ACTION PLAN

WORKSHEET
An action plan is an important part of the authorization and evaluation processes. This is not a template for the final action plan.
Rather, it is a worksheet to help guide the action planning process. Use this worksheet, and the Programme standards and practices,
to begin to create a framework with which to build a more developed action plan. Feel free to add additional columns depending on
your learning organisation’s specific needs.

Learning organisation
Category/Standard Requirement/Specification Actions Responsible Deadline
Found in Programme Found in Programme standards and
Action to be completed for standard and
team
standards and practices practices
practice to be met members
Ensure teachers and curricula 1. Faculty collaborative review of DPC July 2025
International Mindedness include material from a broad range previous years’ learning Heads of
of cultural contexts, are sensitive to experiences and written Departments
the context they are teaching in and reflection Teaching Staff
their own cultural heritage.
2. Collaborative planning session DPC July 2025
of new academic year with Heads of
specific focus on widening Department
range of references and Teaching Staff
deepening engagement with
local community.

3. Review of school calendar and DPC, HoS and July 2025

festival dates/events to broaden Governing
cultural context Board
Plan trips and CAS activities that 1. Secure one major out-of- CAS By July 2025
encourage students to expose country CAS trip next Coordinator,
themselves to different cultures. academic year. DPC, HoS and
Governing
2. Integrate CAS trips with Board
subject teaching to stimulate
inquiry-based learning.
 Integrate international-mindedness 1. Heads of Programmes and HoS DPC & other Ongoing, to
into school rituals, celebrations and collaborative sessions to coordinators, be
traditions. introduce IB elements into HoS and Board implemented
established school traditions, in New
e.g. graduation. Academic
2. Creation of new traditions and Year
celebrations centred around
global citizenships rather than
individual attainment.
Ensure policies do not privilege one Invite stakeholder representatives to DPC and HoS By July, 2025
culture over another, or denigrate review policy documents and provide
one at the expense of another, suggestions or insights.
except as mandated by law.
Update as appropriate.
Encourage multilingualism amongst 1. Use combination signage DPC and HoS Ongoing
students and on campus incorporating multiple words
for common nouns.
2. Add basic foreign language
primers to library
3. Bind Language B and Ab Initio
language teaching closer to the
centre of the programme and
ensure teachers of these
subjects are given opportunities
to incorporate artifacts from
their teaching in school
displays.

Reach out to sister IB schools in 1. Use DPC network and e-mail DPC, Head of Ongoing
other countries to arrange inter- to reach out to IB colleagues to School, CAS
school programmes enquire about opportunities. coordinator and
2. Work with Board of governors, Board
Head of School and CAS co-
ordinator to create
opportunities to invite other
schools to engage or cooperate
with us.
Collaborative planning: Schedule more time for 1. Create gaps in timetable where DPC and HoS Ongoing/July,
collaborative planning all teachers are available for 2025
 collaborative sessions

2. Create scheduled collaborative DPC and HoS Ongoing, by

sessions between departmental July 2025
teachers, CAS and EE
coordinators and teaching staff,
and other ad-hoc, spontaneous
sessions as required.
Ensure data is collected before Ensure results of periodic assessments DPC Ongoing
collaborative sessions are uploaded on Toddle Learning
Platform in a timely manner
Review and update course outlines 1. End period of reflection at end Teaching staff, July, 2025
annually of academic year with updated DPC
course outline as part of faculty
review.
2. Session after course outline
review to plan opportunities for
cross-programme collaboration
and interdisciplinary learning
opportunities.
Ensure there is an itinerary of Prepare template for productive DPC Dec 2024
issues to address, time for open- collaborative sessions and
floor discussions, and meeting ends meetings to be used by HoD or
with resolutions and actionable DPC
plans.

Ensure minutes are kept for HoS Transcribe meeting minutes DPC Dec 2024
from handwritten book onto
computer system.
Planning and a Broad, Attempt to alleviate some of class- Reduce teaching staff’s HoS and Ongoing, by
Balanced, Coherent teaching workload for DP teachers teaching hours Governing July 2025
Curriculum to create more opportunities for Board
discussion between departments
and the creation of interdisciplinary
learning engagements.

Monitor planning and 1. Check planning on DPC Ongoing

implementation of curriculum Learning Platform
2. Monitor learning
engagements, student
 participation and
assessments
Allocate time for teachers to discuss 1. Fold into annual end-of-year Teaching staff July 2025
course outlines; potentially tie review and new-year planning. and DPC
specific teaching to certain calendar
date, e.g. earth day or national
holidays?

Create a large calendar to place in 1. Design, and request sheets be DPC and IT December,
the staff room showing different printed and laminated. support staff 2024
departmental streams. Encourage 2. Affix to wall and use in
teachers to use post-it notes to collaborative sessions.
show their current topic and future
planning.

Greater freedom should be given to 1. Allocate discrete CAS budget Hos and Board July, 2025
the CAS coordinator to plan out-of- 2. Work with CAS Coordinator to DPC Ongoing
school learning experiences, encourage proactive mindset
informed by student requests or
projects.

Approaches to learning and Review all existing policies 1. Pedagogical leadership team DPC and Heads Ongoing, to
Approaches to Teaching reviews existing policies and of Department, be completed
amends, if appropriate. other by end of
2. Policies put out to other coordinators, academic
stakeholders (Staff, parents, Head of School, year (July
students, board) for feedback all stakeholders. 2024)
and suggestions.
3. Final review of policies,
incorporating feedback.
4. Release new policies to
stakeholders, ensuring all are
informed of aims of
programme
Ensure all teachers have and use 1. Print and bind reviewed HoS, DPC and July, 2025
the policies handbook, and that policies, ordered and labelled. Teaching Staff
references to specific policies and 2. Issue to all teaching staff
pages are used in departmental 3. Ensure references to policies
communications and collaborative are used in communications,
meetings.
such as justification for a
 course of action or as an
explanation for not taking a
course of action.
Discuss ATL/ATT with school 1. Discuss ethical limitations to Counsellor, DPC Ongoing, July
counsellor and ensure that counselling and information and HoS 2025
feedback from students relating to received in such a way.
learning issues are fed back in an 2. Ensure counsellor is aware of
ethical way. school policies and what they
may need to bring up with
academic staff
3. Draw up ethical and
appropriate process for
gathering student feedback
about efficacy of
teaching/problems learning.
4. If possible, arrange weekly
meeting with counsellor to
receive feedback for
investigation or to inform
future teaching.
Monitor implementation of 1. Discuss assessment DPC Ongoing
assessment policies on campus procedures with teaching
and on online learning platform. staff and support staff.
2. Monitor lesson planning
and assessments on Toddle.
3. If necessary, conduct class
observations.
Check-in with teaching staff at 1. Meet with teachers individually DPC, Ongoing
collaborative meetings and one-to- each week Department
one meetings. 2. Arrange ad-hoc micro- Heads, Teaching
collaborations for specific Staff
purposes
Ensure students are aware of ATL Maintain artifacts and posters DPC and HoS Ongoing
and understand IB pedagogy, and displaying policies, ATT and ATL,
encourage them to feedback on and learner profile.
issues they are facing.

Ensure new cohort are given Print and distribute policies booklet to DPC and July, 2025
policies and time is devoted to new cohort in 2025. Create learning Teachers
 ensuring they understand them engagement focused on policies in the
first weeks of course.
Overt reference and reinforce Ensure teachers include specific DPC and Ongoing
ATL/ATT and school policies in references to IB pedagogy in their Teachers
communications with students and lesson plans and encourage the use of
staff. appropriate terminology and concepts
in the department.
Engaging the Community Hold annual workshops for parents Invite parents and guardians to DPC, HoS and July/August,
of incoming cohort to provide policy participate in workshop at the Board 2025 –
documents and ensure all parents beginning of the year. Alongide
understand and engage with orientation
mission. Engage teachers in activities with for new
teaching staff and other faculty students
members to demonstrate policies and
approach.
Encourage parents to join online 1. Continue to promote use of DPC Ongoing
learning platform to engage with Toddle through support staff
their students’ learning and at Parent-Teacher
conferences.

2. Create promotional document December,

for toddle in Khmer. 2024
Continue to reach out to local and 1. Investigate other IB school’s DPC, HoS, Ongoing
regional IB and other schools for procedure and practices for Teaching Staff,
collaboration and co-operation. models of success. Governing
2. Promote teaching staff Board
communicating with their peers
for inspiration and guidance.
3. Create opportunities for
engagement with IB schools,
e.g. science fairs, sports
competitions, national and
international celebrations
4. Reach out to international IB
schools for exchange or CAS
opportunities.
Maintain links with IB 1. Use IB Exchange, IB All DP staff. Ongoing
Answers and other online
resources to support
 implementation of the
programme and individual
courses.
2. Stay up-to-date about DPC Ongoing
changes to courses,
assessment, standards and
practices and all other IB
procedures.
Ongoing Improvements Ensure all consumable resources 1. Take full inventory at end of DPC July 2025
are replenished year and account for used and
missing resources.
2. Replenish reagents for DPC and HoS July 2025
laboratory and materials for
visual arts
Ensure materials are prepared for 1. Ensure application process for Heads of April/May
incoming cohort new cohort from MYP 10 is Programme 2025
completed
2. Ensure subject selections have
been completed
3. Ensure resources for subject
selections are available for
cohort 3, starting July 2025.
Assess efficacy and implement 1. Collect reflections and DPC January, 2025
improvements for EE programme appraisals of cohort 1’s EE
experience from supervisors
and students.
2. Collaborate with DP teaching DPC and July, 2025
staff to create a smoother and teaching staff
more effective process for
cohort 2.
Complete full secure testing 1. Review secure testing proceed DPC and Ongoing
procedure trial run with mock 2. Complete without students Pedagogical By Jan, 2025
examinations 3. Complete with students as part leaderhsip Jan, 2025
of mock examinations

Course notes:
 What do you think you will need to do with regard to international-mindedness?
 1. Ensure teachers and curricula include material from a broad range of cultural contexts, are sensitive to the context they are
teaching in and their own cultural heritage.
2. Plan trips and CAS activities that encourage students to expose themselves to different cultures.
3. Integrate international-mindedness into school rituals, celebrations and traditions.
4. Ensure policies do not privilege one culture over another, or denigrate one at the expense of another, except as mandated by
law.
5. Encourage use of second languages and mother tongue
 How will your role be involved in the actual implementation of the IB programme at your school?
My role is to guide the DP programme, as established by the previous co-ordinator. I ensure we maintain compliance with
standards and practises, collaborate with teachers about the school calendar, ensure we remain up-to-date with teaching
materials and course guidance, maintain contacts with other DP Coordinators and am the point of contact for parents whose
students are enrolled in DP. I also run evaluation and admissions of new candidates, participate in the pedagogical leadership
team on behalf of the DP programme and maintain student records, and maintain impartial and fair assessments procedures,
 Are there any monetary considerations?
1. Yes. The nature of which would require several more pages to explain fully.
 Are there any people other than yourself that you will need to contact/involve?
1. The Head of School, the Head of Section, the Vice Principal, the Board of Governors, the other members of the
pedagogical leadership team and my fellow educators, plus parents and community stakeholders, and my equivalents
at other IB schools in the area.
2. Student representative bodies.

Leading collaborative planning:

1. Ensure time is scheduled once or twice a month for full faculty collaborative session.
2. Create set time periods for departmental collaboration between teachers, and between subject teachers and the CAS
coordinator and ToK teacher.
3. Ensure assessment data has been collated before collaborative meetings to address academic issues.
4. Have course outlines to hand to see if there is potential overlap between different subject areas which allow cross-discipline
learning opportunities.
5. Ensure there is an itinerary of issues to address, time for open-floor discussions, and meeting ends with resolutions and
actionable plans.
6. Ensure minutes are kept for records and Head of School.

Planning for the introduction of a broad, balanced, connected and coherent curriculum:
1. Attempt to alleviate some of class-teaching workload for DP teachers to create more opportunities for discussion between
departments and the creation of interdisciplinary learning engagements.
2. At the start of the year, allocate time for teachers to discuss course outlines; potentially tie specific teaching to certain
calendar date, i.e. earth day or national holidays?
3. Create a large calendar to place in the staff room showing different departmental streams. Encourage teachers to use post-it
notes to show their current topic and future planning.
4. Connect with the PYP and MYP departments to explore opportunities for larger scale projects, events or trips.
5. Greater freedom should be given to the CAS coordinator to plan out-of-school learning experiences, informed by student
requests or projects.
Monetary considerations:
1. A budget should be established for cross-curriculum projects which require special equipment, travel or other expenses.
2. Teachers should have their workload reduced to allow more time to meaningfully participate in collaboration, or new teachers
hired to reduce the staff stretch.
3. Related to the above, teachers should be paid for attending teachers-in-service, course planning and preparatory time.
4. The CAS department should be allocated an annual budget and a set number of days for CAS trips and activities each year.

Are there any people other than yourself that you will need to contact/involve?
1. The Head of School and Governing Board
2. The MYP and PYP coordinators
3. The CAS coordinators and teaching staff.

How will you lead your team(s) to explicitly teach/ help students develop approaches to learning?
1. Ensure all teachers have and use the policies handbook, and that references to specific policies and pages are used in
departmental communications and collaborative meetings.
2. Discuss ATL/ATT with school counsellor and ensure that feedback from students relating to learning issues are fed back in an
ethical way.
3. Monitor implementation of assessment policies on campus and on online learning platform.
4. Check-in with teaching staff at collaborative meetings and one-to-one meetings.
5. Ensure students are aware of ATL and understand IB pedagogy, and encourage them to feedback on issues they are facing.
how will you engage your school communities to be active partners in your authorization journey?
1. Hold annual workshops for parents of incoming cohort to provide policy documents ad ensure all parents understand and
engage with mission.
2. Encourage parents to join online learning platform to engage with their students’ learning.
3. Continue to reach out to local and regional IB and other schools for collaboration and corporation.
how you will develop or modify your school policies to meet IB requirements?
1. Ensure existing policies are clear and enforced
2. Maintain contact with IB for changes or further information
Remain open to feedback from teaching staff and other stakeholders to gauge efficacy of existing policies.