Junior IB Orientation September 2015. Agenda The IB Core ◦ TOK – Chris Knab ◦ CAS – Denise...

Junior IB OrientationSeptember 2015

AgendaThe IB Core

◦TOK – Chris Knab◦CAS – Denise Carr◦EE – Jeff Liss

Academic Honesty The IB Diploma

◦Internal and External Assessments Exam fees – saving plan Assessments in junior year

The IB CoreTOK

◦Mr. Chris KnabCAS

◦Mrs. Denise Carr

EE◦Mr. Jeff Liss

Extended EssayEach quarter one or more

assignments showing progress on the extended essay will be due.

If students have completed these assignments and are on track, they will receive an ‘S’ (satisfactory) on their report card.

A ‘U’ will mean that they have not kept up with the extended essay timeline.

Extended EssayQuarter 1

◦Preliminary Topic◦Review 4 sample essays – analysis

sheet dueQuarter 2

◦Select topic◦After school meeting◦Assigned supervisor◦Preliminary research question due

Extended EssayQuarter 3

◦Review documentation conventions◦Research lessons◦Annotated bibliography due

Quarter 4◦Outline◦Completion plan

Extended Essay Year TwoSummer 2015

◦Draft essayOctober 2015

◦Draft dueNovember – December 2015

◦Revisions◦Rewriting

January 2016 – DEADLINE

Extended EssayPartnership with SUNY Buffalo

library◦Field trip TBA◦Access to UB library, borrowing

privileges, access to databases◦More information to come

Exam FeesThere are two student fees for IB:

◦Registration fee: $164◦Exam fee: $113/course

KenTon District will pay the registration fee for students pursuing the complete diploma

6 exams @ $113 = $678

Saving for Exam FeesFees will be due 15 October 2016Assuming a couple of dollar

increase, fees could be $696 next year

Saving $58/month will be enough to cover exam fees

Students qualifying for Free/Reduced Lunch will have their fees paid for by a government grant◦Paperwork due 1 October 2016

Academic HonestyFull policy on KE IB website and

IB HandbookPlagiarism, Collusion, and

CollaborationPolicy in effect on all

assignments, not just exams and IB papers

KE consequences vs. IB consequences

AssessmentsKenmore East grades –

independent of IB gradesExams

◦Regents – select courses (US History)◦AP – optional US History◦IB

3 to 4 assessments in each course

IB Assessments Internal (IA) – scored here and

moderatedExternal (EA) – scored by IB

teachers somewhere else◦Includes: Written Assignments in

Languages, Musical Investigation in Music, Art Exhibition in Visual Art, TOK paper

◦Papers (Exams): 2 to 3 in each course, May 2017

Earning an IB Diploma24 points needed for diploma

◦4 x 6 = 24◦12 point must come from HL courses

Each IB course scored out of 7CAS, TOK and EE must be

completed◦TOK and EE can add up to 3 points

TOK & EE and Diploma

Failing Conditions May 2015From the May 2015 examination session From the May 2015 session the following failing conditions and associated codes will replace those in current use. 1. CAS requirements have not been met. 2. Candidate’s total points are fewer than 24. 3. An N has been given for theory of knowledge, extended

essay or for a contributing subject. 4. A grade E has been awarded for one or both of theory of

knowledge and the extended essay. 5. There is a grade 1 awarded in a subject/level. 6. Grade 2 has been awarded three or more times (HL or SL). 7. Grade 3 or below has been awarded four or more times

(HL or SL). 8. Candidate has gained fewer than 12 points on HL subjects9. Candidate has gained fewer than 9 points on SL subjects.

Assessments Junior YearEnglish

◦Written Assignment (January)◦Oral Presentation (June)

LOTE◦Interactive Oral #1 (December)

History – Historical Investigation (Jan. – May)

Science◦ES&S: Lab work (Ongoing)

Assessments Junior YearMath

◦Math Studies: Math Investigation (January – June)

◦Mathematics: ProjectArts

◦Music: Musical Investigation begins, recordings of performances, one composition for composing students

◦Visual Art: Investigative Workbook(ongoing)