SCAVENGER HUNT

GET ACADEMIC

Share a recently published academic article or journal in your subject area that you would like to read and why.

The article I would like to read is called ‘The importance of integrating technology within the PYP program - implementing innovations within International Schools’ by Mario Maxwell Muller. I want to read this article because, as somebody that is new to IB, I need to know how to integrate technology into the subjects I teach.  Understanding how to use technology in the classroom allows for better student engagement and creativity in the classroom.

DEVELOP PROFESSIONALLY

Share an upcoming conference or academic event that you would like to participate in and why.

An upcoming workshop that I would like to attend is an online workshop done by the IBO on ‘Approaches to Learning’. By learning more about how students learn they will become more engaged and motivated in the classroom.

BUILD LIFE SKILLS

Host a scavenger hunt activity for your students on life skills or social-emotional learning and take a picture of items collected by students.

During SEL (Social-emotional learning) class, we had a fun scavenger hunt. In this activity students would look and think about what they are grateful for and then take a picture of it. As stated in the activity details, when students are able to reflect and remember things they are thankful for, it helps them build empathy, connection, kindness and social awareness. Here is a photo taken by a student of something that helps them relax (teddy bear/calm down corner).

CREATE AWARENESS

Implement an activity with students to overcome any one stereotype towards culture, ethnicity, gender, or learning differences.

This activity was called ‘Just because…Stereotypes Poem’. In this activity students thought about some of the stereotypes they have come across in life and online. Students thought about how these stereotypes apply to them, if they were true for them, or if they challenged them. They then created a poem addressing stereotypes by sharing things that are true about themselves.

CREATE A MEMORY

Take a picture with your cohort with any educational prop.

This is a photo of my cohort during our weekly zoom virtual class.

FIND COMMON GROUND

Show pictures of a hobby or interest that you share with a teacher colleague at your school.  (e.g. pictures of you and your colleague trekking).

This is a picture of me and some colleagues with our rugby team after a weekday training session.

GET SOCIAL

Add a post on the Twitter hashtag #tncohort or on the Facebook Cohorts community page with one important thing you learned during your clinical practice.

I added the below message onto the TEACH-NOW Community's Facebook page.
"The most important thing I learned during my clinical practice is the value of creating meaningful connections between what is being learned in the class to real-life situations in the real world."

SHARE AN ACHIEVEMENT

Share the biggest learning challenge you faced in the program and how you overcame the challenge.

The biggest challenge I faced during the program was starting clinical practice while simultaneously starting a new role at a new school that taught a curriculum that was unfamiliar to me. 
I overcame this challenge with the support of a wonderful virtual mentor who was always encouraging me, while giving solid recommendations that I will continue to implement long after the course is over.

GET PERSONAL

Share one professional ethic that you always live by.