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Queensbury Union Free School District International Baccalaureate Programme. Douglas W. Huntley, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools. Queensbury Union Free School District. Founded in 1968 as a non-profit educational foundation Strong pre-university curriculum
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Queensbury Union Free School District International Baccalaureate Programme Douglas W. Huntley, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools
Queensbury Union Free School District • Founded in 1968 as a non-profit educational foundation • Strong pre-university curriculum • Common internal and external assessments • International Mindedness • Strong Rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum Background and characteristics of IB:
Queensbury Union Free School District Learner Profile: Inquirers Open-Minded Knowledgeable Caring Thinkers Risk-Takers Communicators Balanced Principled Reflective
Queensbury Union Free School District Students must: • Have strong work ethic • Embrace learning
Queensbury Union Free School District Teachers must be: • Passionate about self-improvement • For students • For their discipline & an interdisciplinary approach • To teach at highest levels
Queensbury Union Free School District Parents must be: • Encouraging • Supportive • Partners
Queensbury Union Free School District IB provides opportunities to students in two ways. • Students may take individual IB courses and earn certificates, similar to AP courses. • Students may choose to earn the IB Diploma in addition their high school diploma.
Queensbury Union Free School District • Recognized by colleges around the world • Students improve upon strengths, confront challenges • Learn time management • Research and writing in all curricular areas • Center of the hexagon Advantage of the full IB diploma:
Queensbury Union Free School District The Curriculum To earn the diploma: • 3 HL courses (2 years) • 3 SL courses (1 year; some are more than 1 year) • Complete center of hexagon
Queensbury Union Free School District Creativity Action and Service (CAS) • CAS takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a refreshing counterbalance to academic studies • 150 hours over two years of planning, implementation, reflection
Queensbury Union Free School District Some CAS examples: • Designing and implementing service projects • Individual and team sports • Expeditions • Local and international projects • Helping people with special needs • Visiting hospitals • Working with homeless
Queensbury Union Free School District Extended Essay: • 4000 word or fewer, original research essay • Represents research and writing skills expected by universities • Researched and written during junior and senior year • Opportunity to work with a teacher/mentor • Opportunity to investigate a topic of special interest to the student
Queensbury Union Free School District Theory of Knowledge: Areas of Knowledge Natural Sciences Ways of Knowing Human Sciences Mathematics Reason Emotion Language Perception History Ethics The Arts