What can IB World Schools do now?
1) Send us your examples
We encourage IB World Schools and teachers to share current work and activities that relate to sharing our humanity. We are interested in all types of ways in which the issues of the theme are currently being addressed – from small-scale changes teachers have made to their normal teaching, to larger scale service projects.
Reports can be sent to communitytheme@ibo.org
2) Offer guidance and suggestions to schools on addressing the theme
The IB is working to identify individuals in schools who could provide ideas and suggestions on how the theme can be addressed (or is being addressed already) within their normal teaching. Short papers, attributed to the authors, will be posted online when the new online environment is launched. It is planned to cover each principal teaching area / subject in each programme.
People who would like to put themselves forward to prepare such a paper in their teaching area are invited to send details, including teaching area, language of instruction, and a brief outline of what they would cover in such a paper. (There will, of course, be opportunity for any teacher to post ideas and suggestions online in any language).
Please write to us at communitytheme@ibo.org by October 15.
3) Become better informed about the global issues of the theme, and how they can be addressed in schools.
There is a great deal available on the worldwide web and we would encourage you to research these global issues as much as you can. Here are two links, relating to global issues more generally.
Cool planet
Oxfam’s Cool Planet for Teachers website contains a great deal of relevant resources, including teaching materials
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet
International Global Citizen’s award
International Global Citizen’s award website which links to selected websites in various countries
www.globalcitizensaward.org
(The IB is not responsible for the content of external sites. Links do not constitute any endorsement, and none should be inferred)
Please email communitytheme@ibo.org with any questions or comments
IB World
The IB is aware that many IB World Schools and teachers are already engaged in activities – inside and outside the classroom - which are relevant to the topics of the theme.
Some have already featured in IB World.
