New Teachers

First Year Teaching the PYP: What I Wish I’d Known at the Start

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So, You’re New to the PYP? If this is your first year teaching the PYP, let me start by saying: you’ve got this. I’m genuinely excited for you—because while the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) can feel like a whirlwind of new acronyms, planning templates, and philosophical quotes from Dewey and Piaget, it’s also one […]

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First Year of Teaching: 11 Practical Tips for a Smoother Start

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Starting your first year of teaching is like stepping onto a rollercoaster that’s already moving. You’re excited, nervous, hopeful, overwhelmed—and somehow still eager to do it all perfectly. I’ve been there. I had just come out of a fantastic teacher prep program in university, ready to change lives… and then I stepped into my very

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