Learning On The Job

It’s been a long time since I’ve had the chance to write anything in this space. With the craziness that end-of-term and reports bring, plus winter holidays in Australia (3 weeks!) and Tet (1 week in Singapore), plus the everyday stuff of teaching, preparing, marking and (oh yeah!) being a parent, time is sparse in these parts.

But, I did want to say that in December I attended an intensive 4 day training in Singapore to prepare to become an MYP Mathematics Workshop Leader. It was a fantastic experience! I think I learned more about the MYP in those 4 days than I had in any given year. Plus, it was just amazing to be in a room full of people (Paula, Aubrey, Richard, Ray, Neil, Curtis, Ashish, Tue, Russell)  who are genuinely excited and positive about the programme (if you teach MYP, you know what I mean; if you don’t, let’s just say that not everybody is always on the same page).

I found out this week that I have been accepted into the world of Workshop Leaders and I hope to lead my very first workshop sometime in the next 6 months or so (but no guarantees).

I’m pretty amped!

Photo: Getty Grass Cartwheel by drgandy