If your IB planning meetings feel productive—but the next day everyone’s unsure where to begin—it’s time to rethink your structure.

In this episode of Empowering the Educator Within, we unpack how to lead IB transdisciplinary planning meetings that actually stick. From setting a clear vision and designing a shared team planner to ensuring every contributor walks away with purpose, this step-by-step approach will help you lead meetings that result in real, connected classroom action.

🎙️ This is a follow-up to Episode 26, where we explored building a practical transdisciplinary framework for IB schools.

🔗 Head to the blog article to see sample planning visuals you can use or adapt for your school: How to Run Your IB Team Meetings Like a Boss Using a Transdisciplinary Framework

📘 Find more tools in Empowering the Educator Within, our book and workbook set—and explore ESBPlanners, our digital software designed to support collaborative team planning from start to finish.

What does “transdisciplinary” really look like in practice—and why do so many IB schools struggle to implement it?

In this episode of Empowering the Educator Within, we explore the missing link: a practical, school-wide framework that moves beyond vision statements and turns cross-subject planning into a cohesive system.

Looking for visuals? This episode is based on the blog article: 👉 Read it now: The Transdisciplinary Framework

For planners, templates, and digital tools to bring this framework to life, explore: 📘 Empowering the Educator Within – our book and workbook combo 💻 ESBPlanners – a digital planning solution for real-time, collaborative instruction

When supporting English language learners, it’s easy to focus on what they can produce—speaking, writing, visible progress. But what if we’re starting in the wrong place?

This episode explores why listening and reading—the input side of language—may be more critical than we think. If your ELLs seem to be participating but still struggling to keep up, this conversation is for you.

👉 Read the blog article: Input vs Output Language - English Language Learning (ELL)

For more insights and free teaching resources, visit shalabooks.com.