Hoover HS and Meredith MS

1. Hoover HS and Meredith MS

2. Welcome and Introductions • Introductions • T-shirt design • Agenda • What is International Baccalaureate? • What schools in Des Moines? • Where are we in the Hoover – Meredith IB journey? • What are the joint messages of our mission statements? • How do the learner profile traits shape our school? • Global contexts? Unit planning?

3. International Baccalaureate • International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) • Non-profit • Started in 1968 in Geneva • Marie Therese Maurette (1948)- “Is there a way for teaching for peace?” • 3747 schools, 146 countries, over one million students (half are public schools) • Rigorous coursework based on internationally recognized best practices

4. Meredith-Hoover IB-MYP Program IB = International Baccalaureate MYP = Middle Years Program Grades 6-10 We are the first 5 year MYP program in Iowa! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kEy9-ygKwUY

5. Fundamental Concepts of IB • Holistic Learning • Communication • International Mindedness

6. The DMPS IB Continuum

7. IB MYP Structure Year One=Sixth Grade Year Two=Seventh Grade Year Three=Eighth Grade Year Four=Ninth Grade Year Five=Tenth Grade Most Common Configuration

8. Becoming an IB World School Step 1 – Consideration Phase • Spring of 2010 and 2010-11 school year • Exploration of becoming an IB partnership • Teachers visited IB schools • Staff attended IB training workshops

9. Becoming an IB World School Step 2 – Application for Candidacy • 2011-2012 School Year • Ongoing staff and teacher training • Administrators and IB coordinators were trained to lead schools in IB efforts • Application for candidacy was written and filed in April 2012 • Designation as an IB Candidate School Partnership

10. Becoming an IB World School Step 3 – Application for IB World School authorization • Ongoing professional development • Year of successful implementation • Application submitted for final authorization – September 30, 2013 • IB verification site visit – Spring, 2014 • Designation as IB World School Partnership -- 2014

11. The Program Model

12. IB Mission Statement • Find the IB Mission Statement in MYP: From Principles into Practices • Read the mission statement • Turn to your partner and discuss “What is different about the IB mission statement when you compare it to schools you have been involved with in the past?

13. Des Moines Public Schools Mission Statement The Des Moines Public Schools exist so that graduates possess the knowledge, skills and abilities to be successful at the next stage of their lives. Student Expectations: • Students demonstrate proficiency and understanding of a rigorous core curriculum • Students possess the knowledge and skills to be self-directed and autonomous • Students have world awareness:

14. The IB Learner Profile Principled Reflective Balanced Risk-takers Open-minded Inquirers Knowledgeable Caring Thinkers Communicators

15. Learner Profile Traits Review the Learner Profile Traits in MYP: Principles into Practice Learner profile traits are part of our common language

19. What is an IB education? • Turn to page 9 • Jigsaw pages 9-11 • Section 1 – IB learners and the IB learner profile • Section 2 – The learner and IB World School • Section 3 – Developing the learner profile within a community of learners • Section 4 – Teaching and learning in the IB • MVP – Please be prepared to share 1 – 3 Most Valuable Points from your section.

20. Global Context for learning • International mindedness in a global context? • International refers to the perspective of the world’s parts including nations and their relationships with others. • Global refers to the perspective of the planet as a whole.

21. Global Contexts for learning • Our learning environment values the world as the broadest context for learning. • Multiple language learning • Spanish • Mandarin • Global engagement • Address humanity's greatest challenges in the classroom and beyond. • Environment, development, conflicts, rights, and cooperation/governance.

22. Significant content • Broad and balanced • Conceptual • Connected

23. Broad and balanced • Students have access to eight subject areas • Minimum of 50 hours of instruction in each subject area Vertical planning from MYP 1 – 5 between the Hoover – Meredith partnership

24. Conceptual • Organization of ideas to have relevance within and across subject areas. • Each unit of study will identify one key concept • Each unit of study will identify 2 -3 related concepts • Allows integration of learning • Allows for transfer of learning to new contexts

25. Connected • Authentic opportunities to learn about the world through interdisciplinary learning. • Assessment • is an integral part of teaching and learning • uses a range of strategies to provide meaningful feedback • is ongoing, varied, formative or summative • MYP assessment criterion provided

26. Teaching and learning in context • Read pages 17 – 19 in MYP: From Principles into Practice • Use the inquiry strategy: Notetaking: Read with a Question in Mind

27. MYP Unit Planner • Essential component of the MYP written curriculum • Atlas Rubicon technology used for unit planning • Inquiry units written with subject area partner • Unit planning guide – pages 50 -71

28. Unit planning tools • Subject area guides • Assessment rubrics • District curriculum guides • Textbooks • Inquiry strategies • Atlas Rubicon

29. Atlas Rubicon • Let’s explore! • Let’s search for some units? • Let’s have some fun!

30. Information Eric Hall Hoover IB Coordinator eric.hall@dmschools.org Holly Meagher Meredith IB Coordinator holly.meagher@dmschools.org