The+Role+of+the+PYP+Teacher

media type="custom" key="26626156"Below are the suggested questions and resources to accompany the October 8th and 9th, 2014 #pypchats.

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Possible Discussion Questions:

 * 1) How would you describe the role of the PYP classroom teacher in 5 words?
 * 2) How do your beliefs and values affect your role?
 * 3) When do you get really excited in the classroom?
 * 4) What would be your ideal vision for the role of the single subject teacher?
 * 5) What are the benefits and challenges of team-teaching in the PYP?
 * 6) How do you cater for differing needs, while ensuring the IB requirement of class teacher being responsible for the learning?
 * 7) How do teachers' personality traits affect teaching and learning?
 * 8) What roles do teachers play in collaborative planning in teams of different sizes?
 * 9) How is the role is the second language teacher both rewarding and challenging?

Resources:
The Teacher Personality, blog post by Sam Sherratt [|Inquiry and the 'Specialist' Teacher], blog post by Kath Murdoch [|The Teacher's Role in an Inquiry-Centred Classroom], blog post by Mr. Rice Do You have the Personality to be an Inquiry-Based Teacher, web article by Thom Markham, Mindshift How do inquiry teachers teach? by Kath Murdoch This is how inquiry teachers teach by @whatedsaid

** Resources from the AP Chat on 9th October **
[|YouTube Video] - Spoken word by Suli Breaks [|The Fragmentation of Learning] - blog post by Sam Sherratt and Chad Walsh [|8 ways teachers can talk less and get kids talking more] - blog post by Angela Watson [|Coaching - the history and development]

** Resources from the Americas Chat on 9th October **

 * TED Talk: Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level. []
 * "When the implicit message contradicts the explicit message, the implicit message is likely to win out" [|#RonRitchhart] [|#]
 * First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy [|http://youtu.be/fW8amMCVAJQ]
 * Modelling learning for students - blog post by Craig Dwyer: [|An Idea: Should I Do My Own Exhibition?]