). This will be third time they have offered this event but there are many changes in place for this version. In particular, this time there will be pre-conference meet-ups and then ongoing follow-up sessions for several months after the main event.

TIES is back for its third and largest edition yet. Designed to be a festival of learning like no other, TIES 2022 will feature 100+ phenomenal thinkers and doers across 10+ unique session formats. 

Head to www.toddleapp.com/ties now to get your All Access Pass!

As listeners of the IB Matters Podcast, you can get upto 20% off on TIES 2022 Passes by using the discount code TIES2022IBM at the checkout.

So hurry and get your All Access Pass today! 

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In this episode we talk to 5 students from Ebenezer International School in Bangalore, India and their Environmental Systems and Societies (ESS) teacher Bhavya Prabu. These students have created a CAS Project based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (known as the UN SDG’s). They mentor younger students to learn about particular SDG’s and then help them develop TED Talk format speeches for their peers. To make it even more challenging they have done this while never setting foot in the school or meeting their mentee students face to face.

This project illustrates the extraordinary young people who take on the Diploma Programme. Each of these students deserves a huge salute for their service to others and their commitment to making the world a better place. 

As a privacy precaution, the students’ school has asked that listeners fill out a form if you would like to see their web page for this project.

Link to access the website: Google form. (Sorry this link is coming soon)

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In this episode of we return to talk to Vikas Pahwa about the IB approach to teaching Geography. His experience with both the MYP and DP makes him a good ambassador for the subject.

Vikas has a deep respect, understanding, and appreciation for Geography and he makes a great case for including the subject as one of your options in Group 3 of the Diploma Programme. 

Some of Vikas' links:

Geography Pods

The Geographer online

National Geographic

Geography All the Way

Open Geography

Books mentioned in the Podcast:

Prisoners of Geography
The History of Geography
All Possible Worlds: History of Geographical Ideas.
The revenge of Geography
Views of Nature
The Great Arc

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In this episode we talk to Lucia Figar and Barry Cooper of The Global College in Madrid, Spain. They are two of the principal figures in the startup of this brand new IB School based on entrepreneurship. It will be a unique member of the IB community but it has all of the key attributes every new IB school requires: a rigorous and well-planned curriculum, a caring and dedicated staff and a mission aligned to the principles guiding all IB Schools. 

You can learn much more about The Global College, or even look into enrolling there, by going to their website using link below.

The Global College website

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In this episode we talk to Bhavya Prabu about the IB approach to teaching and learning science from MYP to DP.  Bhavya has experience teaching in both the Diploma Programme and the Middle Years Programme so she has an excellent perspective for this discussion.

We talk about the structure and requirements of a couple of DP science courses, specifically Biology and ESS. But we also get into the philosophy of the IB approach and how the skill building seen in the MYP leads to success later on in the DP.

Bhavya has generously shared a number of teacher resources and examples which you can find in our podcast notes,below.

Bhavya on LinkedIn

Bhavya (webinar) on  Personalised learning https://www.gotostage.com/channel/c8b871e752324ccd95f03faefcf04293/recording/4772e0274dd14afd9388764c6a1a3c3f/watch

(blog):IB ATL

https://www.managebac.com/blog/strategies-for-fostering-the-ib-approaches-to-learning-atl-in-myp-and-dp-classrooms

Integrating Personalised Backward Design Model in Scientific  Teaching for the New Normal  

Blended Learning presentation

Websites for educators( New to teaching The IBDP course)

For Biology

https://ib.bioninja.com.au/

https://www.youtube.com/user/misterleescience/featured

https://www.youtube.com/user/SCScienceVid/featured

https://www.biologyforlife.com/

For ESS

https://mrkremerscience.com/ess/

https://sites.google.com/a/wis.edu.hk/ess/

https://sciencesauceonline.com/ibess/

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