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#DPChat: Global, roaming, supportive chat to share teaching ideas related to the IBDP 🌎🌍🌏. PM if you would like to host.

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Is nothing happening in the #ibdp world? TOK? EE? CAS? Subject specific? This place could be YOURS to share ideas. DM for details.

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Zoe Badcock checking out (it's November). Who's next for taking on DPChat? What do you think about the DP Review?

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Q3: Would a mastery style transcript complement an
@IB_DP education?
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@MrGSciencebitz @kbilkha @katca0500 Often the challenges of IA management are because some teachers haven't planned to give themselves enough time to turn around the feedback and so students don't have enough time to adequately respond to the feedback. It's not the only challenge but it's one of them.

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Q1: How do you help manage tests in the DP? Do you help avoid conflicts with your IA assessment calendar?

[Nigel Gardner @MrGSciencebitz]

@kbilkha @dp_chat @katca0500 and always same teachers... so what would happen if students could miss a culminating if it is not published?? how would teachers react? would it alter educator actions? would be an interesting piece of action research

[KB @kbilkha]

@MrGSciencebitz @dp_chat @katca0500 I get my teachers complete cal at the beginning of the year. Then I ensure to prompt deadlines and follow up if they are meeting it or not. I think, many times you hv to treat Ts like kids and remind. This year I am thinking of linking cal with Google cal for auto reminders 😂

[Nigel Gardner @MrGSciencebitz]

@kbilkha @dp_chat @katca0500 i'm not thinking in terms of student submission, but rather if teachers do not give the correct notice or do not add an assessment to the cal - then students could refuse to complete it. its an interesting mind piece of fostering student agency

[KB @kbilkha]

@MrGSciencebitz @dp_chat @katca0500 Yes, we emphasise on giving enough time and prior notices. Though largely followed, cal is tentative and we keep margin of uncertainty and exceptions. There are always few late subs and we accept that. However, teachers keep track and send reminders to minimise these.

[Nigel Gardner @MrGSciencebitz]

@kbilkha @dp_chat @katca0500 must have at least two weeks notice, not be on a day with more than one other culminating for any one studnet and be published in the cal. But the cal bit is always the problematic part, not massively...but

[Nigel Gardner @MrGSciencebitz]

@kbilkha @dp_chat @katca0500 I inherited an IA Calendar template in around 2006 that had been the backbone of all my planning ever since... But have at times toyed with the idea of giving agency to students.. An culminating task (end of unit etc)

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@katca0500 3) Ensure students have seen the full battery of IB assessments. It always amazes me that some subject teachers have not practiced every element in full - partly due to time pressures too.

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@katca0500 Do you mean the mock exams before the final DP Exams? We do them in February. They serve a few purposes. 1) As a tool for PGs to IB in April - IB have been asking for mock exam evidence as back up recently.

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@katca0500 2) They act as a practice for both students and invigilators. Smoothing out exam rough edges and ensuring a good run in May. The May exams are less stressful than the February Mock version - more spaced out and calmer.

[KB @kbilkha]

@katca0500 @dp_chat Hey Katherine, so the template has all subjects written in a first row and the column has months and weeks. Teachers put up IA/IOC practice/drafts/finals tentative weeks for their respective subject. Since they can see each other’s timeline they are mindful to avoid clash.

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Q2: What strategies are being used for low stakes spaced retrieval and avoiding the reporting crunch of deadlines?

[KB @kbilkha]

@dp_chat @IB_DP @ISZL Hi everyone, I am Khadija, DPC since 3 years @ilmesters , we have officially started offering DP this year. Previously have taught DP Biology for two years.

[KB @kbilkha]

@dp_chat Teachers make sure no IA draft/final falls in the same week. Also final submission falls in dif months and try to complete most IAs by the end of first term in DP-2 with exceptions of Lang lit, ToK.