Author: Heather Michael

Heather Michael is an IB Coordinator at Citadel High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia and holds a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition to her decade of classroom teaching in Nova Scotia, she spent two years as a literacy coach based out of New York. She is a workshop leader and professional development facilitator for the IB. Her research interests include equitable access to advanced academic programs, spatial theory and adolescent lived experiences, arts-based research practices, adolescent literacies, and the experiences of students in the IB Diploma Program specifically relating to TOK, CAS and the EE.

Combining International Mindedness, Interdisciplinary Instruction and Service Learning in the IB Classroom

9 November 2021 Heather Michael Teaching Adults, Teaching Teens, Young Learners Leave a comment

The International Baccalaureate (IB) focuses on teaching the value of perspectives, ideas, and connections from around the world. Whether you’re new to the IB, an IB educator, or are familiar with another curriculum framework, you probably know that it’s a challenge to think about how to take a big idea