What is International Baccalaureate?

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What is International Baccalaureate?

• A forty year old program developed in Geneva to
  answer the issues of accountability and rigor in
  education.

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A program that asks students to be

• Inquirers!
• Thinkers!
• Communicators!
• Risk-takers!
• Knowledgeable!
• Principled!
• Caring!
• Open-minded!
• Well-balanced!
• Reflective!

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Requirements of IB Diploma

• 6 areas of assessment
• 3 of which are Higher Level or two years
• 3 of which are standard level or one year
• Extended Essay (4,000 word) research paper
• Theory of Knowledge

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Core of IB

• Extended Essay 4,000 word research paper in an
  area of study taken by the student done over 18
  months.
• CAS 150 creative, action, service hours
• Theory of Knowledge critical thinking class
  focused on ways and areas of knowledge

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Who Can Do IB?

• Eligibility
• All students may begin this program if they meet
  the grade 9 and 10 pre-requisites
• https//blogs.ibo.org/ibtv/?p402

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Option B WM CAP

• Career Academy Program
• Requirements 2 IB HL/SL classes (one must be
  over two years)
• A cluster of classes in a specific career pathway
  
• Options Life Science Business Information
  Technology Engineering

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Requirements for CAP (IBCC)

• Two IB classes SL or HL but one must be over a
  two year span.
• Approaches to Learning class
• Language Portfolio (which shows language
  acquisition growth)
• Senior Reflective Project
• Community Service
• https//sites.google.com/a/wmrhsd.org/program-of-s
  tudies-updated/ibcc

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Option C Individual Subject Certificates

• All students are invited to participate in IB
  classes.
• A non-diploma student participating in an IB
  class completes all internal and external
  assessments for that course.
• Therefore, it is strongly suggested that student
  should sit for the IB exam. Students who choose
  to take exams and pass will receive certificates
  from IBO in a given subject.

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Areas of Study

• 1. English
• 2. Foreign Language
• 3. History and Social Sciences
• 4. Science
• 5. Mathematics
• 6. Elective

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Electives offered for IB students

• Second Science or Language
• Economics
• Psychology
• Business Management
• Music History
• Computer Science
• Design Technology
• Theater Arts
• Visual Arts
• Health, Sport and Exercise Science
• Dance

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Pamoja

• Online options which are an extra charge paid for
  by the parents are
• Economics HL
• Film HL or SL
• Philosophy HL

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What Do Colleges Think?

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• University IB policy
• JMU recognizes the International Baccalaureate
  diploma and individual IB courses by awarding
  credit on IB Higher Level examinations.
  Typically, credit hours will be awarded for each
  Higher Level examination on which a score of
  five, six or seven has been earned. Some Standard
  Level examinations will also be considered for
  credit. The university encourages the completion
  of the IB diploma and will give special
  consideration for admission to students who have
  completed the IB program. The grading scale is
  from one to seven with seven being the highest
  score. To view IB credit chart please visit
  http//www.jmu.edu/catalog/09/general/admissions.h
  tmlIBCourses
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What Do Other Colleges Think?

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• University IB policy
• The College of William and Mary accepts test
  scores on Advanced Placement and International
  Baccalaureate examinations for credit from
  incoming students. Typically, a score of 5 on an
  AP exam or a score of 5, 6, or 7 on a Higher
  Level IB exam will earn a student credit, a score
  of 4 on an AP exam will often earn a student an
  exemption. CLICK HERE for a list of AP and IB
  courses and credit awarded for each.
•  Skidmore College will grant four semester hours
  of credit for each Higher Level Examination in
  the International Baccalaureate Program on which
  a student earned a score of 5, 6, or 7, up to a
  maximum of 16 credits.

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Why take IB?

• Confidence
• Time management
• A different way of thinking
• Something to talk about in interviews
• Learning to think like a writer, philosopher,
  scientist, psychologist, economist, musicologist,
  business analyst----
• To Be A SCHOLAR

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Cost

• All students may take classes at the IB level.
• In order to assess and have Internal Assessments
  and Examinations scored, there is a cost of 104
  per area.
• The total cost of the IB Diploma is 860 to be
  paid over the two years. The registration of 110
  is paid the first year.
• There are payment plans available!

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Question and Answer

• IB Seniors are here to answer any questions you
  may have about the practical aspects or the
  emotional impact of IB on their lives. Feel free
  to ask them anything (within reason).

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Thanks for you kind attention.

• Thanks for your kind attention. If you have
  further questions, please write to me, Debbie
  Gonzalez, dgonzalez_at_wmrhsd.org or call my
  extension, 3775, or contact your counselor.

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What Grads have said?

• The other day, I was thinking about my yearbook
  quote of "Still Wondering if IB was Worth it",
  and now, just about a month into college, that
  answer is definitively yes. Not only did CAS
  actually make the application process easier, it
  made my transcript look all that more impressive.
  The HS coursework has prepped me for college so
  well that I feel like college is actually
  significantly easier. In my business class, we
  are reading a book that we used as summer reading
  for IB Business Management, and in addition to
  that, I am ahead of the game in just about every
  aspect of that class. On a different note, I just
  finished up a meeting with my academic advisor
  and confirmed that I got 24 cred-its as a result
  of my IB/AP coursework, all of which I attribute
  to my IB studies, because without the IB courses,
  I never would've scored as well on the AP tests.
  Consequently, by winter break of this year, I
  will have enough credits to be considered a
  mid-year sophomore. I just wanted to relay this
  information to you so you can relay it to the
  other kids in IB who are in the shoes I was in a
  little while back. Without a doubt, it was worth
  it. Kevin Cotter WMC class of 2011 (Northeastern
  University)

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What grads have said?

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• The benefits of IB may not seem apparent in high
  school (extended essay can be more overwhelming
  than academically liberating at times), but once
  I stepped through the gates at Barnard -- and
  Columbia -- I knew I was prepared for anything.
  As a history major, analytical reading, strong
  writing, and public speaking are absolutely
  NECESSARY to succeed and do well. There are no
  standardized tests...you cannot quantify
  intelligence. Yet this academic approach was
  nothing new to me. When I read over the syllabi
  for my literature courses, history seminars,
  biology labs, and art history lectures, the
  assignments are all essays, papers, short answer
  midterms and finals. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT! So
  many students get flustered over writing five or
  even seven page papers in a night. They don't
  think it is possible to read 100 pages a week
  just for one class. I am not saying that papers
  and reading are easy tasks on the contrary, this
  isn't high school anymore, this stuff is deep!!
  But IB has taught me skills to manage my time and
  energy. IB stresses critical analysis by reading
  texts actively, I read right the first time and
  save time by not needing to read and reread for
  the answer. IB stresses efficiency I know my
  strengths and weaknesses so I prioritize my work
  to make the most use of my time. Thus I can enjoy
  college with a low level of stress and a high
  level of happiness. And the icing on the cake?
  Barnard gave me 30 credits for my diploma. That's
  a whole year. That's early graduation. That's
  40,000 i just saved too....not so bad when you
  think about it!
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• But most of all, IB is truly about the love of
  learning.

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More of your grads!

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• Successfully completing the IB program was
  probably the best way I could have prepared
  myself for the college environment. The program
  brings with it a greatly increased workload
  similar to that found in college courses, and the
  skills I developed to effectively handle such
  requirements are the same that I find many of my
  current peers struggling to learn now. Having
  written the Extended Essay, for example, being
  asked by a professor to write a five-page paper
  seems trivial to me, whereas many of my
  classmates experience a great deal of stress
  about the process. Going to college requires a
  number of adaptations, and I am glad that, in
  addition to learning to live on my own and be
  more or less independent, I did not have to learn
  to work effectively or manage my time, because I
  had already done so in the IB program.
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