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An International Education
International Mindedness
• An openness to and curiosity about the world and people of other cultures, and a striving towards a profound level of understanding of the complexity and diversity of human interactions.
Intercultural Awareness
• Having some knowledge of and sensitivity towards groups of people with different sets of beliefs and values, experiences, and practices.
What is the IB mission?
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. To this end, the IB works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
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.
IB Learner Profile
• The ten qualities of the IB learner profile inspire and motivate the work of teachers, students and schools, providing a statement of the aims and values of the IB and a definition of what we mean by “international-mindedness.”
What is the IB learner profile?IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective
The Areas of Interaction in the
Middle Years Programme
What does the MYP curriculum consist of?
Areas of Interaction:
approaches to learning
• community and service
• human ingenuity
• environments
• health and social education
Programme model
What do the 5 Areas of Interaction mean?
AoI: Approaches to learning (ATL)
Through ATL, teachers provide students with tools to:
take responsibility for their own learning develop awareness of how they learn best develop problem solving and decision making skills develop awareness of thought process and learning
strategies develop critical, coherent and independent thought
AoI: Community and service
This component extends learning beyond the classroom and requires students to:
take an active part in the communities in which they live, thereby encouraging responsible citizenship
develop a sense of responsibility
develop skills to make an effective contribution to society
develop community awareness and concern
AoI: Human Ingenuity
Students explore in multiple ways the processes and products of human creativity to:
• appreciate and develop the human capacity to influence, transform, enjoy and improve the quality of life
• explore relationships between science, aesthetics, technology by leading students to examine, experience and reflect on the creative process
AoI: Environments
In learning to develop awareness of humanity’s interdependence with the environment, students:
• accept responsibility for maintaining an environment fit for the future
• understand local and global environmental issues
• make decisions on environmental situations
• understand political and economic environmental issues
AoI: Health and social education
Educating the whole person deals with physical, social and emotional health and intelligence—key aspects of development leading to complete and healthy lives. Students will: develop skills and knowledge to make informed choices
become aware of potential hazards
take responsibility for their own well-being
take responsibility for their social environment
understand the relationship between the individual and
society
Application Process
CONSIDERATION AND
FEASIBILITY STUDY
6 mos. – 1 year
APPLICATION A: Candidate Status
> 1 year
APPLICATION B 1 – 2 years
AUTHORIZATION
EVALUATION 4 years after authorization
What goes into the MYP applications?
MYP consultants work with schools in the candidate phase
to complete:
• MYP course outlines• units of work
…and other requirements for application, part B
Course Outlines
Teachers from the same subject
areas and grade level write course
outlines (syllabi) to communicate to students and parents:
• Subject specific MYP aims and objectives along with the corresponding MYP rubrics
• The role of the Areas of Interaction
• The Learner Profile as the IB Mission Statement in action
• International mindedness
The MYP curriculum construction
Areas of interaction:
approaches to learning
• community and service
• human ingenuity (homo faber)
• environments
• health and social education
Programme model
Curriculum framework
Contexts/Focus for learning
How do we build our MYP
Curriculum Framework?
Unpacking the MYP Unit Planner
• What are the elements of an MYP unit?• How are they interwoven?
The MYP unit planner may also be used for
interdisciplinary unit planning when two teachers from two
different subject areas come together to plan.
MYP Unit Planner
Teachers collaborate to create units that:
• align state, local or provincial standards with the Aims and Objectives of the MYP subject area
• focus on one Area of Interaction and a “Big Idea”• engage students’ interest with a unit question• develop a subject-specific MYP task with appropriate
MYP assessment criteria• create teaching and learning activities leading up to the
summative assessment
The Three C’s
The Three C’s
The Three C’s
What about assessment?
ASSESSMENT
CONCEPT
CONTENT
CONTEXT
Appropriate TASK
MYP Assessment CRITERIA
MYP ASSESSMENT IS CRITERION REFERENCED
MYP assessment is based on a criterion-referenced model that directly links the assessment criteria with the subject-group objectives.
This model gives both teacher and student reliable and valid information on the actual learning that takes place for each subject group.
Standards and Objectives
Which specific MYP objectives
will be addressed during this
unit?
Which MYP assessment criteria will
be used?Appropriate Task?
Make sure that state standards and the MYP objectives are centered around significant new teaching
Area of Interaction
Big Idea
Creating your sound byte
Teachers define a BIG IDEA …
…and merge ONE AoI with Big Idea
Development of Unit Question
Area of Interaction
Unit Question
A question that helps the student figure out “Why do I need to know this?”
Big Idea
Where is the rigor in the MYP?
Assessment
Unit Question
Aligning Standards & MYP Objectives
Area of Interaction
Appropriate TASK
MYP Assessment CRITERIA
For More Information
Stan Burgoyne
MYP Regional Manager, IB North America
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 240
New York, NY 10115
stanley.burgoyne@ibo.org
Direct line: 646-315-9746