I am looking ahead to recruiting next year and considering some IB professional development. I have looked at the IB website at their online PD options and have found a 4 week MYP course through Triple A Learning in the UK. Has anyone done a course through them? Any comments on them?
I guess my biggest concern before dropping some cash on this is whether this will be valued come next January when we go to to Bangkok. My concern or fear will be that IB schools will still say, "That's all nice, but you still don't have IB experience. Step aside." I suppose it's better to do something and to have some training, but I will be bummed if this is not valued or considered. I have friends who have landed jobs at IB schools without IB training, but I don't want to take any chances. I ran into a wall on this issue years ago when I first recruited and didn't have IB training or experience.
The online courses seem to be significantly less expensive than on-site courses, but they say they are legitimate and looked at equally by IB schools. Is this true? Well, any advice or suggestions about the courses I should take as a first timer would be appreciated. I could either take this 4 week course (focused on my subject area) or the less expensive 2 week course, which is just a general category 1 course. I figured the 4 week course might be smarter.
IB Professional Development and Advice Needed
I am currently doing the online IB training course with Triple A learning. I have been quite happy with it. The school I will be teaching at next year is paying for it, so apparently, they don't have a problem with the online aspect. Since I've never been to a regular workshop, I don't know how they compare.