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The Middle Years Programme

The Middle Years Programme. International Baccalaureate and the Middle School of the Kennebunks. IB World School since June, 2009. What you need to know about the IB and the Middle Years Programme. How is a school authorized and reviewed?.

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The Middle Years Programme

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  1. The Middle Years Programme

  2. International Baccalaureate and the Middle School of the Kennebunks IB WorldSchool since June, 2009

  3. What you need to know about the IB and the Middle Years Programme

  4. How is a school authorized and reviewed?

  5. So what exactly is the International Baccalaureate? “... The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a not-for-profit foundation, motivated by its mission to create a better world through education”

  6. Programmes • The Primary Years Programme for pupils aged 3 to 12 focuses on the development of the whole child in the classroom and in the world outside. • The Middle Years Programme for pupils aged 11 to 16 provides a framework of academic challenge and life skills, achieved through embracing and transcending traditional school subjects. (about 800 schools are MYP) • The Diploma Programme for students aged 16 to 19 is a demanding two-year curriculum leading to final examinations and a qualification that is welcomed by leading universities around the world.

  7. ...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...

  8. ...Our programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right....

  9. Our Mission To support and challenge every student to develop the skills, knowledge, and character needed to be responsible, productive, and adaptive learners, workers, citizens, and leaders prepared to succeed in our global society

  10. The IB Learner Profile

  11. The IB Learner Profile

  12. MYP Programme Model A framework, not a curriculum, creates a balanced approach to the school’s own curriculum.

  13. Programmes: Middle Years ProgrammeA framework of academic challenge and life skills appropriate to students aged 11 to 16

  14. Putting it all together:An example from Language and literature Globalization and Sustainability: (human impact on the environment) Balance, Consequences Relationships Relationships often have consequences due to the disruption of balance. Conceptual understanding: Statement of Inquiry: Relationshipsthat humans have with their environments, often have consequences due to the disruption of balance.

  15. Global contexts answers the why of the unit identifies a context for the unit. must be a natural fit for the key and related concepts

  16. Keyconcepts

  17. Lines of inquiry Statement of Inquiry: Innovative relationships founded in pattern define cultural artistry. Example • Students will explore how patterns can be both mathematical and artistic. • Factual: What constitutes a pattern? • Students will discoverhow innovative mathematical patterns are seen in cultural expression. • Conceptual: How is the idea of innovative design explained? • Students will examine the geometrical relationships between innovation,artistry and pattern by creating generalizations. • Debatable:Is it possible to determine how innovation, artistry and pattern are related, if at all?

  18. ATL Skill categories and clusters

  19. Collaborative Planning (C1) Why would IB require schools to make time for collaborative planning within and across subject groups?

  20. Skill Indicators are found in the Unit Planning Document Pgs. 15-21. Critical Thinking:

  21. MYP command terms · Use· Demonstrate· Recognize· Describe· Evaluate· Formulate· Investigate· Reflect · Analyze · Describe· Evaluate· Identify · Interpret· Justify· Recognize· Synthesize· Think· Document What do they mean and how do they relate?

  22. Requirement for horizontal and vertical planning

  23. IB Programme Emphasizes: • The Student (Learner Profile) • Balanced Education (8 Subjects) • Skills (Approaches to Learning) • Action (Student directed learning, Making a difference, Demonstrations) • Service (Community Service) • International Mindedness (Global Context, Language, Perspectives) • Concepts (The Big idea)

  24. IB Gets it right! • Worldwide voice of best practices in teaching! • Embraces all of the best practices from the top educational minds Howard Gardner Anne Wheelock Robert Marzano Grant Wiggins Jay Mctighe Roland Barth

  25. How the IB develops it’s curriculum:

  26. How does IB make a difference here at MSK? • Becoming part of a world network of educators • Professional development opportunities-share expertise and knowledge • Common framework and philosophy- we are all on the same page! Specific reference point for unit planning, curriculum development, assessment etc. • Common assessment practices encourages collaboration and student engagement • Provides the license and motivation to prepare our students for the 21st century-to give them the edge they need to succeed out in the real world

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