IB MYP ATL Skills Meet-Up | April 30th, 2022 | Toddle Learn

Nadia Abdallah and Anshu Sharma

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The IB MYP is driven by the approaches to learning (ATL) skills. Each of these defined skill categories help students become better learners both inside and outside the classroom. Making the ATL skills come alive requires mindful planning and balancing teaching of content with the teaching of skills. The sessions at this Meet-Up were led by experienced MYP educators to help you better understand how you can help your students develop crucial ATL skills, embed these skills in your subject curricula, and unpack insights for mapping skill progression across the five years of the MYP at your school.

Meet-Up objectives:

Learn how to select and align ATLs with subject-specific objectives
Design your own learning experiences to explicitly teach ATLs
Explore pathways for curriculum mapping with ATLs

Session overviews

Session 1

ATL Skills in MYP Unit Planners

Ensuring that all components of an MYP unit planner, particularly the ATL skills, align with one another is key to making the planner authentic. Watch experienced MYP educator and consultant, Nadia Abdallah, as she dives into the importance of aligning ATL skills with subject objectives to create meaningful learning experiences for students. Learn how to construct ATL statements and walk away with handy resources to help you select relevant ATL skills for your subject.

Session 2

Curriculum Mapping with ATLs

When you’re mapping your MYP curriculums, it is important to ensure that relevant ATL skills are being selected and incorporated across all subjects in a balanced way. Moreover, schools need to ensure that students have opportunities to demonstrate progression in each skill over the years. Watch Anshu Sharma as she simplifies ATL mapping for schools and explore how you can design robust ATL maps across subjects. Learn from Anshu’s experiences as an MYP coordinator as she walks you through her process of undertaking ATL mapping with teaching teams. Most exciting of it all – you’ll also be able to view sample ATL mapping templates to use with your teaching teams!

Speakers

Nadia Abdallah

Educational Consultant

Anshu Sharma

MYP Coordinator

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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Nadia Abdallah

Nadia Abdallah holds a B.A in English from Montclair State University, an M.A in Adult Education from the University of Phoenix and is currently working on a doctorate in TESOL Education at the University of Exeter. Nadia is also an IB workshop leader and examiner and a team visitor for the Council of International Schools (CIS). She has published articles regarding standardized testing and bilingual education, and is a firm believer in equal access to education. With over 15 years of teaching and coaching experience, Nadia has held positions such as IB English teacher, IBMYP Coordinator and most recently, K-12 Director of Teaching and Learning, Chair of the CIS Committee, Head of the English Department (K-12) and MYP Principal.

Anshu Sharma

With over 14 years of experience across PYP, MYP & DP, Anshu currently serves as MYP Coordinator at Pathways School Noida, India. She strongly believes in the strength of student agency and is committed to building teacher efficacy as a leader. She is an approved NEASC visiting team member and has successfully led schools through the MYP authorization process.

Approaches to Learning Skills, Curriculum Planning

MYP ATL Skills Meet-Up

The MYP is driven by the approaches to learning (ATL) skills. Each of these defined skill categories help students become better learners both inside and outside the classroom. Making the ATL skills come alive requires mindful planning and balancing teaching of content with the teaching of skills. At this Meet-Up, you will join experienced MYP educators to better understand how you can help your students develop crucial ATL skills, embed these skills in your subject curricula, and unpack insights for mapping ATL skill progression across the five years of the MYP at your school.