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IB Learners strive to be:

  • Inquirers

  • Knowledgeable

  • Thinkers

  • Communicators

  • Principled

  • Open-minded

  • Caring

  • Risk-takers

  • Balanced

  • Reflective

Given that the IB Learner Profile is our goal, what kind of instructional practice will it take to ensure that every students reaches this goal in Language A?

Choose three profiles (two that are obvious and one that is a stretch) and for each...
List examples from your classrooms below:

Reflective
  • journal writing
  • reflect back on the product/process
  • peer/self editing
  • writing process
  • 6+1 traits of writing
  • connection and response to literature in their lives

Communicators
  • oral and written response
  • presentations/performances
  • discussions
  • technology
  • social awareness
  • group work
  • readers theater
  • blogging
  • wiki
  • Skype
  • video

Balanced
  • tribes activities
  • brain/body activities
  • theater
  • vote with your feet
  • take a stand
  • exposure to healthy life styles
  • sharing of life activities
  • role modeling

Collaboration November 5th

Please brainstorm ways to introduce the IB Learner Profile in your classes and list your ideas below:
  • How could you teach students about these words in a meaningful way?
  • Putting up along with objectives on the board
  • Peer feedback in profile learner language
  • On posters in hallway pictures of students (getting caught for example being a risk taker)
  • Classroom management into student expectations - Great ideas for making LP visible

  • How could you facilitate connections between the Learner Profile and Language A curriculum?
  • Character study- using the profile language in classes
  • Journal writing: Reflection using profile language (EX: Find a time when you felt like you were a good inquirer)
  • Match students with character pictures (EX: Hitler, MLK match with profile learner vocab) - Sound like interesting activities to really get students engaged


  • Do you have any specific lesson plans you could use (or have used) to create a classroom culture that fosters the qualities of the IB Learner?
  • Mini- lesson: Kid friendly language posters with pictures, IB Learner profile cards (similar to what we did as a staff)
  • IB Learner Profile Passport with students: What type of IB learner am I? Love it! Would this be something we could incorporate throughout all classes (i.e. 1 passport good for anyone's class) or would you prefer it just in Language A?


  • Please see the IB Learner Profile folder in the Y drive (Teachers/All) to access Learner Profile materials for your classroom, hallway, etc.