TOK-Solutions is about helping every student by helping their teachers!

Building your confidence and expertise in Theory of Knowledge

The IB's own workshops are excellent ways for both beginners to learn about the Theory of Knowledge course and for seasoned experts to top-up and share their skills and knowledge.  However, what is happening in between? 

Many teachers find it challenging to know exactly where to go when their workshop is over.  Where do I go now? How can I improve? 

At TOK-Solutions we want to work with you to build your capacity as a TOK teacher making TOK come alive for students or as a TOK coordinator to help you build a successful department and help drive the school's IB DP programme. 

Putting 24 years of TOK teaching, coordination, examining and curriculum development to work for you, we will help you become confident and courageous TOK experts. 

Face-to-face TOK Workshops

Suggested activities..

We're happy to build a programme that suits your specific needs. 

1-Day

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Department Focused

4 TOK Sessions with teachers

Lunchtime learning with subject teachers

Assessment support

IB Student Assembly

3 Day

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Broader scope

Day-long focus: Content, Essay, Exhibition

Lunchtime learning with Subject teachers

TOK co-teaching and assemblies

Workshop with CORE team

Assessment: Standardisation and effective feedback

One to One sessions with TOK Coordinator

5 Day

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In Depth development

In-depth day-long focus in all aspects of the course.

Sessions with Subject Teachers and departments

TOK co-teaching and assemblies

Workshop with CORE team 

Curriculum Development and Review

Assessment moderation and standardisation

Distance Support

Online workshop for students

Assembly style with / without breakout rooms focusing on particular topic when required, or most suited to current topics in teaching.

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Online Workshop for
TOK staff

Focused workshop on a particular and timely need (Essay on a Prescribed title, Internal Assessments: Exhibition, TOK across the curriculum, particular AOKs, Knowledge Framework, Knowledge Communities), Q&A

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Online Workshop for Non-TOK Staff

Supporting your work as a TOK coordinator ensuring that non-TOK teachers understand the course and how they can implement it in their classrooms

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Exhibition Preparation support

Helping you to develop effective and responsible processes in the Exhibition leading to strong outcomes for all students

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Moderation support for Internal Assessment

Helping TOK teachers understand the Assessment Criteria and to calibrate to the IB Exhibition standard; supporting teachers' application of the assessment criteria in their own marking; helping teachers develop effective on-script and summative comment strategies to help IB moderation process; helping Coordinators set up and manage an internal moderation programme to ensure consistent application of criteria across cohort

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Essay preparation support

Supporting teachers in developing effective and responsible processes aimed at helping students achieve success in the Essay. Helping teachers to stretch the high-achievers, and ensuring strong outcomes for students who find TOK more challenging.

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Essay Standardisation and feedback support

Helping TOK teachers understand the Assessment Criteria and to calibrate to the IB Essay standard. Helping teachers recognise the strengths and weaknesses of their students’ essays and helping teachers develop effective and responsible feedback strategies for student improvement.

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TOK for Subject teachers, planning and execution

Working with the TOK coordinator to help the school develop a set of common concepts and language for the TOK course which can then be utilised by subject-teachers in a way which creates a coherent and consistent TOK narrative across all IB subjects; offering workshops with practical activities and learning engagements for TOK subject teachers to help them develop the confidence and capacity to manage TOK discussions and activities in the context of their own subject teaching.

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TOK Embedding throughout the
DP CORE and in Subjects

Working with the TOK Coordinator, CAS Coordinator, EE Coordinator and IBDP Coordinator to develop a common vision of the IBDP Core. Leveraging TOK understanding to embed the Core values across the IB CORE in a practical, effective and realistic way.

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TOK Coordinator /
Head of TOK mentoring and long-term support

Working closely with TOK Coordinator to understand their context and help them develop effective strategies and projects, and supporting them in their own development as TOK coordinators and their vision for the course at their school.

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Let's build an interaction together! Get in touch and let me know where you’d like support.

Supporting individual TOK teachers, TOK Coordinators or subject teachers in their own understanding of the course, its implementation, or development in their own specific context and to meet their own specific needs.

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John Sprague

24 years in the TOK world - as a teacher, Coordinator, Senior Examiner, Curriculum Developer, Textbook writer and IB Parent.  

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