Perception of IB Middle Years programme Teachers on Continuous Professional Development

International Baccalaureate teachers in the Middle Year Programme often have challenges in providing the best learning experience for their learners and continuous professional development has become an important part of IB education. As such, this study is an attempt to identify, which aspects of the CPD proved most effective and their perception regarding the implementation and monitoring of the CPD's conducted in this school. Data were collected using mixed methods and this involved the MYP teachers, coordinators and assistant coordinators. The findings of this research show that more than half of the teachers have not attended many of the generic workshops as these workshops are conducted at the beginning of the academic year. Differentiation and interdisciplinary learning were teachers’ first choice in guiding them to be better MYP teachers. Further, assessed curriculum, written curriculum, taught curriculum, concept based learning, learner profiles and Approaches to learning workshops were also equally viewed as important by the teachers