thanks david hawley ib chief academic officer presentation 2015
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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 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.
Why of an IB Education?
Creating a better and
more peaceful
world
Creating a better and
more peaceful
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The IB Strategy 2015-19
1. Setting highly relevant standards for student centred education
2. Creating and enabling a professional community of engaged
educators
3. Providing flexibility to implement IB programmes
4. Giving excellent service to the IB community
5. Creating an IB to deliver its mission
1. Setting highly relevant standards for student centred education
• Research
• Programme reviews and refinements
• eAssessment
• Student competencies (Learner Profile in action)
• Digital publishing
• Results extra
2. Creating and enabling a professional community of engaged educators
• IB Educators Network (IBEN)
• Enhancing professional development
• Building a (better) digital platform
• A global and influential teacher voice
3. Providing flexibility to implement IB programmes
• Our software in your hardware
• Career-related as stand-alone programme option
• Online learning
• A sustainable language strategy
5. Creating an IB to deliver its mission
• “One IB”
• Digital
• Better for students
• Easier for educators
• Simpler for schools
Where are we going and growing?
• Educators (IBEN – workshop leaders, examiners, curriculum
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• Students
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Year of assessment (May)
DP exams sat by CP candidates
CP candidates
Authorized schools offering CP
Expected authorized schools in Q2 2015
Reflections on the world students will live and work in
• V U C A
• PYP student today will be living and working into 2100
• 22nd Century Skills?
• Technology (Turkle)
Primary Years Programme (Review)
EVOLUTIONARY and INNOVATIVE
Student Survey
Consultation paper
Focus groups
PYP school survey
IB regional workshops
Curriculum consultants
Commissioned research
PYP Committee School visits
Think Tank
Curriculum meetings
Research Experts
PYP stakeholders
Conference presentations
Steering Group
Primary Years Programme (Review) • Schools will benefit from: Area of focus
• Clarity • Continuity for students through the continuum of an IB education Structure and articulation
• Implications for the practices around inquiry, for example, play • Strengthened pedagogical toolkit, inclusive of student agency • Examples from school based practice
Principles of the programme (particularly inquiry based teaching)
• Empowering, developing, trusting the professional voice of educators • Relevance for students • Flexibility of implementation
Transdisciplinary framework for learning, teaching and planning
• Rigour of programme • Integrity with the learning and teaching process Assessment
• Contextualized guidance • Strengthened practice of educators to promote multilingualism Language
Middle Years Programme MYP: Next chapter
• Teacher support materials 1,000+ pages
• Social and emotional learning
• eAssessments
Why MYP eAssessments?
EVOLUTIONARY and INNOVATIVE
Flexibility of subject
choice Personal proj.
moderation global
consistency
Greater guidance
and support
Inquiry
Technological innovation
Approaches to learning Concept-
driven curriculum
Less paperwork and administration
Contextual
Better alignment with PYP/
DP/ CP
External assessment
for recognition
Diploma Programme
• Research on workload and stress
• Sex as predictor of participation and performance
• New course: Global politics
• Digital microsites
• Journey to eAssessments
Workload and stress
• During first year of the DP, student wellbeing appears to be deteriorating
• Both students and DP coordinators find the DP workload too heavy
• Science HL courses are regarded as particularly challenging
• More workload: o Parental involvement is high o Grades are lower o Girls o Parents have lower education level
• Higher stress levels: o Higher perceived workload o Girls o Lower education level parents o Lower parental involvement
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