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Junior IB Orientation. September 2015. Agenda. The IB Core TOK – Chris Knab CAS – Denise Carr EE – Jeff Liss Academic Honesty The IB Diploma Internal and External Assessments Exam fees – saving plan Assessments in junior year. The IB Core. TOK Mr. Chris Knab CAS
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Junior IB Orientation September 2015
Agenda • The IB Core • TOK – Chris Knab • CAS – Denise Carr • EE – Jeff Liss • Academic Honesty • The IB Diploma • Internal and External Assessments • Exam fees – saving plan • Assessments in junior year
The IB Core • TOK • Mr. Chris Knab • CAS • Mrs. Denise Carr • EE • Mr. Jeff Liss
Extended Essay • Each quarter one or more assignments showing progress on the extended essay will be due. • If students have completed these assignments and are on track, they will receive an ‘S’ (satisfactory) on their report card. • A ‘U’ will mean that they have not kept up with the extended essay timeline.
Extended Essay • Quarter 1 • Preliminary Topic • Review 4 sample essays – analysis sheet due • Quarter 2 • Select topic • After school meeting • Assigned supervisor • Preliminary research question due
Extended Essay • Quarter 3 • Review documentation conventions • Research lessons • Annotated bibliography due • Quarter 4 • Outline • Completion plan
Extended Essay Year Two • Summer 2015 • Draft essay • October 2015 • Draft due • November – December 2015 • Revisions • Rewriting • January 2016 – DEADLINE
Extended Essay • Partnership with SUNY Buffalo library • Field trip TBA • Access to UB library, borrowing privileges, access to databases • More information to come
Exam Fees • There are two student fees for IB: • Registration fee: $164 • Exam fee: $113/course • KenTon District will pay the registration fee for students pursuing the complete diploma • 6 exams @ $113 = $678
Saving for Exam Fees • Fees will be due 15 October 2016 • Assuming a couple of dollar increase, fees could be $696 next year • Saving $58/month will be enough to cover exam fees • Students qualifying for Free/Reduced Lunch will have their fees paid for by a government grant • Paperwork due 1 October 2016
Academic Honesty • Full policy on KE IB website and IB Handbook • Plagiarism, Collusion, and Collaboration • Policy in effect on all assignments, not just exams and IB papers • KE consequences vs. IB consequences
Assessments • Kenmore East grades – independent of IB grades • Exams • Regents – select courses (US History) • AP – optional US History • IB • 3 to 4 assessments in each course
IB Assessments • Internal (IA) – scored here and moderated • External (EA) – scored by IB teachers somewhere else • Includes: Written Assignments in Languages, Musical Investigation in Music, Art Exhibition in Visual Art, TOK paper • Papers (Exams): • 2 to 3 in each course, May 2017
Earning an IB Diploma • 24 points needed for diploma • 4 x 6 = 24 • 12 point must come from HL courses • Each IB course scored out of 7 • CAS, TOK and EE must be completed • TOK and EE can add up to 3 points
Failing Conditions May 2015 From the May 2015 examination session From the May 2015 session the following failing conditions and associated codes will replace those in current use. • CAS requirements have not been met. • Candidate’s total points are fewer than 24. • An N has been given for theory of knowledge, extended essay or for a contributing subject. • A grade E has been awarded for one or both of theory of knowledge and the extended essay. • There is a grade 1 awarded in a subject/level. • Grade 2 has been awarded three or more times (HL or SL). • Grade 3 or below has been awarded four or more times (HL or SL). • Candidate has gained fewer than 12 points on HL subjects • Candidate has gained fewer than 9 points on SL subjects.
Assessments Junior Year • English • Written Assignment (January) • Oral Presentation (June) • LOTE • Interactive Oral #1 (December) • History – Historical Investigation (Jan. – May) • Science • ES&S: Lab work (Ongoing)
Assessments Junior Year • Math • Math Studies: Math Investigation (January – June) • Mathematics: Project • Arts • Music: Musical Investigation begins, recordings of performances, one composition for composing students • Visual Art: Investigative Workbook(ongoing)