Becoming part of the International Baccalaureate community is a challenging and serious undertaking. West Tualatin View School has not entered into this agreement lightly. It will involve at minimum two years of planning, curriculum writing, training, and assessment to just submit the application for authorization.
So why PYP? There are myriad reasons for implementing the Primary Years Programme at West TV. Using the PYP framework when designing curriculum helps teachers to foster students who:
Why PYP? With those reasons, I guess I would question why NOT PYP?
So why PYP? There are myriad reasons for implementing the Primary Years Programme at West TV. Using the PYP framework when designing curriculum helps teachers to foster students who:
- construct their own meaning and knowledge
- think critically
- develop research skills that will help them in secondary education
- ask challenging questions
- learn to communicate in many ways
- approach situations from multiple perspectives
- take responsibility for own learning
- become active in their communities
Why PYP? With those reasons, I guess I would question why NOT PYP?