BRIARGROVE ELEMENTARY: JOURNEY TO INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB).Primary Years Programme (PYP)

February 28, 2013

ESSENTIAL AGREEMENTS

IB MISSION STATEMENT 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.

QUESTIONS- ASSESSING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME OF IB Ages 3-12

Develops the whole child as an inquirer

A framework guided by 6 transdisciplinary themes of global significance, explored using knowledge and skills.

Powerful emphasis on inquiry- based learning.

INQUIRY: LEARNERS CONSTRUCTING MEANING Inquiry: a seeking or request for truth,

information, or knowledge.

Based on the constructivist approach: learners have beliefs about how the world works based on their experiences and prior learning.

As we strive to make meaning in our lives, we travel continually on a cycle of constructing, testing, and confirming or revising our personal models of how the world works.

INQUIRY: LEARNERS CONSTRUCTING MEANING

Written Curriculum

Taught CurriculumAssessed Curriculum

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS Knowledge

Significant, relevant content we wish the students to explore and know about, taking into consideration their prior experience and understanding

ConceptsPowerful ideas that have relevance within the subject areas but also transcend them and that students must explore and re-explore in order to develop a coherent, in-depth understanding.

SkillsThose capabilities the students need to demonstrate to succeed in a changing, challenging world, which may be disciplinary or transdisciplinary in nature.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

AttitudesDispositions that are expressions of fundamental values, beliefs and feelings about learning, the environment and people

ActionDemonstrations of deeper learning in responsible behaviour through responsible action; a manifestation in practice of the other essential elements

KNOWLEDGE:TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES Who we are Where we are in place and time How we express ourselves How the world works How we organize ourselves Sharing the planet

What content areas could we explored in these themes? What grade-level topics could we explore in these themes?

KNOWLEDGE:TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES Who we are Where we are in place and time How we express ourselves How the world works How we organize ourselves Sharing the planet

TEKS-SCI 2.8B- identify the importance of weather and seasonal information to make choices in clothing, activities,

and transportation

CONCEPTS:QUESTIONING Form - What is it like?

Function - How does it work?

Causation - Why is it like it is?

Change - How is it changing?

Connection - How is it connected to other things?

Perspective – What are the points of view?

Responsibility – What is our responsibility?

Reflection – How do we know?

How can you ensure we have more in-depth questioning on our post-its?

TEKS-SCI 2.8B- identify the importance of weather and seasonal information to

make choices in clothing, activities, and transportation

LEARNER PROFILE:IB @ HOMEIB learners strive to be: Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators Principled Open-minded Caring Risk-takers Balanced Reflective

The attributes of the learner profile express the values inherent to the IB continuum of international education: these are values that should infuse all elements of the three programmes and, therefore, the culture and ethos of all IB World Schools. IB programmes promote the education of the whole person, emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth through all domains of knowledge.

CONTACT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT IB AT BRIARGROVE ELEMENTARY

Erin Van PeltIB Coordinator

eellswor@houstonisd.org(713) 917-3600