Welcome to South Iredell, an IB World School

Matthew Reid704.902.5221 / mreid@iss.k12.nc.usDiploma Programme Coordinator

•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 it works

• CAS, Extended Essay and TOK build adaptable, process-driven, problem-solvers; Colleges want these students on their campuses not only for the rigor, but because of the maturity and full development of the LPTs

• DP exams are not high-stakes tests; written / applied; nearly no multiple-choice components; offer student choice [A.P. contrast]

• International standard Globally competitive• Coursework is directed by student choice as well

as a prescribed curriculum

The Diploma Programmeand its Hexagon

• Group 1: Language and Literature HL

• Group 2: Spanish / French SL or HL

• Group 3: History of the Americas and 20th Century Topics HL likely adding Psychology

• Group 4: Biology, Physics, and Chemistry (all SL or HL)

• Group 5: Math Studies SL or Math SL

• Group 6: Visual Arts HL, an second science or a second language B

The formula forthe Diploma

Six courses xSeven-point scale (Combo of IA & EA)+ ToK / EE (3)_________________Possible total = 45.

24+ = Diploma

Students still receive credit for courses passed if the Diploma is not recieved.

Group 1: Language A

Language and Literature (required)

Assessment Guide

Group 2: Language B

Students choose 1 or 2 from French SL, French HL, Spanish SL or Spanish HL,

Assessment Guide

Group 3: Individuals and Societies

History of the Americas and 20th Century Topics HL (required)

Assessment Guide

Group 3: Individuals and Societies

Psychology Assessment Guide

Group 4: Experimental Sciences

Students choose 1 or 2 of the following: Biology SL or HL, Chemistry SL or HL, Physics SL or HL,

BiologyPhysicsChemistry

Group 5: Mathematics

Students choose either:

Math Studies SL Assessments

Math SL Assessments

Group 6: Electives

Visual Arts HL

CAS

• Pass or fail: All 8 learning outcomes have to be met. This must be completed by March of 2015. Status will be communicated by Sarah Hawkins

Extended Essay/TOK

• TOK assessed by externally assessed presentation and essay

• Extended Essay sent off and externally assessed

• Rubric for Extended Essay

• Point spread with TOK

Points RequirementsThe IB Diploma will be awarded to a candidate whose total score is 24, 25, 26 or 27 points, provided all the following requirements have been met.•Numeric grades have been awarded in all six subjects registered for the IB Diploma.•All CAS requirements have been met.•Grades A (highest) to E (lowest) have been awarded for both Theory of Knowledge and  an Extended Essay, with a grade of at least D in one of them.•There is no grade 1 in any subject.•There is no grade 2 at higher level.•There is no more than one grade 2 at standard level.•Overall, there are no more than three grades 3 or below.•At least 12 points have been gained on higher level subjects (candidates who register for four higher level subjects must gain at least 16 points at higher level).•At least 9 points have been gained on standard level subjects (candidates who register for two standard level subjects must gain at least 6 points at standard level).•The final award committee has not judged the candidate to be guilty of malpractice.

Points Requirements• The IB Diploma will be awarded to a candidate whose total score is 28 points or

above, provided all the following requirements have been met.• Numeric grades have been awarded in all six subjects registered for the IB

Diploma.• All CAS requirements have been met.• Grades A (highest) to E (lowest) have been awarded for both Theory of

Knowledge and an Extended Essay, with a grade of at least D in one of them.• There is no grade 1 in any subject.• There is no more than one grade 2 at higher level.• There are no more than two grades 2 at standard level.• Overall, there are no more than three grades 3 or below.• At least 11 points have been gained on higher level subjects (candidates who

register for four higher level subjects must gain at least 14 points at higher level).• At least 8 points have been gained on standard level subjects (candidates who

register for two standard level subjects must gain at least 5 points at standard level).

• The final award committee has not judged the candidate to be guilty of malpractice.

National Exam differential

National Averages

• SAT overall = 1500 SAT maths = 514

SAT verbal = 497

SAT writing = 489

• ACT overall = 21

Diploma Programme

• SAT overall = 1953

SAT maths = 654

SAT verbal = 649

SAT writing = 649

• ACT overall = 29

“This two-year course offers a voyage toward self-discovery and multi-cultural appreciation. The student who chooses to embark on this journey receives a general map, as well as guidance, advice and encouragement. However, the roles of sailor, navigator and captain belong to the student alone. The distance traveled and the discoveries made rest upon the shoulders of each participant.

-a DP student whenasked about the value of

the DP difference

A study at the University of Florida

showed that IB students suffered less college “shock” than their non-IB peers in percentage drop of high-school grades.

College prep dropped 28%.A.P. students dropped 21%.IB students dropped 13%.

At the College of William & Mary

IB students consistently have higher G.P.A.s than the average of their non-IB peers.

Virginia Tech compared

students who simply attended schools that had IB programmes and found that the IB environment created this stark of a contrast. Comparing student populations with G.P.A.s above 3.0 (a standard B)

Student Group Percent above 3.0

Non-IB / Non- A.P. 33

A.P. 41

Students at an IB school 88

Student Student performance performance at Virginia at Virginia Tech indicates Tech indicates that that important important positive positive attitudes attitudes toward toward learning are learning are developed at developed at IB high IB high schools. schools. These These attitudes attitudes seem to apply seem to apply even to even to students students outside the IB outside the IB programmes.programmes.

Why American parents choose DPSouth Side H.S. (Rockville Centre, N.Y.): 100

percent of its DP graduates completed their college degrees in four or less years compared to 39 percent as a national average. Only 54 percent of American college students complete their college degrees within six years (Chronicle of Higher Education).

University of Pennsylvania: studied America’s “Highly Selective” and “Most Selective” universities as concluded that 59 percent of those schools gave preference in the admissions process to DP students.

The State University of New York (Binghamton): recommended that students earning 30 or more points toward their DP diploma should get a full year of credit.

Student benefits of this Post-modern education

• As the “global population becomes more mobile,” there will be a demand for “balanced bilinguals who are highly proficient, literate and knowledgeable in two or more languages.”

• Employees of the next two decades must have “the ability to process and evaluate knowledge not just acquire it . . . Universities and employers are increasingly seeking to attract globally aware, adaptable learners who are able to apply and transfer their skills and knowledge to new contexts.”

Source: Towards a Continuum of International Education

Student benefits (continued)

• The world is changing rapidly, requiring learners to anticipate the unknown and adapt to change, not just respond to it.

• Employment prospects increasingly require an ability to transfer skills and learning.

• Learning to work and solve problems collaboratively is becoming as important as learning to work individually.

• Developing self-confidence in learners, as well as academic competence, is essential of learners are going to be able to function effectively.

• Constructive critical thinking is a tool necessary for individual and collective survival; students must be able to distinguish sense from nonsense, propaganda from truth and make their own well-informed judgments

Source: Towards a Continuum of International Education

The college acceptance value School

IB Candidate rate

Overall Rate Difference

Harvard University 32% 10% 220%

Yale University 18% 7% 157%

University of Miami 72% 30% 140%

Univ. of California –Berkeley 58% 26% 123%

Stanford University 15% 7% 114%

UCLA 48% 23% 109%

Brown University 18% 9% 100%

Princeton University 16% 8% 100%

University of Virginia 64% 32% 100%

UNC Chapel Hill 63% 32% 97%

University of Florida 82% 42% 95%

New York University 57% 30% 90%

Duke University 28% 16% 75%

Cornell University 31% 18% 72%

University of Pennsylvania 24% 14% 71%

Columbia University 13% 9% 44%

University of Michigan 71% 51% 39%

Please do not make this the only reason to pursue the DP. If this is all you seek, you will not get maximum value from the experience. This should be the cherry on top of a very large sundae.

Strong correlation to our students at SIHS because•95 percent of respondents from U.S. public schools•84 percent accepted to their first-choice school•29 median score of group from 4171 students in 191 schools in 34 states

Source: http://www.ibo.org/recognition/resourcesanddocumentlibrary/moreresources/documents/GlobalDPDestinationSurveyUS.pdf

Useful dates

• May Exam Schedule

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byr0M2JRxIKnUW03bldnaWZRNkE/edit?usp=sharing

• Internal assessment due dates

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Byr0M2JRxIKnY3l4aEJBVGh3SzA/edit?usp=sharing

Fees for IB exams

$151 registration

$49 Postage

$50 Lab fees

$250 Total