Confessions of a PYP Teacher

By Lu Gerlach

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This podcast is for any teacher who is seeking for ways to enrich the learning in their classroom without breaking the bank. We will explore the simple steps on how to turn the traditional learning experience into one founded on practices of the PYP in 10 to 20 minute episodes. The PYP is part of the International Baccalaureate program, which focuses on developing the whole child by allowing students to create their own meaning from learning. If you’re not a PYP teacher, don’t worry. We’ll be sharing ideas that can be applied to your learning setting, because good practice can be used anywhere. https://thinkchat2020.weebly.com/podcast


Episode Date
C135 (Book Club): Creating an Alliance with our Learners (pg 88 -107)
Apr 23, 2024
C134 (Book Club): Supporting Culturally Responsive Relationships with our Learners (pg 72-87)
Apr 17, 2024
C133 (Book Club): Continuing to Become Aware of our Actions (pg 59-69)
Apr 08, 2024
C132 (Book Club): Becoming a Culturally Responsive Educator (pg 52-60)
Mar 19, 2024
C131 (Book Club): How Culture Effects the Brain (pg 36-51)
Mar 08, 2024
C130 (Book Club): Understanding the Power of Cultural Roots (pg 21-35)
Feb 28, 2024
C129 (Book Club): From Pedagogy of Poverty to Ready for Rigor (pgs 14- 20)
Feb 07, 2024
C128 (Book Club): Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain (pg 1-13)
Jan 25, 2024
C127 (Application): Making our Classrooms reflect the PYP journey
Jan 19, 2024
C126 (Application): Lessons from The Expert Effect
Jan 12, 2024
C125 (Application): Local and Global Inquiry in our Context
Jan 05, 2024
C124 (Application): Using Personal Inquiry in our Practice
Dec 29, 2023
C123 (Application): Our Learning Journey with ChatGPT
Dec 22, 2023
C122: How do learners visually represent their unit of inquiry journey?
Dec 14, 2023
C121: How do we guide learning through differentiation?
Oct 16, 2023
C120: How are we celebrating student voice through agency?
Jul 31, 2023
C119: What key and related concepts live here?
Apr 14, 2023
C118: How are our walls interactive and transdisciplinary?
Apr 01, 2023
C117: How do we show the expectations of a school within the classroom?
Mar 20, 2023
C116: How do we tickle our learner’s brains through our teaching and classroom walls?
Mar 14, 2023
C115: Creating a PYP Classroom Success Criteria
Mar 03, 2023
C114 (Book Club): Teach others as experts (pg 131-148)
Feb 23, 2023
C113 (Book Club): Students become the experts (pgs 91-130)
Feb 20, 2023
C112 (Book Club): Talking with Experts (pgs 59-90)
Feb 04, 2023
C111 (Book Club): Learning from Experts Near & Far (Pgs 29-58)
Jan 08, 2023
C110 (Book Club): Laying the foundation for the Expert Effect
Dec 07, 2022
C109: Local and Global Inquiry in the Early Years
Nov 25, 2022
C108: Local and Global Inquiry for Specialist and Supporting Teachers
Nov 21, 2022
C107: The Commonality of the Human Experience
Oct 24, 2022
C106: The Story Behind Local and Global Inquiry
Oct 17, 2022
C105: Going Local to Global (Part 2)
Oct 11, 2022
C104: From Local to Global (Part 1)
Oct 02, 2022
C103: Finding Experts in our Local Community
Sep 25, 2022
C102: Going from a Content Standard to a Local Issue
Sep 18, 2022
C101: The Properties of a Local Inquiry
Sep 11, 2022
C100 (Book Club): My Personal Inquiry Journey
Sep 05, 2022
C99 (Book Club): Reflecting on the Process & Taking Action
Sep 03, 2022
C98 (Book Club): Managing Personal Inquiries (Section 4)
Aug 28, 2022
C97 (Book Club): Documenting, Reflecting, Assessing, Sharing & Action (3.6-3.7)
Aug 23, 2022
C96 (Book Club): Supporting, Conferring, and Sustaining the Process (3.4-3.5)
Aug 18, 2022
C95 (Book Club): Lighting the Spark of Personal Inquiry to Proposing, Pitching, and Planning (3.1-3.3)
Aug 14, 2022
C94 (Book Club): Designing and Assessing our Inquiry Framework (2.6-2.8)
Aug 02, 2022
C93 (Book Club): Creating a Culture for Personal Inquiry (2.1-2.5)
Jul 31, 2022
C92 (Book Club): Why not PI, Sharing pictures of Practice, and Setting your Own Goal (1.4-1.6)
Jul 09, 2022
C91 (Book Club): What and Why of Personal Inquiry (1.1-1.3)
Jul 04, 2022
C90 (Application): Playing with the ATL
Jun 22, 2022
C89 (Application): Designing an Environment for Play
Jun 15, 2022
C88 (Application): Shaping Learning through the Environment
Jun 08, 2022
C87: Using Design Thinking with our Learners
Jun 01, 2022
C86 (Challenge): Evolving our Practice with POWR
May 24, 2022
C85 (Overview): How Do We Evolve Our Thinking?
May 23, 2022
C84 (Challenge):- Creating a Prototype with the CME Model from Pop-Up Studio
May 17, 2022
C83 (Overview): How Do We Create a Prototype?
May 16, 2022
C82 (Challenge): Learning to Ideate with the 4A's from Pop-Up Studio
May 09, 2022
C81 (Intro): What Does it Mean to Ideate?
May 08, 2022
C80 (Intro & Challenge): Define Your Problem with the Four Agreements
Apr 19, 2022
C79 (Challenge): Let's Empathize with the Four Agreements
Apr 12, 2022
C78 (Intro): What Does it Mean to Empathize?
Apr 11, 2022
C77: The Design Thinking Process
Apr 06, 2022
C76: Play versus Playfulness
Mar 30, 2022
C75: Engaging Play through a Conceptual Lesson Cycle
Mar 18, 2022
C74: Play in the Early Years
Feb 07, 2022
C73: The importance of Play
Jan 15, 2022
C72: The Relationship between the Learning Environment and Play
Dec 11, 2021
C71: Designing Other School Spaces
Dec 05, 2021
C70: Designing for Learners with Disabilities
Nov 12, 2021
C69: Designing for the Gifted Learner
Nov 06, 2021
C68: Designing for the Language Learner
Oct 30, 2021
C67: The Importance of Learning Space Design
Oct 02, 2021
C66: What's in a Name?
Sep 24, 2021
C65: Using Split-Screen Teaching to Spark Learning Goals
Sep 09, 2021
C64: Split-Screen Teaching with ATLs and Learner Profile
Sep 06, 2021
C63: Choosing Sub-Skills for our Units of Inquiry
Sep 04, 2021
C62: Self-Management Skills for Homeroom (1-6); Specialist & Supporting
Aug 29, 2021
C61: Self-Management Skills for Early Years (PK-K)
Aug 28, 2021
C60: Social Skills for Specialists & Support
Jul 09, 2021
C59: Social Skills for Elementary (1-6)
Jul 08, 2021
C58: Social Skills for Early Years (PK-K)
Jul 07, 2021
C57: Juneteenth (Giving a Voice to the Voiceless)
Jun 20, 2021
C56: Communication Skills for Specialist & Support
Jun 06, 2021
C55: Communication Skills for Elementary (1-6)
Jun 05, 2021
C54: Communication Skills for Early Years (PK-K)
Jun 04, 2021
C53: Research Skills for Specialists & Support
May 08, 2021
C52: Research Skills for Elementary (1-6)
May 07, 2021
C51: Research Skills for Early Years (PK-K)
May 06, 2021
C50: Thinking Skills for Specialist/Support
Apr 26, 2021
C49: Thinking Skills for Elementary (1-6)
Apr 25, 2021
C48: Thinking Skills for Early Years (PK-K)
Apr 24, 2021
C47: Understanding the ATL structure
Apr 09, 2021
C46: Approaches to Learning Overview
Apr 01, 2021
C45: Putting all the Pieces Together
Mar 26, 2021
C44 (Challenge): Performing a SWOT Analysis
Mar 19, 2021
C43 (Intro): Evaluating Transdisciplinary Learning
Mar 18, 2021
C42 (Challenge): Transdisciplinary Learning Across the School
Mar 14, 2021
C41 (Intro): Connecting with Specialist Teachers
Mar 13, 2021
C40 (Challenge): Creating Transdisciplinary Connections with Standards
Mar 04, 2021
C39 (Intro): Looking at Standards Differently
Mar 03, 2021
C38 (Challenge): Unpacking the Themes in the POI
Feb 24, 2021
C37 (Intro): Understanding the Transdisciplinary Theme Descriptors
Feb 23, 2021
C36 (Challenge): How Transdisciplinary Looks and Feels
Feb 17, 2021
C35 (Intro): Transdisciplinary Learning 101
Feb 17, 2021
C34 (Application): Agency and Action
Feb 10, 2021
C33 (Application): International Mindedness
Feb 03, 2021
C32 (Application): The Learner Profile
Jan 27, 2021
C31: Building Relationships with International Mindedness
Jan 20, 2021
C30: Creating an Internationally Minded School Mission
Jan 13, 2021
C29: Connecting Agency with International Mindedness
Jan 06, 2021
C28: Fostering International Mindedness Daily
Jan 01, 2021
C27: Connecting the Learner Profile with International Mindedness
Dec 25, 2020
C26: Using the Learner Profile to Build School Culture
Dec 18, 2020
C25: Guiding Behavior with the Learner Profile
Dec 11, 2020
C24: Embedding the Learner Profile into the Learning and Teaching
Dec 04, 2020
C23: A Time for Giving Thanks
Nov 26, 2020
C22: Embedding the Learner Profile into the Learning Space
Nov 21, 2020
C21: Learner Profile First Steps
Nov 03, 2020
C20: Tackling Learner Profile Misconceptions
Oct 30, 2020
C19: Framing of the PYP
Oct 26, 2020
C18: Assessing Agency and Action
Oct 23, 2020
C17: Taking Simple Actions Now
Oct 19, 2020
C16: Putting Action Together with the Golden Circle
Oct 13, 2020
C15: Unlocking Action at its Highest Level
Oct 09, 2020
C14: The Road Between Agency and Action
Oct 07, 2020
C13: Start Agency with 5 Easy Steps
Oct 06, 2020
C12: Agency Can Go Deeper with the SDGs
Oct 06, 2020
C11: Agency Deepens When We Take Ownership
Sep 26, 2020
C10: Agency Thrives When There is Choice
Sep 25, 2020
C9: Agency Requires our Unique Voice
Sep 23, 2020
C8: Agency Drives Inquiry
Sep 15, 2020
C7 (Challenge): Inquiry is a Process
Sep 14, 2020
C6 (Challenge): Evidencing the Inquiry
Jul 22, 2020
C5 (Challenge): Guiding the Inquiry
Jul 22, 2020
C4 (Challenge): Asking the Right Questions
Jul 22, 2020
C3 (Challenge): Inquiry Takes Careful Planning
Jul 22, 2020
C2 (Challenge): Defining our Focus in Inquiry
Jul 02, 2020
C1 (Challenge): Teaching Requires a Purpose
May 25, 2020