Amy Garside

Portfolio

The journals and course notes I've designed for my drama students.

Staff recordAmy Garside

More than 20 years teaching drama in four countries.

I'm a specialist IB Diploma Theatre teacher and I've taught the IB at three international schools. I've led IB Theatre cohorts to 100% pass rates, with all students attaining a 7 across multiple cohorts.

I've been Head of Drama in three countries, most recently here in Dubai. I've completed IB Category 1 and 2 training in Theatre as well as MYP Category 1.

I design and test everything on this page. AI coding tools, mainly Claude Code, do the building.

United Kingdom and Dubai2003 to 2015Teaching roles, including Head of Drama in the UK
Singapore2015 to 2022Teacher of Drama, teaching IB Diploma Theatre
Taiwan2022 to 2023Head of Drama, teaching IB Diploma Theatre and designing MYP courses
Dubai2024 to nowHead of Drama, teaching IB Diploma Theatre

Marking sheetAmy Garside

One place for students to write and teachers to mark.

You run sessions on how to run journals, so this is the part I most wanted you to see. The MYP journal has always been a nightmare to mark, especially if you only see a class once a week. Here students write up each lesson and answer my feedback in green pen so I can see exactly what changed. My department's workload has come down without the quality dropping.

Both demos use invented students. My own MYP classes use the journal and the IGCSE version hasn't been used with a class yet.

Course notesAmy Garside

Websites I've designed for my own IB students.

My students go to these for help with their coursework so they can see what each criterion asks for and how close they are to the grade they want. I've left student work out of these films.

IB DP Theatre. For my Diploma students, covering all four assessments.

MYP Drama. For Grade 9 and 10 students preparing their portfolio.

Training recordAmy Garside

Training teachers, from the first session to the follow up.

6 staff. I trained the staff in my own department first, explaining why we were changing and how each stage of the journal worked.

25 heads of department. Then I trained 25 fellow heads of department.

My department then had a recap email and a step by step video guide so everyone could go back over any stage on their own.

I've also presented the wider approach: how to make feedback valuable in any subject and what an AI tool needs before its feedback can be trusted.

Department sitesAmy Garside

One department, one small site.

School theatre. A concept for an invented school. Open the theatre site

School music. A concept for an invented school. Open the music site

Reply slipAmy Garside

I'd really value your honest view.

If any of this would be useful to the teachers who come to your sessions, I'd be very happy to show you round on a call or run a short session.

amy@amygarsidemedia.com

Every demo on this page uses invented students.