The IB Middle Years Programme

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The IBMiddle Years Programme

• The MYP

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International Baccalaureate

• Primary Years Programme
• (students aged 3-12)
• Middle Years Programme
• (students aged 11-16)
• Diploma Programme
• (students aged16-18)

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IB Mission Statement

• 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 organization 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.

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International-Mindedness

• Community
• Curriculum
• Assessment
• Activities
• Building

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MYP aims to develop in students

• The disposition and capacity to be lifelong
  learners.
• The capacity to adapt to a rapidly changing
  reality.
• Problem-solving and practical skills and
  intellectual rigor.
• The capacity and self-confidence to act
  individually and collaboratively.

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MYP aims to develop in students

• An awareness of global issues and the willingness
  to act responsibly.
• The ability to engage in effective communication
  across frontiers.
• Respect for others and an appreciation of
  similarities and differences.

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The MYP Fundamental Concepts

• Holistic Learning
• representing the notion that all knowledge is
  interrelated and that the curriculum should cater
  to the development of the whole person.

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• Intercultural awareness
• representing the notion that school communities
  should encourage and promote international-mindedn
  ess by engaging with and exploring other
  cultures.

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• Communication
• representing the notion that schools should
  encourage open and effective communication.

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IB Learner Profile

• The aim of all IB programmes is to develop
  internationally minded people who, recognizing
  our common humanity and shared guardianship of
  the planet, help to create a better and more
  peaceful world.

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IB learners strive to be

• Inquirers
• Knowledgeable
• Thinkers
• Communicators
• Principled
• Open-minded
• Caring
• Risk-takers
• Balanced
• Reflective

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IB Learners _at_ Southwest are...
Balanced
Knowledgeable
Principled
Communicators
Caring
Thinkers
Open-minded
Inquirers
Reflective
Risk-takers
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Curriculum

• Eight Subjects
• Arts
• Humanities
• Language A
• Language B
• Math
• Physical Education
• Science
• Technology

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Curriculum

• Areas of Interaction
• Approaches to Learning
• Health and Social
• Human Ingenuity
• Community and Service
• Environment

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AOI Approaches to Learning

• Encourages students to take increasing
  responsibility for their learning, to question
  and evaluate information critically, and to seek
  out and explore the links between subjects.
• Learning how to learn and how to evaluate
  information critically is as important as the
  content of the subject disciplines themselves.

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AOI Community and Service

• Community and service encourages students to
  become aware of their roles and their
  responsibilities as members of communities. All
  MYP students are required to become involved with
  their communities, involvement that benefits both
  parties.

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AOI Human Ingenuity

• Human ingenuity encourages students to examine
  and reflect on the ingenious ways in which humans
  think, create and initiate change.

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AOI Health and Social Education

• Health and social education encourages students
  to explore personal, physical and societal issues
  and to develop respect for body and mind.

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AOI Environments

• Environments encourages students to become aware
  of their interdependence with the world and to
  develop responsible and positive attitudes
  towards their environments.

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Curriculum

• Personal Project
• Student driven
• Advisor
• Celebration

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MYP Implementation Timeline

• 2008-09
• Ninth grade team only
• 2009-10
• All ninth grade
• 2010-11
• All ninth and tenth grade