Pyp Coordinator - New York, United States - Green Ivy Schools

Description

The primary function of the PYP Coordinator is to work with the Head of School to share the responsibility of pedagogical leadership.

You will ensure the program is taught, planned, and assessed collaboratively from preschool through Grade 5; facilitate discussions with teachers on pedagogical aspects of the curriculum; and ensure all procedures and timelines are strategically planned and followed for the evaluation visit and beyond.

The PYP Coordinator exerts leadership and the authority of her/his expertise in developing the PYP curriculum, instruction, and assessment in our Preschool through Grade 5.

In addition, s/he serves as administrator for the overall curriculum, providing all the data, documents, and reports required by the school's administration and the PYP office of the International Baccalaureate Organization.

• Stimulate, motivate, and monitor the development of the PYP program in the school
• Observe and provide supervision in classrooms to help teachers implement instructional principles and methodologies pertaining to the PYP
• Provide professional development by planning, organizing, and leading inhouse teacher training workshops
• Organize external PD for the different needs of the program
• Have weekly planning meetings with all teachers in the program and document them
• Assist and support teachers in their understanding of the PYP
• Keep teachers up to date with developments within the PYP and suitable workshops
• Keep current with developments with the IB and implement new enhancements
• Ensure highquality PYPrelated displays around the school
• Ensure PYP classroom environments have outstanding aesthetics and are exemplars for the PYP
• Lead and execute the PYP Evaluation visit
• Oversee resources and proactively source materials, resources, and experiences for units
• Approve all orders and communicate with the finance department regarding all orders
• Create orders for all areas of the curriculum for the following school year
• Oversee the operations and use of the library and ensure the curation of new materials to supplement the curriculum
• Oversee Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is threaded through the curriculum and is evidenced in our curricular resources
• Plan and organize all field trips and keep a record of these

• Ensure students are educated about the program's terminology, practices, and beliefs
• Facilitate student involvement in assemblies using PYP themes
• Supervise the Grade 5/6 Exhibition, with particular regard to time management and assigning and monitoring mentors' work.
• Develop and run a PYP student council
• Oversee and coach student assemblies and performances that reflect the PYP

• Promote the understanding of the PYP to the broader community
• Disseminate information about the PYP relating to its philosophy, curriculum, and implementation
• Plan and give presentations about the PYP to parents during parent education sessions, in cooperation with other staff members
• Collaborate in providing a presentation to Grade 5 parents and arranging for the exhibition presentation

• Form and chair a PYP steering committee
• Document all planning meetings and keep dossiers of examples of work required
• Use a planning guide to plan with teachers and ensure it is documented on Toddle
• Produce a curriculum guide for each year level, including all yearlevel expectations
• Work on reviewing and refining the curriculum map for Preschool-Grade
• Assist with the refinement of the reporting system.
• Review and update all policies (language, assessment, inclusion, academic honesty
• Develop an action plan for PYP going forward with a postevaluation visit?
• Propose, oversee, and approve the budget for PYP materials and oversee the timely ordering of materials
• Lead the school's PYP evaluation selfstudy and complete evaluation visit.
• Develop a 3year strategic plan for the PYP

• Maintain the required contact between the school and the IBO
• Provide all the necessary data to the IBO after checking the accuracy
• Distribute information from the IBO to appropriate members of staff
• Maintain documentation relating to curriculum and assessment within ?the PYP and have teachers update this as needed
• Develop and monitor the timeline for the PYP action plan
• Review the action plan and follow through with any feedback based on this
• Register yourself as a PYP Coordinator to be the point of contact for the regional office
• Register all teachers for their 'My IB'
• Register teachers for regional workshops as soon as they are approved
• Consult with the administration team for any other workshops during the year that would benefit the school

• Postgraduate training in Educational Management
• Trained and expe