Senior Student/Parent Diploma Candidate Night

1. Senior Student/Parent Diploma Candidate Night August 27, 2019

2. Agenda • Introductions • Is the IB Diploma right for me? • TOK (Theory of Knowledge) and Extended Essay Requirements • CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) • Internal work and deadlines • Malpractice • Consequences • Requirements for Achieving the Diploma • Individual test schedule • 2019 IB fees/AP fees, registration, refunds • College Applications and Recommendations

3. Mrs. Charlotte KirkpatrickIB Coordinator714-626-4422ckirkpatrick@fjuhsd.org Mr. Will Mynster, Principal Mr. Lance Bletscher, APIO Ms. Renee Gates, APPS Ms. Caroline Llewelyn, APSA Ms. Jill Davis, APSS

4. Is the IB Diploma right for me? • Workload • Credit from UC’s and other universities • School grades vs. IB grades

5. Workload • LOTS! Especially as you begin to work on your Applications for Colleges and your Internal Assessments. • Budget your time wisely and make sure all Internal Assessments are completed on time. • Complete your CAS requirements (due April 24, 2020) • Finalize your Extended Essays (due January 15, 2020)

6. IB Credit at UC • Students who complete the IB diploma with a score of 30 or above will receive 30 quarter (20 semester) units toward their UC degree.Students who receive IB certificates with scores of 5,6 or 7 on Higher Level exams will receive 8 quarter (5.3 semester) units. • Designated examinations may be considered equivalent to UC freshman-level courses in the subject and may be used to satisfy general education or breadth requirements. Students or counselors should contact individual campuses for more information on how subject credit may be granted. • The units granted for IB exams are not counted toward the maximum number of credits required for declaration of a major or the maximum number of units a student may accumulate prior to graduation. Students who enter the UC with IB credit do not have to declare a major earlier than other students, nor are they required to graduate earlier. Duplication with college courses • Students should be advised that college courses taken before or after attending UC may duplicate IB examinations. If the student does duplicate an exam with a college course or vice versa, we will award credit for only one. (example Calculus)

7. Grades IB subject grades are determined by IB and are based on: • Internal Assessment (teacher moderated) • External Assessment(IB examiner graded) • 1-7 point scale TOK CAS Extended Essay Class grades • Based on Teacher grading guidelines and may be different than AP or IB grades • Include all required student work and exams and on time completion of required IB internal assessments. (detentions will be given) • Class grades do not change based on IB/AP grade received Included in determination of Diploma Anything not completed may result in a student not receiving a certificate for that subject and possibly the loss of the opportunity to receive the diploma. No refunds will be given for students’ failure to comply.

8. TOK (Theory of Knowledge) Requirement • TOK curriculum began end of last year, completed first semester this year. TOK paper due to IB by March 15, 2020 • Philosophy will be second semester. • Final polishing of Internal assessment this year. (essay) • No E’s !!☹

9. Extended Essay EE Guide • 1st draft due Sept. 15, 2019 or no letter of rec. • 1 clean copy of your Final draft due in my office by January 15, 2019(no further revisions by mentors). • 3 mandatory Supervisor meetings with reflections on Managebac. You and your mentor will reflect on your EE process after they finish grading and reading your final draft. (Vive Voce) • No E’s!☹ • All your own work, checked through www.turnitin.com and your mentor’s review of your work. • Remember to thank your mentors for their time they spent with you on this endeavor☺

10. The Diploma Matrix (possible 3 Bonus points toward the Diploma)

11. CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) CAS guide • Must be completed online: Reflections at least monthly! http://troy.managebac.com • Final due date – April 24, 2020 • Meet with me once each semester. Must have a detailed record of experiences, a project, LearningOutcomes met and supervisor reviews • Meet with me at the end to finalize your summary reflection and clear with IB.

12. Internal assessments and deadlines • Due dates established by individual teachers and me. Some completed last year. Many will require submission to www.turnitin.com • They are due to IB in March and April so I will be collecting it all before that time. • All submissions are online! NO identifying information on final documents for submission • English and second language recordings • English will be completed in November/December • World Languages completed in February/March • Schedules will be set up prior, you will be notified as soon as we finalize. NO rescheduling!

13. Malpractice Collusion: How to avoid it… • Discuss your work with others, but don’t give anyone a hard copy, and under no circumstances whatsoever give anyone an electronic copy. Plagiarism: How to avoid it… • You must reference your sources AND • You must make it clear which words are not your own AND • No extensive quotes; no very close paraphrasing Both result in no grade for the subject concerned and hence no Diploma for that session☹

14. Consequences You may lose the option of receiving the full diploma and being able to test in a subject this May if: • ANY internal or external requirements were not completed on time • ANY malpractice is discovered (especially after submitting the declaration on IBO website) • ANY disregard to the Learner Profile and the Mission of the IB. • If this happens there is no refund in the costs of the exams!

15. Requirements for Achieving the full IB Diploma? • At least 24 points overall • Grades in all six subjects (no N’s or E’s) plus EE and TOK • All CAS requirements met (cleared by me) • At least a grade of D or better in EE and TOK (no E’s) • No grade of 1 in any subject • No more than 2 marks of 2 in any subject (HL or SL) • No more than 3 marks of 3 or below in any subject (HL or SL) • 12+ points in HL (if 4 HL then the 3 highest points will be counted) • 9+ points in SL (if 2 SL must gain at least 5 points) • Not judged by IB guilty of Malpractice.

16. Individual test schedule AP Schedule • Monday, May 4th - Friday, May 15th IB Schedule • Friday, May 1st - Friday, May 22nd Registration done through Total Registration.net in October for both AP and IB exams. This will help with the overlap of AP and IB exams. Please use Managebac to verify exam schedule. Contact me if you have questions. I will closely work with AP coordinator to minimize conflicts. **IB doesn’t allow for changes in exams for sports or other competitions, unless international competitions. .

17. 2020 IB fees/AP fees, registration, refunds • IB Fees(last year’s): $125.00 per exam,(plus Total Registration fees) $172.00 for registration These are non-refundable fees (any changes after November 1 will incur additional fees) • IB registration and payment of fees will be done October 1-15, 2019 on Total Registration • FRL forms will minimize fees if submitted prior to Sept. 13, 2019 • AP fees: $94.00 per exam, registering in Sept. this year • You must know what exams you are going to take, no refunds will be offered!

18. Donations We pay to ship IB exams, there is no reimbursement. If you would be so inclined as to make a donation it would go a long way toward offsetting the expenses that Troy will incur, plus help for senior IB events. I would like this submitted separate from the exam fees on total registration and done directly with the ASB office or TSO There is no obligation to pay!

19. College Applications and Recommendations • What you should know: • SSR-IB letter of rec packet (my website) • Which teachers to ask • Where to apply: Private Universities use Common Application/Online application whenever possible! • USE NAVIANCE to explore!! • Questbridge: low income requirement, must be proven to me before I will complete. Application due 9/26/2019 I need SSR by August 30, 2019! • Procedure for applying with me: • Download and complete SSR-IB letter of rec packet. • Bring your COMPLETE SSR-IB letter of rec packet to me or upload on Google Classroom by Sept. 13thfor early apps and September 27thfor regular apps. • No letter will be written if you do not have a EE 1st draft completed by Sept. 15th, turned into your mentor and Managebac.