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IB Programmes in Senior School Robert Service, Gita Gemuts, Nicole Duhig Date: 29 October, 2014
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IB Programmes in Senior School
Robert Service, Gita Gemuts, Nicole Duhig
Date: 29 October, 2014
Middle Years Programme
What is the MYP?
• Learner Profile
• Conceptual framework
• Global Contexts
• Approaches to Learning
• Approaches to Teaching
• Action as Service
• Personal Project
• Eight subject groups
MYP Subject Groups
Arts● Drama● Music● Visual Arts
Design● Digital
Design● Product
Design
Language and
Literature● Dzongkha● English● Korean● Thai
Language Acquisition● English● French● Mandarin● Thai
Individuals and
Societies
Mathematics● Standard● Extended
(9 and 10)
Health and Physical
Education
Sciences
MYP Assessment
Objectives - stated learning targets
• describing the skills, knowledge and understanding that will
be assessed in the course/ project.
• set at years 1, 3, and 5 (grades 6, 8 and 10)
• four objective group per subject, each broken into strands
Criteria - measuring the objectives
• assessment process based on determining levels of
achievement against previously agreed criteria.
• criteria align directly with objectives
• all criteria measure assessed from 0 to maximum of 8
MYP Language Choices
PYP MYP DP
English English L&LEnglish L.A. (AEP, phases 3/4, phases 5/6)
English A LiteratureEnglish A Lang. and Lit.English B
Thai Thai L<hai L.A. (beginner, intermediate)
Thai A LiteratureThai A Lang. and Lit.
French L.A. (beginner, intermediate) French B
Mandarin L.A.(beginner) Mandarin - BMandarin - Ab Initio
Korean L&L Korean L&L
Dzongkha L&L Dzongkha A (self-taught)
Spanish - Ab Initio
Self-taught A
IBCC - students must take a second language
Diploma Programmeหลกัสตูรการศึกษาระดบัประกาศนียบตัรนานาชาติ
What makes the IBDP unique?
It prepares students for success in higher education and life in a
global society through:
• Learner Profile
• Approaches to Teaching
• Approaches to Learning
• Theory of Knowledge
• Extended essay
• Creativity, Action, Service
• international mindedness
DP Subjects Offered at Prem
• Courses offered are at both Higher Level (HL)and Standard Level (SL)
• HL Courses have 90 extra hours of instruction than the SL courses
Studies in Language and
Literature (A)
Language Acquisition
(B)
Individuals and Societies
● English Language and
Literature; Literature
● Korean Language and
Literature
● Thai Language and
Literature; Literature
● Self Taught Literature
● English B
● French B
● Spanish Ab Initio
● Mandarin Ab Initio
● Spanish B (online)
● Business and Management
(online)
● Economics
● Geography
● History
● ITGS (online)
● Psychology
Sciences Mathematics The Arts
● Biology
● Chemistry
● Environmental Systems and
Societies
● Physics
● Mathematical Studies
● Standard Level
● Higher Level
● Drama
● Film (online)
● Music
● Visual Arts
Diploma Programme Requirements
Full Diploma:
• 3 HL courses
• 3 SL courses
• Extended Essay (EE)
• Theory of Knowledge
(TOK)
• Creativity, Action and
Service (CAS)
Diploma Courses
• 5-6 courses
• Any combination of
HL or SL
• Approaches to
Learning (ATL)
• CAS
• EE and TOK are
optional
DP Assessment
• Internal Assessments
• External examinations after two years
• Main subjects graded 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest)
• For full DP maximum score is (6 x 7) 42 + 3 possible bonus
points for TOK and EE = 45 points
• Students must also meet a total of 12 points in the Higher
Level subject areas
• If 24 points gained (including specific requirements) -
student awarded diploma
• If 24 points not gained, or specific requirements not met or
if full diploma not attempted, diploma not awarded – student
receives a Diploma Course Certificate
What is the Extended Essay?
• A research paper in the student’s chosen
subject area
• Maximum of 4000 words
• Original Research
• Assigned supervisors help students to:
– Choose a topic
– Identify a question
– Monitor the work of the student
– Support the student to meet required deadlines
What is Theory of Knowledge (TOK)?
• A course to challenge and develop the thinking of students:
– Ways of Knowing: language, sense perception, emotion,
reason, imagination, faith, intuition and memory
– Areas of Knowledge: mathematics, the natural sciences,
the human sciences, the arts, history, ethics, religious
knowledge systems, indigenous knowledge systems
• TOK questions are used across the curriculum and
integrated throughout IB learning
• TOK is assessed with an Essay and Presentation.
– Essay is externally assessed,
– Presentation moderated by the IB.
What is Creativity, Action
and Service (CAS)?
• Students participate in activities after school, or
during their study periods
• Why CAS?
– To teach students balance in their lives
– Life is not just academics
– We want IB students to exemplify the learner
profile beyond the classroom
– Experiential learning
• A graduation requirement for all Prem students
Creativity: teaching English or preparing lessons to work with
others, fundraising, planning school activities, music lessons,
art lessons, language lessons
Action: physical activities; team sports and individual athletic
interests from walking and hiking, to yoga and fitness, working
at the farm
Service: helping and supporting a target group; teaching or
coaching younger students, volunteering at an orphanage,
working in a local NGO together with the individuals who are
benefiting from the service. (Fundraising is not service.)
How is CAS Assessed?
CAS is Assessed by the CAS Coordinator using the 8
Learning Outcomes:
• Increase their awareness of their strengths and areas for
growth.
• Undertake new challenges.
• Plan and initiate activities.
• Work collaboratively with others.
• Show perseverance and commitment in their activities.
• Engage with issues of global importance.
• Consider the ethical implications of their actions.
• Develop new skills.
IBCC
Why is the IBCC unique?
It increases access to an IB qualification by offering a
focus on a career pathway :
•IB learner profile and vision
•4-part “Core”
•2 DP courses
•develop career-related competencies
•prepare for effective participation in society
•first program of its kind in Asia
From 2015 name change to IBCP
The IBCC framework
IBCC Core consists of four parts:
1. Language Development2. Approaches to Learning3. Community and Service
4. Reflective Project
2 DP Courses
BTEC Diploma in a career-related course of studyCovers about two-thirds of schedule
BTEC Hospitality Management or Sports
Management
Ideal student profile
Career-minded students who know what they want to
do after school
Students who are interested in a career in either
sports management, hospitality management or
business.
Students who prefer the idea of studying a course that
is continually assessed, not exam based
Assessment
• Delivered and assessed by teachers who have created
each programme to reflect local needs and facilities
• A variety of assessment methods are used e.g.
projects, presentations, case studies
• Outcomes are measured by using grading criteria Pass,
Merit, Distinction
• Assessment is then quality assured through internal
verification and sampled through a range of external
verifier activities
What does this mean
for students?
• practical, hands-on, project-based
assignments
• continuous formative feedback and
assessment
• progressive assignments linked to effort
• teamwork and individualized attention
• inspire confidence because of interest in
coursework
Prem IBCC scholarships
Available for the IBCC
If you have any questions contact
IBCC Coordinator: Nicole Duhig
Tel: 053301500 ex 5350
Supporting Grade 11 and 12 Students
• Grade Level Leader and Homeroom Teachers
• Careers Counsellor
• Counsellor
• Diploma Coordinator/IBCC Coordinator
– DP Calendar
– Counsel students on subject changes
– Movement between the 3 programme options at
Prem
– Monitor Progress regarding grades and EE
– Parent meetings
– Develop a personal support program
Contact Information
Grade Level Leader:
Madeline Hay [email protected]
Homeroom Teachers:
11G: Gaetan Boinet
11H: Hannah Choi
11R: Robert Handley
12D: Donal O'Connell
12J: Joseph Whittaker
12M: Michael Matthews
Diploma Programme Coordinator:
Gita Gemuts [email protected]
Careers and College Counsellor
IBCC Coordinator:
Nicole Duhig [email protected]
CAS Coordinator:
Stephen Service [email protected]
School Counsellor:
Amandine Lecesne [email protected]
Thank you!
