The International Baccalaureate Career-related Certificate (IBCC)

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The International Baccalaureate
Career-related Certificate (IBCC)
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Why has the IB developed the IBCC?

• To meet the IB access agenda
• The IB is responding to a worldwide trend of
  developing courses that combine academic skills
  with practical skills
• The IBCC fills a void for many schools

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What is the IBCC?

• It is a pilot project
• It is a new IB qualification providing
  value-added to schools offering career-related
  qualifications to their students
• It involves collaboration between the IB and
  schools wishing to provide a vocational option
  for students
• IB world schools and non-IB schools are part of
  the pilot
• It is a unique course offering different pathways
  for students

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What are the elements of the IBCC?

• Two Diploma Programme subjects one must be a
  foreign language (group 2) and the other can be
  any subject from the hexagon groups. The subjects
  can be at any level including ab initio in the
  case of the group 2 subject.
• A specially designed IBCC core recognising IB
  values and the needs of vocational students

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What are the three strands of the core?

• A community and service programme based on the
  principle of service learning
• An approaches to learning course, which develops
  critical thinking skills, creative thinking
  skills, problem solving skills, personal and
  interpersonal skills as well as communication
  skills
• A reflective project that explores the ethical
  dimensions associated with an issue related to
  the students vocational studies

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IBCC pilot schools
Oulu Vocational College, Oulu, Finland
North Karelia College, Outokumpu, Finland
College Françoise- Xavier Garneau, Quebec City,
Canada
Windermere St. Annes School, United Kingdom
Binghamton High School, New York, USA
West Island School, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Minneapolis Public School District, USA
Wesley College, Melbourne, Australia
Le Bocage International School, Mount Ory,
Mauritius
Diera International School, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
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It is not
It is

• a programme
• a vocational qualification
• a certificate that assesses every aspect of the
  students programme
• a pilot that includes similar schools
• a second-rate vocational course
• a certificate that narrows options
• in competition with the Diploma Programme

• a certificate
• a unique IB qualification
• a certificate of IB assessed work only
• a pilot that includes a range of schools
• a challenging and rigorous course
• a certificate that broadens access and broadens
  options
• an initiative that complements our existing
  programmes

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What is the future of the IBCC?

• Subject to successful evaluation, the IBCC will
  go mainstream in 2011
• Controlled growth of the IBCC, should it go
  mainstream
• A pilot of non-IB schools being the sole
  providers of the IBCC will take place between
  2011-2013
• Authorisation processes will be determined over
  the next year