Meet Julia Denney - one of our world class teachers here at ISB

Julia joined ISB as a PYP grade 4 teacher in 2016. She is a US citizen and earned her BA degree in Elementary Education from the Washington University and an MSc from Lesley University in Massachusetts. Most recently, she has worked at the Bilkent Laboratory International School in Ankara, Turkey, as a PYP grade 4 classroom teacher. Prior to Turkey, she worked at the German European School of Manila in the Philippines, and several schools in the state of Maine in the USA. Hear more about Julia's work at ISB in the video above.

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Music Brings Us Together

They say that music is the international language and they are right. February 5-9, 2020 saw The International School of Belgrade’s upper school campus double in size as we welcomed 130 students, directors and chaperones for the annual Middle School CEESA Choir Festival. The music festivals are a unique part of CEESA as they are the only events on the CEESA calendar that are not tournaments. All students from the participating schools come together to learn the same music and sing in one final concert at the host school, showcasing friendship, dedication, and the joy that music brings into our lives. Students from eleven schools around the CEESA region met at The International School of Belgrade for three days of singing, laughing, and learning. Many schools had been preparing for several months either in after school clubs or in the choral classroom to learn such beautiful songs as ‘Wau Bulan,’ by Tracy Wong, ‘Ad Astra’ by Jacob Narverud and ‘This Is Your Time’ by J. Norris...

Meet Kelly Throne - one of our world class teachers at ISB

Kelly joined ISB in 2018 from the Hong Kong Academy in Hong Kong where she taught MYP/DP Math. Having originally trained and practised as a lawyer specialising in child advocacy, Kelly retrained as a teacher and gained her Master's degree in teaching in 2002 from Towson University, USA. Kelly has a wealth of international teaching experience having taught in Germany, Hong Kong and Morocco as well as experience as an IBDP Examiner and a Moderator/Monitor for MYP Math. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Florida, and a Juris Doctorate degree in Law from the University of Maryland. To hear more about Kelly's work with ISB students, please watch the video above.

Truly Personalized Learning

I am sure we have all heard schools say, we ‘Personalize’ learning, but what does this really mean, and do all schools mean the same thing when they use the phrase? The short answer, of course, is no. Many schools may use the term, but how many actually do it? So, let’s be clear, Personalized learning does not mean a student can choose History instead of Geography, or Art instead of Drama. Equally, it does not mean that a teacher has two different worksheets for students to use, depending on the perceived ‘ability’ of a student. It helps to think of three different approaches; Differentiated, Individualised and Personalized learning. The chart below, based on the work of Barbara Bray and Kathleen McClaskey, provides a good visualisation of these different approaches. Personalized Differentiated Individualized Starts with the learner Starts with groups of learners Starts with the needs of the individual learner...

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