While students were enjoying the first day of Half-Term Break Thursday, teachers and administrators at BSB were doing some learning- becoming the students for a day of professional development!
Staff were visited by Andy Phillips, an educational consultant from England, who trained teachers on changes to the National Curriculum of England for 2014.
For teachers in the middle and high school, training sessions focused on an overview of the recent key changes to the National Curriculum, comparing new programmes of study against the existing ones.
Teachers also worked with Mr. Phillips to see how these changes will affect each subject area, and how they can work together to ensure there is consistency in assessment of student achievement and progress throughout all classrooms.
Maintaining consistency in student assessment was a major theme of the training, among the secondary and primary teachers.
Because BSB teaches children of all age levels, Mr. Phillips said, the school has a unique opportunity to ensure that assessment and curriculum are as consistent as possible throughout a child’s entire education. To achieve that, he said, it requires collaboration and communication among teachers, administrators and parents.
For Early Years and primary teachers, Thursday’s training sessions focused primarily on the aims of the changes to the National Curriculum of England, particularly those changes that affect teaching and learning of English and maths.
Teachers met in a large group for a few training sessions, then broke up into smaller groups to discuss how the curriculum changes will affect their classrooms and how the changes will impact student learning.
It was a great day of learning for our teachers that will help them serve BSB students even better!
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