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The countdown has begun! On August 7th, I will officially begin teaching the new MYP and DP Music, both for the very first time. I've read both guides, with highlighting and note-taking. Then I took a break from both guides, and then read them again. It's amazing how fresh and interesting they are when you go back through the second time around, or even the third or fourth.


1st Time: "Hey, this doesn't look too different. They've cut out the behaviour mark and have added creative thinking."

2nd Time: "How the heck are we supposed to decide a skills-based curriculum that has incremental skills, raising in difficulty, and yet allows success for students entering each year, even when they have absolutely no skills in music?"

---> In the meantime, I headed off to the OCC to watch their handy videos on how assessment works in MYP Arts. Highly recommended watching! Short, concise, and filled with good examples.

3rd Time: "Wait a minute... I think I like this... it's heavily skills-based, which I love, and yet there's an entire criterion dedicated to creative thinking!"

I haven't done any training yet, but at the moment, "Yes sir, I think I like it!" (10 points for anyone who knows that pop culture!)