PYP Companion Planner

The PYP Companion Planner is designed as an individual companion for IB teacher collaborative lesson planning. For New PYP Educators The PYP Companion Planner guides your planning in a way that is true to planning principles. The unique folding system means that the key aspects of your unit are always visible. With quick guides at your fingertips and planning templates that prompt pedagogically sound lesson design, the PYP Companion Planner supports your entry to transdisciplinary learning and teaching. For Experienced PYP Educators The PYP Companion Planner offers a flexible weekly timetable that adapts to your planning needs and the needs of your classroom. There is space for reflections that are pertinent to each unit and prompts to deepen your collaborative conversations. This is a place to keep all of your personal notes, in relation to your team planning. PYP Leaders or Coordinators Order the PYP Companion Planner for your teaching team. The PYP Companion Planner supports great conversations during planning meetings. Use the year-long planning templates for your program of inquiry, support teams of teachers to fine-tune their integrated lessons with the transdisciplinary learning pages, and use items in the appendix as focused prompts. When teachers use the PYP Companion Planner, program leaders can be sure that teachers are prepared and that conversations are focused. What gives the PYP Companion Planner the edge in planning? *Unique initial planning meeting pages that support the ethos of the IB *Purposeful design and language for PYP Educators *Unique 'fold-over' design for each unit *Up to 6 units (up to 8 weeks each) *Designed for new and experienced educators *Fueled by teachers and learners *High-quality print and binding Contains dedicated pages for... *Instructional pages (Suggestions for how to use the planner) *Initial planning notes (provocations, pre-assessment, environmental considerations…) *Purposeful PYP transdisciplinary planning *Formative assessment possibilities *Weekly lesson plans *Unit reflections *Year-long unit planning *Class schedules *Class birthdays *Quick guides for IB terminology *Professional development records *Goals *Space for additional notes To reach out to us, please visit companionplanners.com or email [email protected]