Approaches to Reporting in the PYP – Panel Discussion

Mihai Catrinar, Srinanda Gupta, Zita Joyce and Rezuan Chowdhury

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Often fraught with misconceptions, Progress Reports are almost mystical. What is the right way to report? Is there one right way? What is an authentic report?

Join experienced IB educators, Mihai Cartinar and Rezuan Chowdhury, along with PYP Coordinators, Zita Joyce and Srinanda Gupta as we discuss how PYP schools around the world are approaching progress reports in 2021. Discover diverse perspectives, access best practices, and get strategies to make Progress Reports valuable for all members of the teaching and learning community!

Key Objectives

Dissect diverse approaches to Progress Reports through authentic examples.
Listen to how PYP educators and school leaders across the world make reports.
Explore best practices and strategies to make reporting valuable for all members of the learning community.

Speakers

Mihai Catrinar

Experienced PYP Educator

Srinanda Gupta

Assistant Principal and PYP Coordinator, Dwight School London

Zita Joyce

PYP Coordinator, Stonehill International School

Rezuan Chowdhury

Experienced PYP Educator

Disclaimer - This event is organised independently of and not endorsed by the IB. Toddle’s events and webinars are organised to enable an exchange of practices and ideas within the educator community and are not a replacement for official IB workshops. Views and opinions expressed by the speakers are their personal views and should not be construed as official guidance by the IB. Please seek assistance from your school’s IB coordinator and/or refer to official IB documents before implementing shared ideas and strategies in your classroom.

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Mihai Catrinar

Mihai Catrinar is a passionate IB PE educator who enjoys taking students on a purposeful journey to self-improvement. As an IB educator he enjoys building meaningful and engaging learning environments for his students while integrating the latest technology. He holds a BA in Physical Education and a Master of Arts in Technology, Education and Learning. Mihai has over 14 years of international experience working in the Middle East and South-East Asia. In his current position, Mihai promotes student’s global awareness and understanding of sport values. He is a Learning that Transfers Endorsed Educator, where he promotes a culture of transfer with a growing team of like-minded educators from all around the world. Mihai blogs at FitnwitPE and he tweets @fitnwitpe

Srinanda Gupta

Srinanda is a passionate PYP educator and school leader with over 17 years of experience across many international schools. She is now fulfilling the role of the Assistant Principal and PYP Coordinator at Dwight School London. Her core beliefs about education are respecting young minds and nurturing them to think beyond the obvious. Srinanda enjoys spending time with children and listening to them. Having 'conversations' with children, taking the time out on a busy day to play tag, respecting their individual personalities and their work, showing them 'you care' are a few things she loves doing for her children. Srinanda never has Monday morning blues!

Zita Joyce

Zita Joyce is currently the PYP co-ordinator at Stonehill International School, Bangalore. With a total of 13 years of experience in this role, she has successfully lead teaching teams across multiple countries including the UK, Slovakia, and Malaysia. As a co-ordinator, she strives to push her thinking abilities while offering her teams endless opportunities to collaborate and empower themselves to become agents of their own learning.

Rezuan Chowdhury

Rezuan is an IB facilitator at Abdul Kadir Molla International School, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration and began teaching in the IB in 2010. He believes in sharing and learning through research in education, and his articles “Impact of COVID on Online Teaching Platform: Study on IB Curriculum in Bangladesh” and "Impact of E learning in the education sector: Challenges and prospects of collaboration in remote learning” have been published in the USA and Malaysia respectively. He has led several student workshops globally and is passionate about making students agentic learners.

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Approaches to Reporting in the PYP – Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion on Approaches to Progress Reports

Often fraught with misconceptions, Progress Reports are almost mystical. What is the right way to report? Is there one right way? What is an authentic report?

Join experienced IB educators, Mihai Cartinar and Rezuan Chowdhury, along with PYP Coordinators, Zita Joyce and Srinanda Gupta as we discuss how PYP schools around the world are approaching progress reports in 2021. Discover diverse perspectives, access best practices, and get strategies to make Progress Reports valuable for all members of the teaching and learning community!

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