International Baccalaureate

Middle Years Program

Reagan High School

February 20, 2013

MYP Ice Breaker
 Watch the following video – “Austin’s
Butterfly” to identify examples of how the
learner profile is exemplified.

http://vimeo.com/38247060
 Why IB Middle Years Programme
(MYP)?
To develop students who think globally, analytically and who are:

Inquirers
Thinkers
Knowledgeable
Communicators
Principled The IB Learner Profile

Open Minded
Caring
Risk Takers
Balanced
Reflective
How does the IB MYP fit with
Pre-AP/AP?
 What is IB MYP?
 IB is:
 A rigorous curriculum framework – any local curriculum can filter through
the framework

 Relevant and meaningful to students

 Backward curricular design

 International/globally minded

 Holistic – 8 subjects taught in 6-10th grade:

Arts, Humanities, Language A, Mathematics, Language B, Technology, Science, & P.E.
http://www.ibo.org/myp/
The IB MYP is Not…
 IB is not:
 A different or harder curriculum

 Exclusive to advanced students

 More work for the students

 An international curriculum
 Requirements of IB MYP: What
does it look like in practice?
As Evident In Academics:
 All 9th -10th grade students required to participate

 8 subjects must be taught - Emphasis on language and

technology

 Paradigm shift in teacher pedagogy (MYP Unit Planner)

 Collaborative Planning
Requirements of IB MYP: What
does it look like in practice? Cont.
As Evident In Academics:
 Create and teach MYP interdisciplinary unit-
minimum 1 per year

 Create and implement criterion based assessments

 Personal Project in the 10th grade year – similar to an

action research project by each student

 Incorporate the Learner Profile into student activities

(academic and non-academic.)
 Requirements of IB: What does it
look like in practice?
As Evident Outside the Classroom:
 Incorporate the Learner Profile into student activities

 Community service projects geared toward IB philosophy.

 Common language of IB used by all stakeholders (subject names, learner

profile, areas of interaction, etc)

 Visibly evident in school & community

 publications – Yearbook, student newspaper, website, community
publications, school brochure
 Incorporated into various aspects of school functioning:
discipline policy, special education, etc.
Next Steps for Reagan HS
AUTHORIZATION TIMELINE:
 Authorization site visit – April 15-17th, 2013
 Authorization- should be by beginning of summer 2013.

Actions Going Forward:

 MYP Advisory Group Assembled
 Extensive Summer MYP Training for Reagan Teachers Aug.
1-2, 2013.
 Student Education through TAG
 Full Scale Implementation of Unit Planner Fall 2013
 Establish Teacher Mentors for Personal Project
 Implement IB Feeder Pattern Global Community Service
Project
 IB Festival and Personal Project Showcase
IB MYP Artifacts in Every
Classroom
Subject Ideas
Learner Profile 1. Mnemonic Contest Poster
2. Learner Profile 8.5x11 from Staff Development In-
service Week in August.
3. Creative way to display Learner Profile
Globally Minded 1. Posters from around the world
Items 2. Literature on global issues
3. Quotes from famous figures (historical and/or
present)
Use the IB 1. The Learner Profile
Language in 2. Areas of Interaction
Instruction 3. Course Titles
Unit Question 1. Display on board or in creative way that draws
from MYP Unit attention to the students.
Planner
MYP Subject 1. Know what and where it is.
Guide 2. Make visible on desk or bookshelf.
Examples