At iLEAD we feel it is important to show our learners and teach our learners about other cultures and other languages by exposing them to the interrelationships, both economically, politically and culturally, that influence our activities in America.
This has to start with the youngest of children, to begin to show them what the world is about. International education is probably the most important thing. It includes teaching foreign languages, so that our learners are prepared to be able to work and travel in other countries. iLEAD will offer Spanish, Korean and Chinese language and culture instruction. Beginning with one language and then building the program to include others.
As an international school, iLEAD will begin the process to become an International BaccalaureateŽ (IB) Primary Years Program (PYP) Students in the 21st century are faced with the challenge of learning about an interconnected world where knowledge is constantly developing. The International BaccalaureateŽ (IB) Primary Years Programme prepares students to be active participants in a lifelong journey of learning.
More information about the International BaccalaureateŽ PYP program (from ibo.org):
What is the Primary Years Programme?
The IB Primary Years Programme, for students aged 3 to 12, focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside.
The written curriculum
The most significant and distinctive feature of the IB Primary Years Programme is the six transdisciplinary themes.
These themes are about issues that have meaning for, and are important to, all of us. The programme offers a balance between learning about or through the subject areas, and learning beyond them. The six themes of global significance create a transdisciplinary framework that allows students to "step up" beyond the confines of learning within subject areas.
- Who we are
- Where we are in place and time
- How we express ourselves
- How the world works
- How we organize ourselves
- Sharing the planet
The taught curriculum
The six transdisciplinary themes help teachers to develop a programme of inquiries-in-depth investigations into important ideas, identified by the teachers, and requiring a high level of involvement on the part of the students. These inquiries are substantial, in-depth and usually last for several weeks.
The assessed curriculum
Assessment is an important part of each unit of inquiry as it both enhances learning and provides opportunities for students to reflect on what they know, understand and can do. The teacher's feedback to the students provides the guidance, the tools and the incentive for them to become more competent, more skillful and better at understanding how to learn.
See below for videos about international learning and the primary years programme!
