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Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where experts and educators are interviewed on how best to improve our learning.

For the second season, our first episode of the International Curriculum Specialist Series focuses on Health and Wellbeing, particularly with social and emotional learning (or SEL). Lee Hendricks, Head of the International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) at Fieldwork Education, interviews lead author and Principal Scientific Advisor Molly Lawlor and Dido Balla, the Head of Education for MindUP, an evidence-based social-emotional learning program grounded in neuroscience.

Molly and Dido discuss what exactly is social and emotional learning (or SEL) and what it should look and feel like in the classroom. They share some of the key skills that every school should emphasise in an SEL curriculum or program. They also explain some strategies that have been found to be the most effective ways to reduce stress, something both educators and students can appreciate knowing and implementing in these challenging times.

For more resources and information about how your school can become an official MindUP member, complete online training, and deliver the program, check out the official website at mindup.org

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our twelfth episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews educators Colin Gear and Pam Naylor who have been instrumental in designing and writing new creative tasks in mathematics to provide authentic links to nine Big Ideas in the IMYC. Pam and Colin explain what Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs) are, how and when teachers should use them in the classroom, and ways to promote more rigour in the mathematics classroom. 

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our eleventh episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews educational expert Dr Barbara Blackburn to find out what rigour is and what it looks and feels like in a classroom. Barbara provides great strategies to instantly use with students, particularly with a focus on the mathematics classroom, and debunks the myth that “rigour is not for everyone.” With rigour, according to Barbara, the expectations and support we set for students are paramount for results.

For more information on Dr Barbara Blackburn’s latest work, check out www.barbarablackburnonline.com where you will find an array of articles, free activity templates from books, podcasts, and over 100 free resources for educators.

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our tenth episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews teacher and IMYC coordinator Amanda Hart at the Khartoum International Community School in Sudan about the Exit Point.  Amanda stresses the importance of planning for the Exit Point in advance, even before the unit begins, and how using collaborative technology tools and effectively organising the school timetable for meeting times are key to making the Exit Point a success. 

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our ninth episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews educational expert, Ron Berger, to find out why his passion has been focused on creating quality student work over many decades and the impact Ron's famous video of Austin's Butterfly has had as a symbolic model for critique and descriptive feedback in the classroom.

For more information on Ron Berger's latest work, visit ELeducation.org. 

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our eighth episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews teacher and IMYC coordinator Maurissa Horne at Precious Treasures International School in Turks and Caicos. Maurissa talks about the necessity of constant reflection and how it should be continuous both in the Research, Record, and Reflect mini-cycle to link subject tasks in the Process to Facilitate Learning along with the Overarching Reflection for each Big Idea. Reflection may not always come easy for students, as Maurissa points out, but with the right guidance, they can discover how concepts and ideas interlink, find personal meaning, and be agents in their own learning.

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our seventh episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews educator, author, and the founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation Erin Gruwell about the power of reflection, relationships, and relevance in education. With her passion and commitment, Erin transformed her students’ lives – by picking up pens, reflecting on their own struggles and experiences, and capturing them in writing. This ultimately led to the successful publication of her students’ stories in a book called the Freedom Writers Diary and then in 2007, became the basis for a feature film starring Hillary Swank playing Erin Gruwell.

For more information on Erin Gruwell’s work and if you would like to get involved and make a donation to her incredible foundation, please visit www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/.

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our sixth episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews IMYC coordinator and teacher Danielle Mashon from the Nord Anglia International School of Rotterdam (NAISR) in The Netherlands. Danielle breaks down how the mini-cycle of Research, Record, and Reflect in the Process to Facilitate Learning looks and feels like in the classroom and why it should be repeated for students to gain more depth and understanding. Danielle’s thoughts and analysis are insightful as she shares her experiences and ideas of how you can better scaffold learning and encourage student agency within the classroom.   

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our fifth episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews educational expert Malcolm Nicolson to further explore the IMYC Process to Facilitate Learning, particularly with the mini-cycle of Research, Record, and Reflect that can be repeated several times to deepen knowledge, skills, and understanding. Malcolm talks about the importance of agency in the learning process, so students, according to him, feel that education is something done with them in mind rather than to them.   

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our fourth episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews teacher and IMYC coordinator Maria Koutsoupaki from Futuraskolan International School in Stockholm, Sweden. Maria shares what some of her best practices are in which to plan and implement a Knowledge Harvest, or what some may call a preassessment, within a school. Maria provides practical strategies on how to structure and incorporate technology with the Knowledge Harvest. She also addresses common errors that teachers typically make in the Process to Facilitate Learning and highlights the importance of revisiting the Knowledge Harvest throughout the unit to check for new learning and understanding.

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our third episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews educational expert Jay McTighe. Jay discusses ways to differentiate in the classroom, how Understanding by Design can transform learning and teaching, and how important the Knowledge Harvest, or pre-assessment, is in the learning process. Jay also shares simple, effective strategies to assess knowledge along with misconceptions during the Knowledge Harvest.

For more information about Jay McTighe and his latest work, visit https://jaymctighe.com/

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our second episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews teacher and IMYC Coordinator Leighanne Small from Hillel Academy in Kingston, Jamaica on some of the great ways to plan, organise, and successfully implement an IMYC Entry Point within a school. The Entry Point is the way to kick off learning in a unit that is engaging, fun, and experiential for students. It is also a way for teachers to collaborate, link concepts among subjects, and promote planning as a group, so that middle school teachers do not find themselves isolated in their practice.

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association. 

Welcome to the International Curriculum Specialist Series where Fieldwork Education interviews both experts and educators on how best to improve our learning.

In our first episode, Lee Hendricks, Fieldwork Education's International Curriculum Manager for the Middle Years, interviews neurologist and educator Dr Judy Willis about ways to get students engaged in their learning. We find out how boredom affects the brain and behaviour in the classroom, why teachers should pay more attention to the neuroscience of learning, and how gamification works for students. Judy shares her decade's worth of research and insight, so you might want to take notes on what’s to come in this episode and also, the episodes that follow in our new International Curriculum Specialist Series.

For more information about Judy Willis and her latest work, visit https://www.radteach.com/

The International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC) has been developed by the International Curriculum Association (ICA). The ICA are the creators of the international curriculums of the IEYC, the IPC, and the IMYC and provide professional development and accreditation. For more information, please visit https://www.internationalcurriculum.com.

To find out the latest updates or share your thoughts on the series, connect with us via our socials on Twitter @IC_Association, Instagram @internationalcurriculum or Facebook and LinkedIn @International Curriculum Association.