Piedmont Middle School IB Parent Meeting Thursday, April 17, 2013

2. Piedmont Middle SchoolIB Parent MeetingThursday, April 17, 2013 Images in this presentation can be clicked to link to more information

3. What is the IB Middle Years Program? • Framework of Learning • Designed for students 11-to 16 (grades 6-10) to become creative critical and reflective thinkers. • Emphasizes intellectual challenge • Encourages students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world. • Fosters development of skills for 21st Century • Communication • Intercultural understanding • Global engagement

4. MYP’s 8 Subjects • Required Each Year: • Language A (the student’s best language, first language or mother tongue) • Language B (an additional language - Piedmont offers Spanish and French) • Humanities • Science • Mathematics • Arts • Physical Education • Technology • In their final year (grade 10) students will also undertake an independent “personal project” to demonstrate the development of their skills and understanding

5. MYP’s 3 Fundamental Concepts • Communication • valuing language acquisition in at least two languages • Holistic Learning • finding connections across and within the subjects and grade levels • Intercultural Awareness • growing understanding of a student’s own culture coupled with an understanding and appreciation of other cultures

6. MYP’s Key Components: • Addresses student intellectual, social, emotional and physical well being • Enables students to understand and manage the complexities of our world • Fosters skills and attitudes needed to take responsible action for the future • Ensures breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding through the study of 8 subject areas • Requires the study of at least 2 languages to support students in understanding their own culture and that of others • Provides the opportunity for students to undertake an independent project in an area of interest

7. MYP Assessment • To maintain the rigor for which IB is renowned, the MYP assessment model is criterion-based. • These criteria are consistent worldwide • Our teachers structure varied and valid assessment tasks • Students demonstrate achievement according to the criterion objectives defined by IB. • Tasks are assessed against established criteria, not against the work of other students.

8. Types of Assessment Tasks • Open-ended problem solving activities • Investigations • Organized debates • Hands on experimentation • Analysis and Reflection

9. Mathematics Assessment Criteria Criterion A: Knowledge and understanding Criterion B: Investigating patterns Criterion C: Communication in mathematics Criterion D: Reflection in mathematics

10. Humanities Assessment Criteria Criterion A: Knowledge Criterion B: Concepts Criterion C: skills Criterion D: Organization and presentation

11. Technology/Design Cycle Assessment Criteria Criterion A: Investigate Criterion B: Design Criterion C: Plan Criterion D: Create Criterion E: Evaluate Criterion F: Attitudes in technology

12. Language A Assessment Criteria Criterion A: Content (receptive and productive) Criterion B: Organization Criterion C: Style and language mechanics

13. Language B Assessment Criteria Criterion A: Oral Communication Criterion B: Visual Interpretation Criterion C: Reading Comprehension Criterion D: Writing

14. Science Assessment Criteria Criterion A: One world Criterion B: Communication in science Criterion C: Knowledge and understanding of science Criterion D: Scientific inquiry Criterion E: Processing data Criterion F: Attitudes in science

15. Arts Assessment Criteria Criterion A: Knowledge and understanding Criterion B: Application Criterion C: Reflection and evaluation Criterion D: Personal engagement

16. Why IB? • The average acceptance rate of IB students into university/college is 22 percentage points higher than the average acceptance rate of the total population. • The following graph shows the significantly higher acceptance rates of IB students to colleges.

18. Where do you want to go? • Universities Recognizing IB

19. Questions