Factors to consider

•Is it a conceptual or content-driven pathway?

•How can you grab students’ attention early on with an
engaging opening unit?
•Which approaches to learning skills are you going to
teach explicitly and when?
•Which units will focus on which approaches to teaching?
•Will standard and higher level students be in the same
class?
•What are your school’s internal reporting deadlines and
mock examinations schedules?
•Which units do you want to cover before tackling the
internal assessment or beginning the extended essay?
•Will the internal assessment be a stand-alone unit, or will it
be an ongoing project?
•How much time will you allocate for preparation for Paper
1, building in time for revision?
•When are your school holidays?
•How much flex time do you want to build in for unforeseen
disruptions?
•Which projects and competitions do you want to want to
build into your course outline?
•How will you explicitly build TOK / core connections and
cross-subject projects?
•Which content are you going to “slow down” for, to ensure
student understanding?