NIBA Fall Conference 2024 Registration​

We are excited about our October 2024 Sessions
​Please see the workshop descriptions below.
View presenter biographies HERE. 

Sessions for Any Participant

Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom with Dr. Shannon Thissen

• AI offers immense potential for educators to enhance teaching and learning. This session will equip you with the skills and knowledge to effectively harness AI through prompt engineering. We will explore a range of prompts, from simple to complex, and examine real-world examples to provide practical insights.
  
  The integration of AI in schools presents both opportunities and challenges. While AI can be a powerful tool for student learning, concerns about academic integrity, including plagiarism and cheating, have arisen among educators, administrators, and parents. This session will reframe the discussion to focus on how AI can be leveraged to support student learning while addressing potential pitfalls. I aim to foster a collaborative environment that promotes sharing personal insights and supports ongoing learning by sharing valuable resources.

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Agency, Action, and Engagement with Colin Pierce

• This workshop will enable you to:
  1. Learn how to inspire and support learners to engage in purposeful, authentic, critical and mindful action, in its various forms in response to local and global challenges and opportunities.
  2. Learn to have deeper conversations with students about how to engage with local and global communities.
  3. Explore the concepts of agency and action and their manifestations across the programmes (action, service as action, creativity activity service, service learning).
  4. Evaluate approaches to learning and teaching that aim to support understanding of and engagement with complex issues in a way that honors personal and community needs and aspirations.
  5. Identify opportunities for institutional growth, enhanced curriculum design and deeper and responsive community engagement.

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PYP Sessions

Please use THIS LINK to register for the PYP Training. Since this is an Official IB Training, registration has to be done separately. 

Trainer: Ms. Kallie Chauvez

• This session is both Friday and Saturday. Because IB training is typically 2.5 days, participants will have an assignment to complete and submit within seven days to receive their certificate of completion. ​

MYP Sessions

Empowering Educators: Enriching Unit Plans to Drive Meaningful Learning and Community Impact with Mauricio Carabali

• This dynamic workshop will empower educators to enhance their unit plans, making classes more meaningful and creating valuable projects for students and their communities. Participants will learn practical strategies to integrate DARE principles (Discover, Assemble Ideas, Realize Solutions, Evaluate Outcomes) into their curriculum, engage students in hands-on learning, and develop projects that address real-world issues.​

CP Sessions

CP Roundtable with Joe Bento

• This roundtable is designed to bring together Career Program (CP) Coordinators and Teachers (Including CTE Teachers). This session will be a collaborative space for educators to explore strategies for integrating CP Core Principles into their Career Related Study (CRS) Courses. Participants will have the opportunity to share best practices, discuss challenges, and exchange ideas about their own unique CP Programs.  We want this roundtable to be interactive, so bring things to share! We encourage open dialogue, asking questions, seeking advice from your peers, and learning from this experience. Whether you’re looking to enhance your existing CP Program or get a fresh perspective, we want you to be able to take things back to your school to try out! 

DP Sessions

Science Roundtable with Gretel von Bargen

• This roundtable provides an opportunity for Group 4 teachers to work with outstanding colleagues, to problem solve, share ideas, and find inspiration.  Group 4 Teachers will discuss approaches to teaching and learning, changes to the internal assessment criteria and the collaborative sciences project.  We will have discipline group breakout sessions to discuss syllabus sequencing, lesson ideas, and teaching of subject specific skills.  

IB English for All Roundtable with Amy Green and Jamie Davis

• The IB recognizes that all students can and should engage in high quality education provided through IB coursework. Many schools are exploring the idea of implementing IB English Language and Literature for all students. This session will give participants an opportunity to identify and discuss items to consider when offering the course, including school priorities, engaging reluctant learners, and staying true to the curriculum while also meeting the needs of a wide variety of learners. Educators from schools at all stages of implementation are welcome to attend.

Computer Science Roundtable with Josh Eerkes

• With the new curriculum being released for the Computer Science program, we will spend our time together evaluating ways to apply Project Based Learning in the classroom to develop the essential standards required for the current test material as well as create a program that will bridge into the new requirements. We will also discuss techniques used to integrate the required Object-Oriented Programming skills throughout the year to ensure success in both the IA as well as the test. Bring any examples of your current curriculum and be ready to share with the group any successes and or failures that you have experienced with the goal of leaving the round table with a new energy aimed towards improving the success of your CS testers.

Global Politics Roundtable with Ben Ryan

• This roundtable provides Global Politics teachers a space to collaborate with their peers in other schools. Topics will include how to integrate requirements for the new Paper 3, how to plan and sequence the Engagement Activity (as well as the new criterion!), how to tie assessments to the May Exams, and how to elevate student writing from description to evaluation. We will also have time to share new ideas and fun lessons, so feel free to come with questions or topics that you would like to discuss that aren’t included here! The goal of this roundtable is to come back with new ideas that you can use in your classroom!

Music Roundtable with Gillian Malacari

• Bring your questions to the IB Music Roundtable.  Our discussion and work time will include topics such as: preparing and setting students up for the IB music course before their Junior year starts, course pacing, the power of vocabulary and focused music analysis, developing excellent journal entries and the type of assignments you can set up to develop strong portfolio submissions. We can also discuss repertoire selections (ensembles and solo) as well as essential tools such as notation software and DAWS.​

Questions?
​Please contact Kelli Higgins at [email protected] with any questions.  

​Paying by Check or PO?  Please Email Kelli. 

We look forward to seeing you in October.