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Title: What is International Baccalaureate?


1
What is International Baccalaureate?
  • A forty year old program developed in Geneva to
    answer the issues of accountability and rigor in
    education.

2
A program that asks students to be
  • Inquirers!
  • Thinkers!
  • Communicators!
  • Risk-takers!
  • Knowledgeable!
  • Principled!
  • Caring!
  • Open-minded!
  • Well-balanced!
  • Reflective!

3
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

4
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

5
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

7
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

8
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.

9
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

11
Pamoja
  • Online options which are an extra charge paid for
    by the parents are
  • Economics HL
  • Film HL or SL
  • Philosophy HL

12
What Do Colleges Think?
  •  
  • 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
  •  

13
What Do Other Colleges Think?
  •  
  • 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.

14
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

15
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!

16
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.

18
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)

19
What grads have said?
  •  
  • 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!
  •  
  • But most of all, IB is truly about the love of
    learning.

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More of your grads!
  •  
  • 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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