ib continuum for parent engagement

A continuum of

international education

Three programmes: one continuum

© International Baccalaureate Organization 2007

PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME

Authorization in October

Self study


MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME

Implementation of MYP

curriculum began in 2010

IB Authorized in June 2011

Self study process will begin

September 2014

MYP Next Chapter implemented

Sept 2014

DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

Authorization in May 2010

First DP Exams May 2012

Self study process will

begin September 2014


IB LEARNER PROFILE.

IB learners strive to be:

Inquirers

Knowledgeable

Thinkers

Communicators

Principled

Open-minded

Caring

Risk-takers

Balanced

Reflective


MYP DPPYP

Approaches to Learning

The IB continuum of education

MYP DP

Communication

Social

Self-Management

Research

Thinking

PYP MYP DP

Through approaches to learning, students are provided with the

tools to enable them to take responsibility for their own

learning. Central to this is "learning how to learn" and

developing in individuals an awareness of how they learn best,

of thought processes and of learning strategies.


MYP DPPYP

Approaches to Teaching


MYP DP

Units of inquiry :

•Trans-disciplinary

Themes

•Central idea

•Lines of inquiry

•Key Concepts

Statement of Inquiry:

•Global Context

•Concepts

•Key and Related

Concepts

•Approaches to Learning

•Community and Service

Core components:

•Theory of knowledge

connects the disciplines

•Extended essay

•Creativity, action,

service (CAS)

PYP MYP DP

Curriculum framework organized around:


MYP DPPYP

Assessment continuum


MYP DP

Criteria developed by the

teacher relevant to the

context of the learning.

• Provides feedback on

the learning process

as a basis for future

learning

• Formative and

summative

assessment

Subject-specific criteria

• Criterion related

performance

assessment provides

feedback on the

learning process as a

basis for future

learning

• Formative and

summative

assessment

External moderation of DP

mandated internally

assessed work, externally

assessed coursework,

and external

examinations.

• Criterion related

performance

assessment

PYP MYP DP

Assessment of student learning is based on:


MYP DPPYP

Consolidation of learning continuum


MYP DP

Exhibition

Real life issue identified

by students and explored

through an extended and

collaborative inquiry

Personal project

Independent project

resulting from the

students own initiative

and creativity, integrating

the areas of interaction

Extended essay

Individual inquiry and

research into a focused

question of student’s

own choice, using a

recognized disciplinary

methodology.

PYP MYP DP

At the completion of each programme:


ManageBac

1. Improve communication

• Keep students and parents informed of deadlines

• Uploading of assignments

• Reporting of grades

• Monitoring of attendance

2. Becoming more environmentally responsible

3. Improving the ability for collaboration between

teachers


ManageBac Accounts

Accounts

• All students have their own account

• All parents have their own account

HELP

• Mrs. Jill Strachan in the Elementary School

• Mr. Andrew Macrae in the Secondary School

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