IB Programme Update Cathy Beck Assistant Superintendent of Instruction

Primary Years Programme All elementary schools are now PYP authorized!!! Full contingent of PYP Coordinators: BRE: Mindy Johnson DVE: Kendra Carpenter FRE: Jaime Levi SCE: Shannon Drogsvold SVE: Gayle Jones-Westerberg UBE: Susie Quinn-Fortner 2

PYP in the Elementary Schools All elementary schools now participate in the Exhibition Process Units of Inquiry are integrated with technology, design thinking, and writing assessments. SCE 4/7 DVE 5/19, 5/20 SVE 4/7 FRE 4/28 UBE 4/6 BRE 4/7 3

PYP Continued Books were bought by each school to complement both planners and Benchmark Reading Program Google Classroom for district wide professional development was delivered focusing on best instruction practices for planners across the district 4

Middle Years Programme Nelle Biggs, MYP Coordinator, Summit Middle School Doug Blake, MYP Coordinator, Summit High School 5

Middle Years Programme  Student Access ◦ School district’s commitment to all students participating in the MYP has had a great impact on student engagement and program implementation.  Development ◦ SSD has made a commitment to the ongoing development of the program. Currently SHS/SMS are going above and beyond expectations.  Curriculum ◦ The increased numbers of students completing the tenth grade personal project highlights one of the many great things the program encourages. ◦ SHS/SMS work to implement standards based grading is leading the way for IB schools across the state!  MYP: The Next Chapter ◦ Upcoming changes in MYP will be closely aligned with the changing expectations from State and Federal education requirements  State Standards  21 st Century Learning Skills 6

Middle Years Programme SHS/SMS underwent the IBMYP 5 year evaluation process with great success !  Preliminary feedback from evaluation team.. ◦ Glow: District Commitment to Standards Based Grading ◦ Grow: International Mindedness  Response to feedback will be enacted upon receipt of the evaluation report. 7

Middle Years Programme -Focus on unit questions that move from factual to conceptual to inquiry -Using peer observation to give feedback on connections to Global Contexts to make learning relevant Self Study begins Winter/Spring 2018 Evaluation Winter/Spring 2019 Personal Project for 10 th Graders 3/30/2016 8

Diploma Programme  Diploma Programme Coordinator, Nanci Morse, Summit High School Number of DP students in school: English 1, 2 = 45 (7 ELD) Spanish 1, 2 = 89 (14 ELD) French 1, 2 = 32 (16 ELD) HOTA 1, 2 = 57 (9 ELD) ESS = 18 (5 ELD) Bio 1, 2 = 70 (9 ELD) Math Studies = 51 (9 ELD) Mathematics 1, 2 = 56 (5 ELD) TOK = 32 (7 ELD) TOTAL of Non-repeating Students: 195 # of IB Diplomas to be earned this year: 10, Next year: 22 #of ELL students enrolled in Full DP: 7 # of ELL students that will earn a DP diploma this year: 3 We continue to meet or exceed the world average in earning diplomas even though we have open enrollment. 9

IBARMS Keystone 2016 Total Number of Participants - 81  Primary Years Programme Teachers – 25  Middle Years Programme Teachers -12  Diploma Years Programme Teachers

PYP Courses  An Introduction to the PYP Curriculum Model  Making the PYP Happen in the Classroom  PYP Action  PYP Assessment  Teaching and Learning  The Written Curriculum  Concept-Based Learning  Sustainability as International Mindedness  The Learning Environment and Inquiry  Trans-disciplinary Learning 11

MYP Courses  Creating Inclusive Classrooms  Humanities: Delivering Curriculum  Inquiry in Library  Integration of MYP Technology  Language A: Delivering the MYP Curriculum  Language B: Backwards Mapping DP to MYP  Math: Delivering MYP Curriculum  Sciences: Backward Mapping the IB Curriculum DP-MYP 12

International Baccalaureate and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS ) “IB schools and students are well positioned to incorporate the principles of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into existing IB frameworks.” from “An IB position paper on the Common Core State Standards” Expanding Student Access to a Rigorous International Education IBO

IB and the Common Core IB Shares many concepts with CCSS…  Clear standards  Collaborative Teacher Design and Delivery  College and Workforce Preparation  International Benchmarking  Flexible and Accessible Learning  National Consistency  Clear definition of the knowledge and skills necessary for success beyond high school 14

IB and CCSS at Summit Make the connection to both IB and CCSS through… Training of our programme coordinators The development of our unit planners which are aligned with IB programme curricula and Colorado Academic Standards (Literacy and Math are CCSS) PYP/MYP/DP assessments and tasks Emphasis on 21 st Century Skills, Learner Profile and the IB Mission Statement Progamme Evaluation and Authorization – MYP is evaluation visit completed November

IB and Vision 20/20 IB is the perfect overarching umbrella to our strategic plan, Vision 20/20. Integrated curriculum with STEM opportunities embedded. Project Based Learning One2World Technology Plan Student centered instruction Use of Design Thinking Model coupled with Inquiry Based Learning. 16