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Kirsten Durward Professional Development

Deepen understanding.
Strengthen the programme.

Professional learning that gets beneath the language of the framework and into the quality of teaching, learning and collaborative practice.

PYP guidance

Considering or beginning
the PYP?

I guide school leaders through the PYP framework, what it means for their school and the practical moves that support successful implementation.

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Support can include:

  • Understanding the PYP framework and its implications for learning, teaching and leadership
  • Identifying curriculum, organisational and professional learning priorities
  • Working through how the PYP can align with national curriculum requirements and expectations
  • Building shared understanding across the leadership team
  • Planning realistic first steps and a pathway for development
“Thank you very much for such an engaging workshop. Your knowledge of PYP, change management and student agency was insightful and very helpful.”

— Workshop participant

Already embedded in the PYP?

Dig deeper into
the pedagogy and practices.

Choose an area your school wants to explore in depth, strengthen or approach differently.

PYP-aligned professional learning connects the principles of the programme with the realities of practice. We work through examples from your school, examine what is currently happening and develop practical ways to move forward.

PYP-aligned ignition points

Where do you want to
strengthen practice?

These are starting places for deeper work — not preset PYP workshops. Begin with a programme priority or an area of practice your school wants to strengthen, then connect the professional learning with your Programme Development Plan.

Constructing Inquiry

Explore how inquiry is constructed through purposeful questions, disciplinary learning, conceptual connections and opportunities for learners to investigate and think.

Conceptual Learning

Strengthen how concepts shape planning and learning, inform central ideas and lines of inquiry, and build understanding that learners can connect and transfer.

Assessment Practices

Explore how assessment can involve learners, reveal thinking and inform feedback, feedforward and responsive teaching within the PYP.

Transdisciplinary Learning

Work through how meaningful connections can be developed across disciplines while protecting the knowledge and practices that give each discipline substance.

Developing Agency & Action

Explore how learning environments, teaching practices and ATL skills support learners to make purposeful choices, take greater ownership and move towards meaningful action.

PYP professional learning

Your programme.
Your context.
Your next steps.

Start with where your school is now. Connect professional learning with your Programme Development Plan, annual goals and programme priorities, then shape the next steps around your context and practice.

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