International Baccalaureatte 

Written by Michael Nicolaides

Dear parents, 

 

On Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th, Saltwater College engaged in a remote consultation visit with our assigned IB Consultant. 

During this time Melissa attended to the following items as part of the pre-requisites:

  • Viewing pre-recorded videos of the school facilities and discussing the observations with the coordinator and the pedagogical leadership team 
  • Viewing pre-recorded videos of teacher collaborative planning meetings and discussing the observations with the coordinator, the pedagogical leadership team and the classroom teachers 
  • Viewing pre-recorded videos of teaching and learning, and discussing the observations with the coordinator, the pedagogical leadership team and the classroom teachers
  • Live feeds for classroom observations
  • Remote interviews with the pedagogical leadership team, IB coordinator and teachers
  • Remote interviews with members of the community
  • Remote interviews with Junior School Council members in Years 4 to 6. 

The consultation visit provided an in-depth opportunity for our school to be in contact with the consultant, to ask questions and to receive feedback and advice. From here, Melissa will review the progress made by the school in its preparation for authorisation. Mellisa (IB consutlatnt) will use the consultant report template to focus the discussions and to record findings on which to provide feedback. 

 

Below are examples of the pre-recorded videos we shared with our consultant.