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International Baccalaureate

International Baccalaureate. Presented by Amanda Phelps Instructional Leadership June 13, 2007. What is International Baccalaureate?. International Baccalaureate is a not for profit educational foundation founded in Switzerland in 1968.

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International Baccalaureate

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  1. International Baccalaureate Presented by Amanda Phelps Instructional Leadership June 13, 2007

  2. What is International Baccalaureate? • International Baccalaureate is a not for profit educational foundation founded in Switzerland in 1968. • IB is designed to offer programmes of international education to a worldwide community of schools.

  3. Where is IB? • There are more than 540,000 IB students in the world. • They are educated at 2,061 IB World schools. • IB World schools are located in 125 countries.

  4. What is the Mission of IB? • 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.

  5. What is the Mission of IB? • To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

  6. What is the Mission of IB? • These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

  7. What does IB offer? • Three programmes of international education to students ages 3 to 19. • Primary Years Programme or PYP • Middle Years Programme or MYP • Diploma Programme

  8. Primary Years Programme

  9. Themes in the PYP • Six transdisciplinary themes of global significance provide the framework for exploration and study: • who we are • where we are in place and time • how we express ourselves • how the world works • how we organize ourselves • sharing the planet

  10. The PYP Curriculum • The programme can be illustrated by a hexagon with the six transdisciplinary themes surrounding six subject areas: • language • social studies • mathematics • arts • science and technology • personal, social and physical education.

  11. Essential Elements of the PYP • Five essential elements appear at the centre of the hexagon. • Concepts • Knowledge • Skills • Attitudes • Action

  12. The MYP Curriculum

  13. Assessment in the MYP • Continuous Assessment • Final Assessment • Validation of Grades

  14. Diploma Programme Curriculum

  15. Assessment in the Diploma Programme • Internal Assessment • External Assessment

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

  17. IB Learner Profiles In Action • IB Learner Profiles In Action

  18. Thank You… Thank you for allowing me to share my knowledge of International Baccalaureate with you today.

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