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Junior IB Orientation

Get detailed insights on IB program components, exam fees saving plan, academic honesty, assessments, and diploma requirements. Understand Extended Essay milestones, exam fees, and junior year assessments to excel in IB.

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Junior IB Orientation

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  1. Junior IB Orientation September 2015

  2. Agenda • The IB Core • TOK – Chris Knab • CAS – Denise Carr • EE – Jeff Liss • Academic Honesty • The IB Diploma • Internal and External Assessments • Exam fees – saving plan • Assessments in junior year

  3. The IB Core • TOK • Mr. Chris Knab • CAS • Mrs. Denise Carr • EE • Mr. Jeff Liss

  4. Extended Essay • Each quarter one or more assignments showing progress on the extended essay will be due. • If students have completed these assignments and are on track, they will receive an ‘S’ (satisfactory) on their report card. • A ‘U’ will mean that they have not kept up with the extended essay timeline.

  5. Extended Essay • Quarter 1 • Preliminary Topic • Review 4 sample essays – analysis sheet due • Quarter 2 • Select topic • After school meeting • Assigned supervisor • Preliminary research question due

  6. Extended Essay • Quarter 3 • Review documentation conventions • Research lessons • Annotated bibliography due • Quarter 4 • Outline • Completion plan

  7. Extended Essay Year Two • Summer 2015 • Draft essay • October 2015 • Draft due • November – December 2015 • Revisions • Rewriting • January 2016 – DEADLINE

  8. Extended Essay • Partnership with SUNY Buffalo library • Field trip TBA • Access to UB library, borrowing privileges, access to databases • More information to come

  9. Exam Fees • There are two student fees for IB: • Registration fee: $164 • Exam fee: $113/course • KenTon District will pay the registration fee for students pursuing the complete diploma • 6 exams @ $113 = $678

  10. Saving for Exam Fees • Fees will be due 15 October 2016 • Assuming a couple of dollar increase, fees could be $696 next year • Saving $58/month will be enough to cover exam fees • Students qualifying for Free/Reduced Lunch will have their fees paid for by a government grant • Paperwork due 1 October 2016

  11. Academic Honesty • Full policy on KE IB website and IB Handbook • Plagiarism, Collusion, and Collaboration • Policy in effect on all assignments, not just exams and IB papers • KE consequences vs. IB consequences

  12. Assessments • Kenmore East grades – independent of IB grades • Exams • Regents – select courses (US History) • AP – optional US History • IB • 3 to 4 assessments in each course

  13. IB Assessments • Internal (IA) – scored here and moderated • External (EA) – scored by IB teachers somewhere else • Includes: Written Assignments in Languages, Musical Investigation in Music, Art Exhibition in Visual Art, TOK paper • Papers (Exams): • 2 to 3 in each course, May 2017

  14. Earning an IB Diploma • 24 points needed for diploma • 4 x 6 = 24 • 12 point must come from HL courses • Each IB course scored out of 7 • CAS, TOK and EE must be completed • TOK and EE can add up to 3 points

  15. TOK & EE and Diploma

  16. Failing Conditions May 2015 From the May 2015 examination session From the May 2015 session the following failing conditions and associated codes will replace those in current use. • CAS requirements have not been met. • Candidate’s total points are fewer than 24. • An N has been given for theory of knowledge, extended essay or for a contributing subject. • A grade E has been awarded for one or both of theory of knowledge and the extended essay. • There is a grade 1 awarded in a subject/level. • Grade 2 has been awarded three or more times (HL or SL). • Grade 3 or below has been awarded four or more times (HL or SL). • Candidate has gained fewer than 12 points on HL subjects • Candidate has gained fewer than 9 points on SL subjects.

  17. Assessments Junior Year • English • Written Assignment (January) • Oral Presentation (June) • LOTE • Interactive Oral #1 (December) • History – Historical Investigation (Jan. – May) • Science • ES&S: Lab work (Ongoing)

  18. Assessments Junior Year • Math • Math Studies: Math Investigation (January – June) • Mathematics: Project • Arts • Music: Musical Investigation begins, recordings of performances, one composition for composing students • Visual Art: Investigative Workbook(ongoing)

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