Henrico High School Priscilla Biddle IB Coordinator

1. 2011 Fall Orientation Middle Years Program Henrico High School Priscilla Biddle IB Coordinator

2. Review of the Program: Mission Statement • 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.

3. The Learner Profile • IB learners strive to be: • Inquirers • Knowledgeable • Thinkers • Communicators • Principled • Open-minded • Caring • Risk-takers • Balanced • Reflective

4. MYP Areas of Interaction • Approaches to Learning • Community and Service • Human Ingenuity • Environments • Health and Social Education

5. Our Curriculum: • Grade 9, Level 4 MYP • English 9 • Language – Year 2 or 3 of Spanish or French • World History and Geography II • Biology • Geometry or Algebra II • Arts (Theatre or Visual Arts) –semester • Technology – semester • Health and PE

6. Our Curriculum • Grade 10, MYP Level 5 • English 10 • Language – Year 3 or 4, French or Spanish • US Government and Virginia History • Chemistry • Algebra II or Extended Math • Arts: Theatre Arts or Visual Arts (semester) • Health and PE • Assessments and Personal Project • completed toward the MYP Certificate

7. Creativity, Action and Service • Graduated involvement that focuses on Learner Outcomes: • increase their awareness of their own 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

8. Our CAS Process • Students must have two goals each year in grades 9 and 10 • Goals must address at least 4 of the 8 outcomes and one must fit each of the three categories: creativity, action, service • Current activities such as sports, music lessons, religious training, such as for confirmation or bar/bat mitzvah, count; there just has to be a goal/rationale behind the activity.

9. ManageBac Subscription • Online subscription service created by former IB students and teachers • Management system originally for CAS • Expanded to all areas of submissions • Must have an email address • Convenient, paperless, no more “lost” papers!

10. Personal Project • A student-centered project, research-based and interactive, after which the student reflects on what he/she has learned in a paper • The personal project may take many forms, for example: • • an original work of art (visual, dramatic, or performance) • • a written piece of work on a special topic (literary, social, psychological, or anthropological) • • a piece of literary fiction (that is, creative writing) • • an original science experiment • • an invention or specially designed object or system • the presentation of a developed business, management, or organizational plan (that is, for an entrepreneurial business or project), a special event, or the development of a new student or community organization.

11. Personal Project Support • Seminars • Guidebook • Blog • English and chemistry classes • Freshmen complete a series of interdisciplinary activities that lay the groundwork for the PP

12. Assessments • Grade 9 • “Practice” • Technology as an “anticipated,” moderated subject • Grade 10 • All classes submit assessments for moderation • Students work on series of assessments over the year • Points accumulate over the year • See “All About IB” or the blog for Assessment Policy and details • Scores convert to a 1-7 grade

13. Registration • HCPS pays for registrations and moderation fees • Registration is going on this week and next in English classes and will be verified next week before October 15 deadline • Any changes after October 15 will be charged to the student • Students may only register for one Arts elective

14. Moderation • Teachers choose representative sample of high, middle and low achievement for each assessment • Sent to subject moderators all over the world • Accompanied by wealth of background information to put it in context • Moderators will validate, increase or reduce scores • Provide teacher with “Moderation Report” for improvement

15. Attaining the MYP Certificate • 8 subjects and Personal Project • 1-7 grade X 9 = 63 possible points • 36 points will achieve the Certificate • No 1’s in any subject • Can’t have a 2 on PP • We have a great support system and record. • Last year, only 3 out of 93 students eligible for the Certificate did not achieve. We would ideally want 100%!!

16. Rigor and Workload • IB curriculum is trans-disciplinary, high order thinking, open ended – content AND concept • Paint by numbers  Color in the lines  Design your own • Tests/projects/major assessments monitored through Google Calendar • No more than 2 per day • Multi-level classes may encounter problems • Quizzes not monitored

17. 9th Grade Challenges • Adjustment to high school rigor • Balancing extra-curriculars with school work • Making new friends • Joining the community and getting involved • Transportation to activities

18. 10th Grade Challenges • Increased academic rigor • Personal Project • Time management and balancing activities • Assessments for the Certificate • Social life • Starting to think about college???

19. Support for Students and Parents • Specified and communicated expectations and parent input • “All about IB” • Blog • Teacher course outlines and syllabi • Community Advisory Council • Communication • Blog • School Space • Emails • Seminars • Enhance trans-disciplinary thinking • Support PP and CAS • Team leaders • Keeping an eye out for crisis • Recognizing student success • Breakfasts • “Biddle Pass” • IB counselor

20. Support Documents • Found in “All About IB” and on the blog • Academic Honesty Policy • Website • Assessment Policy • Language Policy • Special Needs Policy

21. How parents can support us! • Program wide committees • Volunteer • Advisory Council • Grade level committees • Breakfast • Learner Profile Gift Bags • Field Trip Chaperone (was Picnic Committee) • Personal Project or IB Ceremony

22. Questions and Answers

23. We think; therefore we be!