My 1st Grade Classroom Tour | IB PYP

[@AFTER4MBER]

I have a picture of me and my friends behind the UOI board when I was in your first grade! (read the name. its me again.) You were awesome. really, you were. The way you teach kids have a big impact on how they face the world. Please come back the teachers now scare me.

[@DustinRoonz]

Thanks amber! Always enjoy hearing from you. I’m sorry to hear about the teachers now. Sometimes I always think about moving back to Malaysia but I probably wouldn’t be in the upper grades though.

[@AFTER4MBER]

@@DustinRoonz awh, alright. Hope you're having a good time though :)

[@nicolesoria5325]

Hi! I’m a second grade teacher and I also work at a pyp school. I’m brand new in this program and at the beginning everting was overwhelming, so thanks for showing this video because I made me notice I’m not as lost as I thought. I loved your video and I would like you to talk more about the program like ideas for teaching using activities from the program. The video inspired me a lot! Thanks 😊

[@DustinRoonz]

That's great! I'm happy to hear my video was able to help you out in any way. 😁... you can send me an email at [e-mail] any time you have a question or are looking for ideas!

[@ChurFamVlogs]

Just came across this video and I love how you confidently share and talk about flexible seating and the PYP program. You should do more content about this and spread awareness to educatirs around the world about the benefits of flexible seating. ❤️

[@ChurFamVlogs]

By the way, I an Early Years PYP teavher from the Philippines.

[@TeacherDesireeVlogs]

Well done teacher! Having a male grade 1 teacher is awesome. You’ve got a huge space. This is awesome.

[@DustinRoonz]

I appreciate your kind words! Sad that we couldn't finish out the school year properly with the covid situation but hey, gives us all a chance to be creative again next year

[@TeacherDesireeVlogs]

Dustin M. Same in our school.

[@gabbyparr6099]

I’d love to hear about your journey as an IB teacher. How did you get started, what was your certification process like, how did you choose a country/school, and all that good stuff!

[@DustinRoonz]

Awesome idea! I'm still catching up with a couple videos from my summer trip. I have one more to post from that and then I'll make the one you mentioned. I haven't had time to sit and edit since the school year started a couple weeks ago. Now that things are finally settling though, I have more time for my videos again so I'll be sure to make the one you mentioned 😁

[@athirahmahmood6202]

Judging frm how u look,i would think that ure a lawyer or smthing legal but turns out ure actually a teacher who handles kids really well.thats a lovely plot twist!

[@DustinRoonz]

Haha I appreciate the compliment! My mom always said I should have been a lawyer growing up with how well I would argue with her 😂😂

[@athirahmahmood6202]

@@DustinRoonz hahahah ure mum is funny! XD

[@DustinRoonz]

😂😂😂

[@moatasemebeid4771]

Greetings from Bahrain. It's great video. U haven't only showed ur classroom, but also have given a quick program overview. Thank u, carry-on.

[@DustinRoonz]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@zauraliyarov7252]

Your classroom looks cool! Thank you for your classroom tour. Good luck, Dustin!

[@DustinRoonz]

Thanks so much!

[@zauraliyarov7252]

@@DustinRoonz thank you too! Take care.

[@sun_flowergirl21]

This was great Dustin! Thank you so much for this video- I'll be teaching Grade 1 in a couple of months and your suggestions have been super helpful !

[@DustinRoonz]

I'm happy you found them helpful! 😊

[@phyxius9542]

Awesome video. Should make more videos about teaching in that school

[@DustinRoonz]

Thanks man... I've had a few requests too. I'm thinking of what I can film since I can't film the kids for privacy reasons.

[@TravelingTeachers]

We’re doing PYP for the first time this fall so doing a bit of research. I used to do flexible seating for centers/guided reading but I like the idea of having the kids design the class. How do you have kids choose their seats each day?

[@DustinRoonz]

Hey there! Sorry for the late reply. I just now saw this comment. Unfortunately, we had to revert back to classical seating arrangement due to the whole Covid protocol with plastic shielding on desks. BUT, to answer your question... I honestly just let them decide what worked best for them. It's just like us... some days we like to sit at a table and work, other days we may like sitting on the couch or in bed. Really, I just let them decide. However, if I saw they weren't using the space correctly or were not working, I would ask them to try a new spot out in the classroom. For the first day, we made classroom agreements regarding how to use the work spaces and what to do/what not to do and if they broke those agreements, they would have to change spaces.

[@abigailampomaaadu1301]

Just saw this video today and I love it too bad we're not in normal times at the moment. I'm also a new IB pyp teacher all the way from Ghana.

[@DustinRoonz]

Hey there! Sorry for the late reply. I just saw this comment. I hope all is going well in your new setting in Ghana! We had to modify our seating style this year too because of the whole covid stuff but hopefully things go back to normal soon.

[@amieryoung4542]

yeahhh safety first... u never know who's watching out there... better safe than sorry....

[@DustinRoonz]

Exactly. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@geraldinefaife9561]

I am going to be teaching PYP grade 1 for the first time. I need some guidance on what I should do on the first day. What must I have already in my classroom and how it works in grade 1

[@izzahnazri101]

Ohhh I did IB diploma didn't know there's IB for young kids too! This looks great. Keep up the good work Dustin 👍

[@DustinRoonz]

Nice! That IB diploma is very valuable when it comes to college searching. The little ones go through the PYP (primary years program) and then the MYP (middle years program) before the DP one. I wish I was lucky enough to go though it as a kid.

[@izzahnazri101]

Dustin M. It is valuable 😁 But I must say it was really challenging haha. It's a great program nonetheless. One of the things I like was how comprehensive the program was compared to other preparation programs in Malaysia. We get to learn subjects that were not related to our intended major which was nice. I see..the PYP program looks really fun tho. I think what's lacking in the public education system in Malaysia (at least primary/secondary) is for students' voices to be heard. Often schools just focus on covering the syllabus and expect students to absorb them and reproduce them in exams without giving students the flexibility to reflect on their understanding and thoughts about a topic.

[@DustinRoonz]

Well said! Sadly, it's not just the public system here in Malaysia but almost everywhere else... Panama and USA included. But at the same time, you have to find educators willing to take risks and try things that may go well or go wrong and be ok with something failing... or find educators willing to create a whole curriculum rather than show up and just simply teach from a book. I think until you see that shift in philosophy from the universities teaching future educators to be more open to this style, it'll stay the way it is

[@izzahnazri101]

Dustin M. That's a good point! When you said that your students get to decide the layout of the class, the first thought that came into my mind was how do you control those young kids?! like what if they argue, how do you make them compromise or reach a decision haha so you're right about the risk. I would imagine educators in the mainstream education system and the curriculum of teaching itself have a lot to consider before trying or adapting a new system too. Also since I think most people see jobs as the ultimate purpose of education, there would be a lot of resistance or require a lot of courage for change and experimentation with a new system.

[@hemaliyogastrology]

Would love to know from where you got the certificate for being an IB teacher. I myself am a Grade 2 homeroom teacher of a PYP candidate school. Good going, love watching your blogs!

[@DustinRoonz]

Awesome! Congrats on the position 😁😁... honestly, you don't need any specific certification. If your school is a candidate school, they should be sending you to a level one Making the PYP Happen training. If I'm not mistaken, it's a requirement that all teachers get that during their candidacy. I've just been lucky enough to be working at different pyp schools and picked up level one, two, and three trainings along the way. 😊

[@HoneyMoser]

I was looking for new ideas to set up my first grade pyp classroom and this video came up. I started watching it and I was like hey, that room looks familiar…. I am teaching at the same school 😂 this is my first year at the school (the year is almost over now) and my first year at a pyp school.

[@DustinRoonz]

That's awesome! I hope everything has been going well. MKIS was a lot of fun to work at and I made some great memories there. Jenn was my fellow first grade partner.

[@KimHeb.]

Can you go more in depth about IB?

[@DustinRoonz]

Definitely. I'd be happy to make another video soon

[@kaylanbaby5987]

Yes yes please go more into the International Baccalaureate program. My son is going to be going to a kindergartn in September in the US with the IB program. I found this video because I was looking for info on it so I can kind of understand it better. I was wondering how the classrooms are run and what they look like. I'm so nervous about it to the point I was thinking about putting him in a more traditional program but THIS video has given me some understanding of it. Thank you thank you thank you

[@ivanemous]

Seriously thought you were about to rap there at the beginning lol, great editing !

[@DustinRoonz]

Lol I should have. If only I had some cheesy education rap to go viral 😂

[@azztaffm1365]

Love this..you really seem to love teaching. I am sharing this video with a friend of mine who is a volunteer teacher for an NGO school. I hope she gets inspired by this.

[@DustinRoonz]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the share too 😁😁

[@ArtiSharma-ex5xo]

Strongly agreed with you🤩

[@물개-d9n]

It’s so great!

[@malgorzatachmiel6555]

How can I get this list of 100 words they should know? 🙏

[@carolinaalvarez9254]

The I wonder questions wall, it’s only for questions related to the unit? Or it might be any kind of questions they came up during the inquiry process?

[@melaniecurtis7026]

Where in Panama did you work at? Saludos!

[@michelleleannamiyalou4000]

Your Unit of Inquiry board is awesome!!! Please tell me where you got those cool fonts for your board

[@DustinRoonz]

Thank you so much! I actually bought them from an education store when I was teaching in Panama at an international school there before coming here. I think that store got most of their stuff from the U.S. though. I am going to do an update video soon of my classroom for this year. Just finishing up some other videos from our vacation in Thailand first before I post my updated classroom.

[@Freedomofspeech835]

Great video! Been offered a job abroad to teach at an IB PYP school, I feel super nervous! 😣it's pretty new to me as I've always taught the British Curriculum here in the UK. Did you make another video to explain the PYP Programme?

[@DustinRoonz]

Hello! Honestly, I felt nervous as well my first year teaching PYP as I always taught the traditional American curriculum back in the US way back when. The first year is always the hardest. There is so much new information being thrown at you and terminologies. It took me a good 2-3 years of teaching it to truly come to appreciate it and understand it. So my advice is don't overwhelm yourself with trying to learn it all in one year because it's a lot. Set a goal for one aspect that you want to really learn to incorporate into your lessons (key concepts, connecting your unit to other subjects, i.e. reading, math, etc.) Then, as you get more experience and see how others to it too, you can start adapting it to how you teach. I haven't made an update video yet. Honestly, this year has been a challenge with the social distancing and reverting back to traditional seating because of the covid stuff but we have to adapt. Hopefully it all goes back to normal soon.

[@Freedomofspeech835]

@@DustinRoonz thank you! I appreciate the advice 🙏 All the best and hopefully things will go back to normality soon!

[@OvDevilz]

Interesting concept. How many students u have in that classroom? The setup based on their collective ideas are brilliant.

[@DustinRoonz]

Thank you very much! I have 18 in the class but we can take up to 23.

[@nigarakthar8391]

what is your class strength?

[@vrr3928]

Couldn't see the classroom properly. Can you plz show just the classroom, voice in the background?

[@DustinRoonz]

I am going to do an update video soon of my classroom for this school year. Just finishing up some other videos from our vacation in Thailand first and posting those before I post my updated classroom.

[@vrr3928]

@@DustinRoonz Thank you so much. Awaiting the video! Have a great day

[@hom1ful]

Hey Dustin!, may I know what's your class strength?

[@DustinRoonz]

At this point, I would say classroom management has been one of my best strengths as of late.

[@bettym.8607]

Awesome video. I wish the US would adopt this concept. You’re a great teacher! 👍🏻

[@DustinRoonz]

Well thank you very much! In fact, there are many schools around the US that follow this curriculum. It's just not as common as the standard public setups.

[@nimay13]

Tok guru Dustin. Haha.

[@DustinRoonz]

Hahaha 🙋🏼‍♂️👨🏼‍🏫

[@vincentchin88]

Cikgu Dustin.

[@owllove9843]

Luv the vid Good job 👍

[@DustinRoonz]

Thank you!

[@AfifZulkifli]

Can't imagine kids who could not understand English learning in this environment. It must be really tough for them

[@doflamingo92quixote28]

It is international school.

[@AfifZulkifli]

@@doflamingo92quixote28 it does happen. Parents might get transferred to another country and the kids don't speak other than in their native language.

[@DustinRoonz]

Believe it or not, I had 2 students who spoke 0 English come in, one from Korea and one from China. They get separate reading and writing classes from to help them build up the basic fundamentals of English. One of them has advanced so much that she will be back in my regular reading and writing program in a week or so. At this age, they learn English so quickly because they are fully immersed in it. We set individual goals to help those students grow at their own level rather than treating each child identical. When we do that, it takes off some of that pressure and allows them to grow at their own pace.

[@SaimaWaheed-TCHRBKCC]

Good job!

[@DustinRoonz]

Thank you!

[@eoevube]

How good is your kids English? I struggle with PYP in my class because I have to teach so much basic English so we can discuss a topic.

[@DustinRoonz]

To be honest, most of my kids are second language learners to English. Some are a bit better than others when it comes to using the 'pyp language' but when English is the only common language my kids can share, it can be a bit challenging... is your school an international school as well?

[@aa.r2588]

Does international school follow local syllabus and textbook?

[@DustinRoonz]

Textbooks and syllabus no. But we do have to adhere to the same standards that the local schools do. The way they are taught and implemented are widely different though

[@임종선-k5s]

Hi I am Chaemin I was your studen in 2020

[@DustinRoonz]

Hi Chaemin! How are you?? I hope you are doing well. Are you still in Malaysia?

[@임종선-k5s]

@@DustinRoonz I am still in Malaysia

[@DustinRoonz]

That’s great. How is school going?

[@muhammadfahmi540]

So no video of retro havoc ?? 🙁

[@DustinRoonz]

Oh there will be one. Retro Havoc is this Saturday so I'll try and speed edit that one for Sunday.

[@hemaliyogastrology]

Can I have your email ID ? I had two questions to ask about IB candidacy and it's phases. And it is so that within the external community, you're the only experienced Primary teacher I know. It would be a great help if you assist. Many thanks Dustin!

[@물개-d9n]

Hello!

[@unknown-de9qz]

Hi!😁

[@izziezran8382]

I saw u at retrohavoc

[@DustinRoonz]

Ahh you should have said hi! I love meeting subscribers. I'll have the video from the event up hopefully my early to mid afternoon today

[@piyok16]

Cool

[@DustinRoonz]

Thanks!

[@dannylai4970]

Mmm love you bud

[@DustinRoonz]

🤗🤗🤗

[@ivanemous]

Uno!

[@DustinRoonz]

Dos!

[@BacaJer]

Dustin M. Tres!