1. Le Bocage international school Information evening September 24, 2015
Personal Project 2015
Le Bocage international school
Information evening September 24, 2015

3. What is the personal project?
The MYP culminating experience
Opportunity to practice and strengthen approaches to learning (ATL) skills
Develop an area of personal interest
Produce a truly personal outcome to demonstrate learning in the MYP
A challenge that motivates and interests the student
The personal project encourages students to practise and strengthen their approaches to learning (ATL)
skills, to consolidate prior and subject-specific learning, and to develop an area of personal interest. The
personal project provides an excellent opportunity for students to produce a truly personal and often
creative product/outcome and to demonstrate a consolidation of their learning in the MYP. The project
offers many opportunities for differentiation of learning and expression according to students’ individual
needs. The personal nature of the project is important; the project should revolve around a challenge that
motivates and interests the individual student. Each student develops a personal project independently.

4. What is involved?

5. What is involved?
Students are expected to spend 25 hours on their personal project. This time includes:
meeting with supervisors
independent learning through research, planning, development and completion of the project
reporting of the project.

6. How is it assessed?

7. Objectives Objective A: Investigating Students should:
i. define a clear goal and context for the project, based on personal interests
ii. identify prior learning and subject-specific knowledge relevant to the project
iii. demonstrate research skills.

8. Objectives
Objective B: Planning Students should: i. develop criteria for the product/outcome ii. plan and record the development process of the project iii. demonstrate self-management skills.

9. Objectives
Objective C: Taking action Students should: i. create a product/outcome in response to the goal, context and criteria ii. demonstrate thinking skills iii. demonstrate communication and social skills.

10. Objectives
Objective D: Reflecting Students should: i. evaluate the quality of the product/outcome against their criteria ii. reflect on how completing the project has extended their knowledge and understanding of the topic and the global context iii. reflect on their development as an IB learner through the project

11. What is the role of the student, supervisor and parents
Organised
Motivated
Academic Honesty
Independent
Show initiative
Update Process Journal
Assessment Criteria
Guide through the process with meetings and regular feedback
Does not have to be an expert on chosen topic
Inform PAA of progress concerns
Assess
Standardise assessment
Ask questions on progress
Ask to see process journal
Discuss research
Ensure student is meeting deadlines posted on MB

12. What is the timeline for completion?
September 19 – Proposal completed on MB including
SMART Goal
Global Context
Inquiry Question
Criteria
Supervisor confirmed

13. What is the timeline for completion?
October 1, 2014
Step by step plan with dates, tasks/actions and resources required
Process Journal check

14. What is the timeline for completion?
November 24
Investigating and selecting sources check
Evidence of research
Evaluate the sources
Include photographs, hyperlinks, videos, interviews etc. in the process journal
Finalise criteria/design specifications on ManageBac

15. What is the timeline for completion?
January 21, 2015
Supervisor progress check and meeting with student
February 9, 2015
Product completion 
March 4, 2015
Project report first draft due
March 25, 2015
Project report final draft  
April 2, 2015
Personal Project Exhibition

16. Where can you find out more?
The Projects Guide (May, 2014) on ManageBac and at school personal project site

17. Questions about the personal project