Reflecting as an Assessment Capable Practitioner

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Mary Kay Polly and Yuni Santosa
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About the Talk

As PYP educators, assessments are constantly on our mind! Everyday assessments inform inquiry, guide teaching, and help us build a successful learning environment. Join PYP Coordinators Yuni Santosa and Mary Kay Polly to reflect on and rethink our assessment practice. Begin wih the purpose of assessments, thinking both about why we assess and what we assess. Next, deep dive into the assessment process. Come away with concrete strategies on how you could assess learning in your classes.

Key Objectives 

Reflect and rethink our assessment practice by focusing on:

  1. The purpose of assessment: why we assess & what we assess
  2. The assessment process: what we do when we assess

Speakers
Mary Kay Polly
PYP Coordinator, Sandnes International School, Norway
Yuni Santosa
PYP Coodinator
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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Mary Kay Polly
Mary Kay is the PYP Coordinator at Sandnes International School in Norway. She has worked as a classroom teacher, ICT Coach and Teacher Librarian in the US, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. Mary Kay is passionate about teacher training and works with teachers around the world to make their classroom pracitces more inquiry driven.
Yuni Santosa
Yuni Santosa has been a PYP educator since 2005. She has worked at PYP schools in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Norway and Germany and has taught kindergarten and all the way up to grade 4. Currently, she co-teaches Grade 4 and is a PYP Coordinator at an IB school in Germany. Yuni is an IB Online Facilitator and has led PYP online workshops since 2015 and in addition to that, she is also a part of the IB Educator Network.
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Reflecting as an Assessment Capable Practitioner
As PYP educators, assessments are constantly on our mind! Everyday assessments inform inquiry, guide teaching, and help us build a successful learning environment. Join PYP Coordinators Yuni Santosa and Mary Kay Polly to reflect on and rethink our assessment practice. Begin wih the purpose of assessments, thinking both about why we assess and what we assess. Next, deep dive into the assessment process. Come away with concrete strategies on how you could assess learning in your classes.