TES Annual Report

British Secondary and High School Section There was a huge push to train the faculty that are teaching and will be teaching the newly introduced International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP), which started with the new Year 7 year group from August 2022. As well as this key initiative, the BSHS published a quarterly Professional Growth Digest to keep everyone up-to-date and to recognise individual’s lifelong learning efforts (e.g. external Masters studies, PhD studies, etc.). British Primary Section Our commitment to professional development has yielded exceptional results. Over the past four years, a significant number of learning assistants and staff members have pursued full qualifications as teachers, further enhancing the quality of education we provide. Additionally, we are proud of the numerous staff members who have achieved Masters qualifications, demonstrating their dedication to continuous learning and their unwavering commitment to our students' academic growth. French Section The professional development plan was inspired by the four pillars of the School Plan: linguistic excellence and plurilingualism, wellbeing, community learning, and collaborative pedagogical practices. Teachers, learning assistants, and staff members were eager to participate in a variety of training sessions, from inclusion, to digital skills and media, to information literacy. They also explored the newly introduced BFI and other curriculum changes from PS to Terminale. Trainees shared highlights from their training sessions at weekly meetings or through ad hoc materials, keeping everyone up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices. The atmosphere is one of mutual support and collaboration, fostering a spirit of continuous learning. German Section We were happy with some of the initiatives during 2022-23. All staff members took part in further training on language-sensitive teaching. Our coordinator had the great opportunity to gain new insights for our work on German as a Second Language at the network meeting of language coordinators in Chiang Mai and to pass these on to the team. We are particularly pleased that we were able to further develop the media concept in order to better prepare students for the digital world in future.

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