Conclusion

In chapter 2, “PYP and PLC at Work: A Perfect Pair,” Kacey Molloy and Rianne Anderson unpack the core components of the PYP framework, beginning with transdisciplinary learning and teaching. They then examine personalization and differentiation within a PYP instructional unit and student agency, connecting these core components to the PLC process.

In chapter 3, “Mathematics and Literacy in the PYP,” Yodit Hizekiel provides a detailed explanation for putting the PLC process into practice when teaching mathematics and literacy in a PYP.

In chapter 4, “Response to Intervention in the PYP,” Jaqueline Olin discusses the role of response to intervention (RTI) and how the PLC process supports students with special needs in an IB PYP school.

In chapter 5, “Early Years Education and a Pedagogy of With,” Laura Jo Evans examines what personalized learning can look like in the early years (we define as students ages two to five years, or in preschool) within a PLC and PYP context.

In chapter 6, “The Educational Assistant in the PYP and PLC,” Eyerusalem Kifle looks at the essential role of educational assistants within the PLC and PYP.

In chapter 7, “Leading Change in the PYP Through PLCs,” Calley Connelly examines the role of leaders in the process of learning in an IB PYP school. She provides resources, examples, advice, and specific tools to support the systems, structures, and plans presented in previous chapters as leaders seek to elevate their schools to become highly effective and learning progressive.

Each chapter concludes with a Getting Started on Being Highly Effective section that provides suggested actions for moving toward becoming a highly effective school, as well as a Moving to the Next Level—Becoming Learning Progressive section with suggested actions for becoming a more learning progressive school.

The chapters that follow will walk you through key aspects of implementing the PYP program and how, hand in hand, the PLC process supports that framework to achieve a highly effective, learning-progressive school. The leaders who contributed to this book share their expertise and resources, learned through trial and error, in their own contexts.