Self-Awareness. Connection. Agency. Leading from Within.
Captains & Poets gives International Baccalaureate schools a practical language and whole-school approach to bring the harder-to-teach Approaches to Learning skills to life.
“When your Captain and Poet come together, it creates something truly beautiful.”
The IB Approaches to Learning provide a powerful framework for helping students become more self-aware, self-directed and capable learners. Yet some of the most important skills—particularly social, emotional and self-management skills—can also be the hardest to teach explicitly and embed consistently.
Captains & Poets gives students and educators a simple, shared language for understanding themselves, connecting with others and navigating the moments that matter. The framework can be integrated into advisory, curriculum and broader school programming, helping ATL skills move from something students learn about to something they practise every day.
This work/product/service has been developed independently from and is not endorsed by the International Baccalaureate Organization. International Baccalaureate, Baccalauréat International, Bachillerato Internacional and IB are registered trademarks owned by the International Baccalaureate Organization.
Stephanie has nearly 30 years of global experience as an IB educator and leader and is a strong proponent of inquiry-based teaching and learning, encouraging curiosity as the driver for teaching and learning. She is an IB-trained educator, workshop leader, consultant and site evaluator and has taught and led at IB schools in Canada, Switzerland, Tanzania, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan and Angola. Her education includes an MEdTech from the University of British Columbia, a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education and current completion of the Independent School Leadership Diploma through CAIS next summer. In her personal time, Stephanie loves to read, bake, cycle, travel and hike.
Whether you’re looking to strengthen connection, build capacity, develop confident leaders or create a more positive culture, we’ll work with you to create an experience that meets your students, team, or community discover and activate the Leader Within.