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GEMS World Academy - Dubai
The Final Year of the MYP Making the Transition:
Grade 9 to Grade 10
Rhonda (Wiens) Zaharko
MYP Coordinator
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Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate Organization 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 IBO 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.
MYP: Alignment across the continuum
The final year of the Middle Years
Programme
Objectives of today are to:
learn about the transition from Grade 9 to Grade 10
learn about the MYP Certificate and the teaching
and learning in Grade 10
understand the MYP Grade 10 Schedule and course
options
better understand how to support the students at
home.
The MYP Journey
Grades 6-10 (Years 1-5) Approaches to Learning (ATL)
• Learning how to learn, explicit teaching and learning in the development 21st Century Skills
Approach to Teaching (Global Contexts, Concepts)
• Teaching and learning to ensure meaningful life long learning
• Understanding how to apply and transfer knowledge in real-world situations
• Teaching beyond facts to develop creative and critical thinkers
Service as Action (Elena Aldridge)
Grade 10 Personal Project (Melodee Peters)
MYP eAssessment and ePortfolios
Approaches to learning
ATL Skill Category MYP ATL skill cluster
Communication Communication
Social Collaboration
Self management Organization
Affective
Refection
Research Information Literacy
Media literacy
Thinking Critical thinking
Creative Thinking
Transfer
SERVICE AND ACTION:
• Aimed at getting all MYP students involved in
service-oriented activities. (Service Learning)
• Is a reportable element for every MYP student at
GWA.
• Not to be confused with CAS (Creativity, Action,
Service)…CAS – DP, SA – MYP.
It’s not about counting hours, it’s about making
the hours count!
Service and Action expectations
• Each MYP student must meet a minimum of four of
the eight SA outcomes over the course of the
academic year.
• Upon completing the activity/activities, students must
add the activity on ManageBac and complete a
reflection based on the learning outcomes they have
chosen.
PERSONAL PROJECT
• The personal nature of the project is important; the project
should be based around a topic that motivates and
interests the student.
• Whatever form the personal project takes, it must allow
the student to investigate and focus on a topic/issue
through a global context.
It has 3 assessed parts: Process Journal, Product, and a
Report.
© International Baccalaureate Organization
Personal Project organization and
moderation
Personal project
• Takes place during the final year of the programme
• Detailed guidance in the Projects guide/on MB.
• Official validation of PP grades is mandatory by the IB, and
requires a process of external moderation of the teachers’
internal assessment.
• Supportive organizational structure
• Qualified supervisor to work with each student
THE MYP CERTIFICATE:
Each student must complete the following: five on-screen examinations - eAssessments (including an
interdisciplinary focused exam)
two portfolios - ePortfolios (one to count towards the MYP
Certficate)
The Personal Project
Completion of the required outcomes in Service as Action
Students must earn a 3 or above on
eAssessments, the ePortfolio and Personal
Project for an MYP Certificate to be awarded.
The MYP eAssessments and
ePortfolios
• embody the MYP at the core of the programme and are built on the
development of learning in the MYP through Global Contexts and
Conceptual Understandings
• provide external results in line with IB expectations and will support the
decisions our students are making in further education (IBDP and IBCP)
and their future
• focus on conceptual learning which allows students to organize ideas
within and across subject areas.
• extend learning transfer that will extend beyond the classroom and
beyond the summative testing point to future learning.
eAssessments
• Set with a Global Context
• Subject areas include: • Language and Literature
• Mathematics
• Individuals and Societies
• Sciences
• Included is additional Interdisciplinary exam,
which will encompass two disciplines as part of the
final evaluation for the IB MYP Certificate.
ePortfolios
• ePortfolio subjects include:
• Language Acquisition (French and Spanish)
• Physical and Heath Education
• Design
• Arts (Music, Drama and Visual Arts)
• Personal Project
• Completed in class as a 20 hour unit, set out by the IB with Global
Context.
• Time-frame (January- March)
• Set against a specific Global Context, and is uses criterion-related
assessment
• Moderated on site by IB teachers
• uploaded portfolios to the IB
Course Options
• Science choice
• Electives choice
Science Course Options
Choose one of the following:
Science:
Biology
Chemistry/Biology
Physics/Chemistry
Elective Choices: (one of the following)
Visual Arts
Performing Arts – Drama
Performing Arts – Music
Design
Physical and Health Education:
How do I support my child through the IB
journey?
Develop the IB Learner Profile attributes: Balanced, Open-minded, Reflective, Inquirers, Thinkers,
Knowledgeable, Communicators, Principled, Caring, Risk-takers.
Encourage Inquiry both in and out of the classroom.
Engage in meaningful action to promote lifelong
learning and become active and responsible
members of the communities in which they live.
Thank you for coming!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
ask, or email me.
Rhonda Wiens Zaharko
MYP Coordinator