Faculty/Staff in the PYP:
The entire school faculty and staff strive to create a safe, caring atmosphere where students can learn and thrive. As a whole, we work together toward common goals as evidenced in SBDM minutes and agendas as well as the School Improvement Plan.
Browse the following links to become familiar with our Faculty and Staff here at Young and what their roles are:
An explicit expectation of the PYP is that successful inquiry will lead to responsible action, initiated by the students as a result of the learning process. This action may extend the students’ learning, or it may have a wider social impact. Both inquiry and action will clearly look different within each age group and from one age range to the next.
To support the students’ learning in the PYP, Young will:
• ensure that the curriculum promotes students making connections, thinking conceptually and critically, and reflecting on their own learning
• ensure support is available for students with diagnosed special needs
• ensure the balance between transdisciplinary and disciplinary learning
• ensure that the knowledge component of the school curriculum is worth knowing
• encourage the use of inquiry as a pedagogical approach
• ensure that the curriculum provides opportunities for student-initiated actions
• ensure that assessment, in the form of feedback, helps students to think about how they learn and to become more proficient and self-directed
• ensure that summative assessment in a unit of inquiry is an effective way of assessing each student’s understanding of the central idea
• ensure that students know and understand the assessment criteria.