1. Utica Community Schools Academy for International Studies
Class of 2017 Program Orientation

2. What is the Academy?
The Utica Community Schools Academy for International Studies (UAIS) is a 4 year (14 – 18) Academy with 500 students that promotes academic preparation through:
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program Curriculum
Natural / Brain-based Learning strategies
Research based decision making
Student voice and personalization of learning

3. Why attend the UAIS IB Academy?
Validity and Consistency
Integrated Curriculum
IB is favored by Universities and Colleges
Learning how to learn
Well Rounded students with specialized interests

4. IB 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 programs of international education and rigorous assessment. These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

5. What do Universities Say?
MIT: Marilee Jones, Director of Admissions: “Send us prepared students à la IB…it is the best high school prep curriculum an American school can offer.”

6. What do Universities Say?
Duke University, Christoph Guttentag, Director of Admissions: “One of the advantages of an IB curriculum is its structure and quality. It’s a coordinated program, well established, well known, and well respected. We know the quality of IB courses, and we think the IB curriculum is terrific.”

7. What do Universities Say?
Harvard University, Marilyn McGrath Lewis, Asst. Dean of Admissions: “IB is well known to us as excellent preparation. Success in an IB program correlates well with success at Harvard. We are pleased to see the credentials of the IB Diploma Program on the transcript.”

8. UAIS Curriculum

9. What Can I Earn? Michigan Diploma International Baccalaureate Diploma
ELA - 4 Credits
Foreign Language – 0 Credits
Social Studies – 3 Credits
Science – 3 Credits
Mathematics – 4 Credits (Alg I, II and Geometry)
Fine Arts – 1 Credit
Physical Education – 1 Credit
Online Experience
Group 1 – HL or SL
Group 2 – HL or SL
Group 3 – HL or SL
Group 4 – HL or SL
Group 5 – HL or SL
Group 6 – HL or SL
Theory of Knowledge, TOK and CAS EE

10. SL and HL Course Standard Level (SL) Higher Level (HL)
AP Level Course Work and Expectations
150 Contact Hours with Students
All students must take at least two (2) SL Courses
SL Courses Require Mastery of Subject Matter
Beyond AP Level Course Work and Understanding
240 Contact Hours with students
All Students Must Take at Least three (3) HL Courses
HL Requires Mastery of Subject Matter and additional Papers

11. IB Assessment Internal Assessments External Assessments Ongoing
20 – 25% of Student’s Diploma Mark
Teacher generated assignments that align with IB standards for assessment
Externally Moderated by IB Reviewers
Project, oral or paper based
May of Junior and Senior Years
75 – 80% of Student’s Diploma Mark
Externally generated and moderated
Paper, portfolio or oral based
Only science has multiple choice (only part)

12. Group 1: English
One of the most effective and humanizing ways that people of different cultures can have access to each others' experiences and concerns is through works of literary merit. ~ Salma Jayyusi, The Literature of Modern Arabia
9th Grade ELA
10th Grade ELA
11th Grade
IB English SL I or,
IB English HL I
12th Grade
IB English SL II or
IB English HL II

13. Group 2: Second Language
The study of a modern language entails acquiring a language system and applying it in four active and interrelated ways: through listening, speaking, reading and writing.
All students will take four years of a language
French
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
Spanish
SL or HL?
Most students will be SL students.
HL requires a minimum 6 years of language.

14. Group 3: Individuals and Societies
9th and 10th Grade: History of World Civilizations
10,000 BCE – Present
Integrated World History, Government and Economics Course
Will require significant novel readi
HL Strand
11th History of Americas (HL)
12th 20th Century Topics (HL)
SL Strands
11th History of Americas (SL)
12th SL Course
Economics SL
Psychology SL

15. Group 4: Experimental Sciences
Laboratory Based Science education is at the Core of the IB
9th Grade: Physical and Biological Sciences
10th Grade
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
SL and HL sciences are two years 11th – 12th
Biology (SL/HL)
Chemistry (SL/HL)
Physics (SL/HL)
All students must take Biology in the 10th or 11th/12th to graduate
Group 4 Project

16. Group 5: Mathematics Academy Inquiry based mathematics. 9th Grade:
Geometry
Algebra I or II
10th Grade:
AP Statistics
11th – 12th Grade
SL Math Studies
Statistics and project based
Enters some pre-calc
SL Mathematics
Statistics and Advanced Alg. and Trig
Calc AB
HL Mathematics
Stats, Adv. Alg, Trig
Calc BC

17. Group 6: Fine Arts
The impulse to make art is common to all people. From earliest times, human beings have displayed fundamental need to create and communicate personal and cultural meaning through art.
IB Arts: Theory, History and Practice
IB Music
Instrumental
Vocal
IB Visual Arts
Visual Studio Arts
Film Studies
IB Theatre
Performance
Design

18. The Hex Core CAS Extended Essay TOK: Theory of Knowledge
Creativity, Action and Service
150 Hours (Junior and Senior Years)
Extended Essay
4000 Words
One or more Groups
Original Hypothesis
TOK: Theory of Knowledge
Ways of Knowing
Areas of Knowledge
Knowledge Issues
Interdisciplinary
Learning How to Question

19. The IB Diploma Looking for a Complete Student! HL Deal Breakers
24 Marks *
Possible 7 marks per exam
3 Marks for TOK / EE
International Avg. 4.3
Minimum 3 HL Courses
Maximum 3 SL Courses
Completion of EE, CAS and TOK
HL Deal Breakers
Score 2 or below on any HL Examination
Score 3 on more than one Exam
SL Deal Breakers
Score 1 on any Exam
Score 2 on more than one Exam

20. The Student Life

21. Logistics
Transportation for all in-district students who would not otherwise walk to Heritage
Schedule
School Within a School Model
Base Schools

22. IB Learner Profile Inquirers Knowledgeable Thinkers Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective

23. Students at the AIS... Have access to clubs and activities
Have access to home school sports/activities
Lead through student voice
Create a community of friends and learners
Enjoy working with their teachers

24. Teachers at the UAIS…
Seek students’ input on curriculum and assessment
Prescribe to IB curriculum and methods of teaching and learning
Teachers plan together and create a team atmosphere in the school

25. How will learning be different at the UAIS?
Relaxed but challenging
Engaged learners
Project based learning
Socratic dialogues
Reading and writing
Independence
Ethical Learners
Embracing Confusion!

26. Opportunities Seminar days International partnerships
Student Lead Clubs and Activities
International Travel
Internships / Job Shadowing
The IB Community

27. UAIS online can be found at: