Post on 09-Sep-2018
International Baccalaureate North America Orientation Seminar: Introduction
International Baccalaureate: North America & Caribbean 475 Riverside Drive, Ste. 240 • New York, NY 10115
Why Are We Here?
Goals for an Orientation Seminar:
1. To provide an introduction to the International Baccalaureate and its programs
2. To provide information about the process to apply to become an authorized IB World School
What do children need to become productive citizens
in a global society?
Global Trends
• Economic (economic gaps) • Technological (communication, technology) • Demographic (migration, immigration) • Social (conflicts) • Health (disease) • Environmental (global warming)
What do our schools need to develop productive citizens
in a global society?
What can schools do?
• Language learning across the K-12 continuum • International studies requirement for graduation • Fostering of tolerance and appreciation • Disciplinary grounding and multidisciplinary understanding • Lifelong learning, creativity and balance • Higher order cognitive and interpersonal skills
Who we are
Overview
The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers high quality programmes of international education to a worldwide community of schools.
Our three programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. There are more than 656,000 IB students at 2,401 schools in 129 countries.
IB Mission Statement
High quality international education for a better world
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
A Brief History
1965 Diploma Program (for 16-19 year olds) established as the International Schools Examination Syndicate (ISES)
1967 Named International Baccalaureate Organization as a high school credential that could be earned in any country and interpreted in any country, sharing characteristics with many national systems, participating in none
1994 Middle Years Program (for 11-16 year olds) established 1997 Primary Years Program (for 3-12 year olds) established
Characteristics of IB World Schools
The IB does not own or manage any schools. Instead, we work with schools that share our commitment to international education. These schools:
• Share the mission and commitment of the IB to quality international education
• Play an active and supporting role in the worldwide community of IB schools
• Share their knowledge and experience in the development of the IB programmes.
• Are committed to the professional development of teachers and administrators.
What Makes IB Unique?
• We encourage international-mindedness in IB students, starting with a foundation in their own language and culture.
• We encourage a positive attitude to learning by challenging students to solve problems, show creativity and resourcefulness and participate actively in their communities.
• We reflect real life by providing a framework that allows students to see the connections among the subjects themselves, and between the subjects and real life issues.
• We support the development of communication skills, to encourage inquiry, understanding, language acquisition, and to allow student reflection and expression.
• Through the learner profile, we emphasize the development of the whole student – physically, intellectually, emotionally and ethically.
Where we work
IB Regions
IB North America
IB Latin America
IB Africa, Europe & the Middle East
IB Asia Pacific
IB Headquarters
• Located in Geneva, Switzerland
• Functions
• Corporate headquarters
• Corporate relations
IB Curriculum and Assessment Center
• Located in Cardiff, Wales, UK
• Functions
• Curriculum development • Assessment development • Examination administration • Web services: Online Curriculum Centre • Curriculum support • IBNET and IBIS • On line curriculum center (OCC)
IB North America
• Located in New York and Vancouver
• Functions
• Application process • Authorization process • Evaluation process • School counseling • Teacher training • Regional university & government recognition
• Other regional offices in Singapore (IB Asia Pacific), Buenos Aires (IB Latin America), and Geneva (IB Africa, Europe and the Middle East)
265 schools in Canada in 9 provinces
916 schools in the US in 45 States
13 schools in Bermuda, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles & the British Virgin Islands
IB Schools in North America: 1,194
Worldwide the IB works with 2,401 schools in 129 countries to offer the three IB programs to over 600,000 students.
What we offer
The Diploma Programme
The IB Diploma Programme is an academically challenging and balanced two-year programme of education with final examinations that prepares students, normally aged 16-19, for success at university and in life beyond. The programme is normally taught over two years and has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities.
Students study subjects from six different groups, maintaining both breadth and depth of study. In addition, three core elements – the extended essay, theory of knowledge and creativity, action, service – are compulsory and central to the philosophy of the programme.
The Middle Years Programme
The IB Middle Years Programme, for students aged 11 to 16, provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and to become critical and reflective thinkers.
A programme, where eight subject groups are integrated through five areas of interaction, that provides a framework for learning within and across the subjects.
The Primary Years Programme
The IB Primary Years Programme, for students aged 3 to 12, focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both in the classroom and in the world outside.
A framework guided by six transdisciplinary themes of global significance, explored using knowledge and skills derived from six subject areas, with a powerful emphasis on inquiry-based learning.
Transdisciplinary
Program of Inquiry
Action
Criterion Languages
Exhibition
Integration
Areas of Interaction
Community & Service
Referenced Languages
Personal Project
Concurrency of Learning
TOK
CAS
Assessment Languages
Extended Essay
PYP MYP Diploma
The IB Continuum
Shared Features
All three programs share these common elements:
• Have a strong international dimension • Draw on content from educational cultures around the world • Require study across a broad range of subjects
• Include both individual subjects and transdisciplinary areas • Give special emphasis to learning languages • Focus on developing the skills of learning • Provide opportunities for individual and collaborative planning
and research • Encourage students to become responsible members of their
community
Shared Features
All three programs include the following components:
• A written curriculum or curriculum framework
• Student assessment
• Professional development for teachers
• School support, authorization and programme evaluation
Shared Features
All three programs emphasize
• Development of life long learners
• Teachers as learners
• Student reflection
• Demonstration of learning at the end of each program
• Learning how to learn
Features of an international education
• Meaning and importance of culture, starting with one’s own but leading to that of others
• The study of issues of global concern
• An exploration of different dimensions of the human condition
Proposed by George Walker, former IB Director General
© IBO 2003
International Education
The Learner Profile
All IB programs focus on the Learner Profile
The Learner Profile is a statement of the aims and values of the IB and a definition of what we mean by “international-mindedness”
-Inquirers -Open-minded -Knowledgeable -Caring -Thinkers -Risk-takers -Communicators -Balanced -Principled -Reflective
The Learner Profile
Investigation Phase (Interested School Form)
Review Phase
Planning Phase
Application Part B
Authorization
Application Part A
Becoming an IB World School
Program Standards
• A. PHILOSOPHY • B. ORGANISATION • C. CURRICULUM • D. THE STUDENT
Used for evaluation of programs Involves a self study and the gathering of evidence and data
on the standards and practices Involves all the key constituents within the school community
IB Teacher Support
The Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) A tool that allows IB teachers from all over the world to interact with each other and to share their experiences and resources. • Find resources/add resources • Share experiences • View curriculum materials • Keep up to date • Take part in online training
online.ibo.org
Web Resources
• IB Web site www.ibo.org
• Workshop Schedule http://www.ibo.org/events/
• IB Store http://store.ibo.org/
How does the IB make a difference in a
school community?
The “Bottom” Line
A unique international curriculum
No other curriculum in the world caters to such a huge number of countries and cultures
What we are all about: our students
For Additional Information
Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers!
Contact the IB North America Support Desk by phone at (212) 696 4464 ext. 1 or by email at ibna@ibo.org
International Baccalaureate: North America & Caribbean 475 Riverside Drive, Ste. 240 • New York, NY 10115
We at IB North America Thank You for Attending!
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