MYP Roundtable Agenda - Sample

Sample agenda:

First meeting (in Google Meet - synchronous) 60 minutes 

1. Introduce facilitator(s) and participants

• Introduce the Google Classroom platform to ensure participants are familiar with the system

• Show participants where to get answers about Google Classroom and how to access it for future use and collaboration

2. Norm setting: As a facilitator, please keep the group discussion positive with a problem-solving attitude. 

3. Review any changes to guides, requirements, or processes

4. Review Further guidance and/or Teacher Support Materials (TSM)

5. Allow participants to share things from official IBO trainings or conferences

6. Create groups to work together between meetings

First Interim (Collaboration in groups arranged in 1st meeting)

• Work in small groups on items that are concerns for different participants

• Look for sample summative tasks

• Brainstorm solutions and/or look for resources on MY IB

Second meeting (in Google Meet - synchronous) 60 minutes

7. Begin with concerns and solutions from interim group work

8. Criterion carousel (what task do you use to assess each of the criteria?)

9. Evaluation of summative task (using Evaluating MYP Unit Planners)  

Second Interim (Collaboration in groups arranged in 1st or 2nd meeting) 

• Share various curriculum activities and resources

• Network around the different components of summative task creation

• Create a list of questions for the group for the next meeting

Third meeting (in Google Meet - synchronous) 60 minutes

10. Teacher questions and issues from interim work

11. Share curriculum resources used for class

12. Share ideas for formative assessments

13. Share course syllabi and units

Third Interim (Collaboration in groups arranged in earlier meetings) 

• Share student work and collectively grade  (standardization of scoring)

• Create a list of questions for the group for the final meeting

Fourth  (final) meeting (in Google Meet - synchronous) 60 minutes

14. Teacher questions and issues from interim work

15. Discuss and brainstorm ways that teachers integrate the learner profile, inquiry and/or ATL into the course

16. Arrange for voluntary follow-up to share resources, create or modify assignments and unit planners as is appropriate toward the end of the roundtable.