We are currently closed for submissions. Thank you for your interest.
Want to submit, but need an idea?
All articles are welcome, however we are specifically interested in the following:
- Flexible framework – how your school adapted to local needs/context
- Parents as mentors – the involvement of parents in the PYP exhibition
- Assessment – developing learning goals and success criteria with students
- Approaches to learning – how students monitor and document on the development of the skills
- Collaborative planning – unique ways that your school finds the time to collaborate
- Continuous school improvement – how your school supports and reflects on your five-year plan
- Feedback to students – how you feedback to students and support them to feedback to their peers
- Leadership – how your school builds leadership in a learning community
- Learning spaces – how do you involve students in the design of learning spaces
- Well-being – how you build well-being into the units of inquiry
Submission guidelines
PYP practitioners are known to be dedicated and innovative teachers. Why not share your expertise and help other PYP educators learn from your experience?
The SharingPYP blog is your space to share tips, advice, strategies, experience and reflections for successful learner-centred practices for use inside the classroom and beyond.
We are looking for articles that illustrate both authentic and innovative approaches to learning and approaches to teaching. Submissions should reflect the global nature and educational philosophy of the IB PYP, and highlight effective practice in the implementation of the revised PYP curriculum framework.
Please use our template to submit your article (see submission pack below); send it to pyp.curriculum@ibo.org together with your photo, short biography (maximum 50 words) and all required consent forms. In your biography, mention your Twitter handle and/or own blog link, if applicable. We promote all articles via Twitter (@IBPYP) to drive traffic to the blog.
At this moment, we accept articles written in English only. We will be adding French and Spanish translations in the near future.
Format
Written submissions:
- should be written as a learning story (quotes allowed, student to teacher conversation discouraged)
- should reflect the dialogue/thinking around current IB PYP principles and practice
- not be published elsewhere); however, a new take on an existing article is a possibility – please provide a link to the original article
- 500-1100 words – longer articles will be directly returned to author for editing
- must include references in article which are added to a bibliography at the end (if applicable)
- may include supporting high resolution images
- will be edited by our quality assurance team and, therefore, should be submitted in a Word format (not PDF) Note: y
- should avoid reference to Making the PYP happen
- should avoid reference to staff names (staff positions such as the art teacher are acceptable)
- avoid using ‘thank you’ to learning community members
- refrain from using acronyms such as POI, UOI, TD, EAL, CCSS, etc.
Tips to consider
- Reflect personal experiences or school stories, including pivotal moments in understanding and implementing the PYP framework.
- Share evidence-based practice.
- Describe what did not work as well as what worked to support learner outcomes.
- Describe what you would do differently next time (lessons learned).
- Describe how your school investigated certain aspects of the PYP – and what you will apply from these experiences.
- Reference a central idea, if applicable.
Samples
Below are sample submission forms completed by PYP teachers:
Sample written article submission
Submission pack
Template for article submission (submit your article in this format)
Check list
Copyright permission form (this form is required)
Video & image consent form* (only when submitting videos and/or photos/images of minors or adults)
* Our PYP community loves to see students and educators in action. However, note that for all students featured in the photo and video submissions, parents will need to sign a consent form (forms are available above). We understand that schools already ask parents to sign a consent form on the use of student images/videos; however, we require a separate consent form specifically for use on the SharingPYP blog.
Submission process
- Manuscript submission (author)
- Quality assurance review (PYP development team)
- Initial edits (PYP development team); return to author for further work if needed
- Review & sign off (author)
- Final copyediting & proofreading (PYP development team)
- Obtain copyright permission (author)
- Publish on SharingPYP blog (PYP development team)
I would like to know if and how we can submit the article digitally
Dear Shailja,
Please send it to pyp.curriculum@ibo.org
We look forward to reading your article!
PYP developmen team
Hello,
I am receiving an error message when I try to send an email to the provided email address. Has it changed?
Thanks!
It good to share each one of us idea – teacher Librarian in India
Hello!
Could I send something in Spanish?
Thanks!
Dear Tania,
Thank you for your interest.
Yes, you can. Please send us your article in Spanish to pyp.curriculum@ibo.org. We have published articles in languages different than English in the past.
We look forward to reading your article. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
PYP development team
Hello,
Can anyone one guide me where to post my queries regarding PYP?
Dear Talat,
You can submit your article to pyp.curriculum@ibo.org.
Queries on curriculum development and programme implementation can be sent to IB Answers (https://ibanswers.ibo.org/).
Kind regards,
PYP development team
Hi can any tell me how to do self assessment and peer assessment …..
Dear Anitha,
Have you read our blog articles on assessment? If that is not helpful, you can either post your question on our LinkedIn page http://ow.ly/RkbK307ki0W (it’s a sub group of International Baccalaureate), post it on Twitter (if you add @IBPYP to your message, we will see it and retweet) or send your question to IB Answers https://ibanswers.ibo.org.
Kind regards,
PYP development team
I would like to share what I am doing in Ecuador. I´d like to contribute.
Dear Susy,
Please submit your article to pyp.curriculum@ibo.org. Above (How to contribute page) you can find more information about the format, criteria, process as well as a template you can use, samples and forms.
We look forward to reading your article.
Kind regards,
PYP development team
Where it says “handwritten” for the signature… I don’t know how to do that. Also, the permission forms won’t download, just save as online editing.
Dear Alejandra,
Thank you for your message.
You need to print out the copyright forms first, then sign and return a scanned copy.
Kind regards,
PYP development team
Hello there,
Is there a deadline or it’s an ongoing possibility?
Cheers,
Catarina
Dear Catarina,
There is no deadline.
PYP development team
How long will it take for an article to get approved and publish if it is up to your requirement?
Our team reviews the articles within a week or two. The articles usually get published within half a year from the submission date – this is how long our publishing list is at the moment.
I’m a former PYP teacher who now teaches in an inquiry based (but non IB school). Our school experimented with doing a couple of 2 week whole school inquiries (one of the uses of our collaboration time). Would this be of interest?
Dear Jade,
Sorry for the late reply!
At the moment we are interested in themes mentioned at the top of this page.
PYP development team
Do you translate the articles into other languages? I would like to share the articles with my Spanish speaking staff
Dear Joanne,
At the moment we only accept articles in English.
PYP development team
Hi. I am Bindoo from Clavis International Primary School in Mauritius. http://www.clavis.mu We follow the PYP programme too.
I am a class teacher and the Section Coordinator for the Upper Primary. I have recently started my studies in MA Education from the Middlesex university in UK.
I hope to learn more from your school and share my knowledge with you too:)
Welcome, Bindoo! We hope the articles are beneficial to you and your school.
Hi, I’m a non teaching PYPC… Can I write n submit the article or only grade 5 mentors have to write… Plz let me know,
Warm regards,
Shweta
Hi Shweta,
All PYP educators are welcome to submit a blog post.
For the topics, please have a look at our suggestions above.
Hello,
We work as a collaborative team. Can two of us write an article on our learning and teaching?
Hi Jyoti,
Yes, you can. An article can have more than one authors.
Hello PYP development team,
Want to confirm if there are any changes in article submission criteria with new PYP enhancement launch.
Regards,
Kirti
Hello Kirti,
We are looking for submissions that use the language of the PYP enhancements and would like schools to share how they are implementing some of them.
Kind regards,
PYP development team
We are writing an article according to your need but just wanted to know is there any deadline as i will post some queries too as i want my article to be published as well as due credit also.
The tab How to contribute above the blog page gives guidance on submitting an article. There is no deadline and please send any queries to pyp.curriculum@ibo.org
Hi PYP development team,
I would like to help you in assessment and approaches to learning . As i have vast experience in teaching PYP students i will write in all suggested idea and send you on email you have mentioned. Thanks
We look forward to hearing from you
I am Mr Shivaji from renowned international school in Delhi NCR working as PYP teacher. I want to give you honest feedback about assessment and approaches of leaning in PYP curriculum as you can set best standard for students.
If you wish to submit an article please see the guidance in the tab How to Contribute above the blog page.
The template for article submission gets downloaded in MS word doc. Is it possible to get the template on Google doc? Please let me know as I am interested in sharing but unable to do so as I do not have MS office facility.
If we write an article in English and Spanish, could it be published in both languages?
Please submit blogs in French or Spanish to the public website https://blogs.ibo.org/
let me know if we can submit travel article
Nice Blog Thank You for this Information
Where to submit an article?
Hi Amina, At the top of the page there is a tab named ‘How to contribute’. You can find all you need there.
Hi Team,
On the ‘How to contribute page’, in the submission pack, the template page for article submission and the checklist are not opening. I am able to read the other two consent forms which are along with this pack.
Great Article it its really informative and innovative keep here: with new updates. Its was really valuable.
You are a great writer thanks.
Hello team,
In the Submission pack, the template for article submission and the checklist do not open. I need to submit an article on Approaches to Learning but am unable to do so owing to this glitch. Kindly activate the links or suggest an alternative way for the submission.
Hi Anug, my apologies. I will send you a copy by email.
I just read this wonderful article as part of an IB training on the role of the librarian. I am also starting out as a librarian in an Ib school and I would very much like to collaborate with you.
Hi there, what is the max length and size of video we can send for the IB blog,
Hi,
I’m unable to download the template and checklist.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Regards,
Jessindra
Hello,
I´m having a problem to download the Template for article submission and the checklist. Could you help me, please?