The IB MYP is driven by the approaches to learning (ATL) skills. Each of these defined skill categories help students become better learners both inside and outside the classroom. Making the ATL skills come alive requires mindful planning and balancing teaching of content with the teaching of skills. The sessions at this Meet-Up were led by experienced MYP educators to help you better understand how you can help your students develop crucial ATL skills, embed these skills in your subject curricula, and unpack insights for mapping skill progression across the five years of the MYP at your school.
Meet-Up objectives:
- Learn how to select and align ATLs with subject-specific objectives
- Design your own learning experiences to explicitly teach ATLs
- Explore pathways for curriculum mapping with ATLs
Session overviews
ATL Skills in MYP Unit Planners
Ensuring that all components of an MYP unit planner, particularly the ATL skills, align with one another is key to making the planner authentic. Watch experienced MYP educator and consultant, Nadia Abdallah, as she dives into the importance of aligning ATL skills with subject objectives to create meaningful learning experiences for students. Learn how to construct ATL statements and walk away with handy resources to help you select relevant ATL skills for your subject.
Curriculum Mapping with ATLs
When you’re mapping your MYP curriculums, it is important to ensure that relevant ATL skills are being selected and incorporated across all subjects in a balanced way. Moreover, schools need to ensure that students have opportunities to demonstrate progression in each skill over the years. Watch Anshu Sharma as she simplifies ATL mapping for schools and explore how you can design robust ATL maps across subjects. Learn from Anshu’s experiences as an MYP coordinator as she walks you through her process of undertaking ATL mapping with teaching teams. Most exciting of it all – you’ll also be able to view sample ATL mapping templates to use with your teaching teams!









