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The International Baccalaureate
Presenter:Paul Campbell, Head of RegionalDevelopment and Outreach ServicesIB Americas
Host: Lynne GilliCTE/PLTW Counselors’ ConferenceNovember 1, 2012
Quick Facts about the IB Programme
• Founded in 1968• 1,370 schools in the U.S.• 2,000 programmes in IB Americas• IB offers 4 academic programmes
– Diploma Programme– Middle Years Programme– Primary Years Programme– IB Career Related Certificate
• More than half (56%) of IB public schools are Title I
What is the IB? (Our Mission) The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a
better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes
of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that
other people, with their differences, can also be right.
IB Learner Attributes
• Inquirers • Open -minded • Knowledgeable • Risk takers• Thinkers • Communicators • Principled • Caring• Reflective • Balanced
Diploma Programme Courses
IB Career-Related Certificate • Designed to provide a "value added" educational
experience to schools that already offer the IB Diploma Programme and are also delivering career-related courses to their students.
• “Particularly in times of economic challenge [all] employers need a workforce that is skilled, adaptable, creative, and equipped for success in the global marketplace. And our students need a more rigorous, better tailored education to acquire the skills they need to compete.”
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education Investing in America’s Future A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education April 2012
• a graduation diploma
• a “vocational” qualification
• a certificate that assesses every aspect of the student’s programme
• a programme that includes similar schools
• a couple of “vocational” or technical courses
• a certificate that narrows options
• in competition with the Diploma Programme
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The IBCC is not:
• a certificate
• a unique IB qualification
• a certificate of IB assessed work
only
• a programme that includes a
range of schools
• a challenging and rigorous
academic course
• a certificate that broadens
access and broadens options
• an initiative that complements
IB’s existing programmes
The IBCC is:
IBCC Programme Model
Career Related Studies The career-related course of study must:• Be accredited, within five (5) years of making application to
become an IBCC school, by a local or national education authority or a higher education institution or an employer organization– Maryland’s State-wide Career and Technology Education programs
of Study
• Have a specific career focus• Be studied concurrently with the rest of the IBCC• Comprise a significant part of the student’s timetable• Provide a clear pathway beyond secondary school
Language Development • All IBCC students undertake language development and complete a language
portfolio• Designed to assist and further students understanding of the wider world• It is appropriate to the background, needs and context
of the students• It aims to provide students with the necessary skills
and intercultural understanding to enable them to communicate using the language studied.
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• Based on the principles of ‘service learning’ • A good service learning programme will help
– Knowledge development– Social development– Civic development– Personal development
• Develop working relationships with members of a community
Community and Service
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The Reflective Project
• Encapsulates fundamental elements of the certificate• Embodies aims we hope to develop in students• A structured piece of work that can take a variety of forms• Students will need to identify, analyse, explore, critically discuss and evaluate an ethical issue arising from their vocational study
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Approaches to Learning• A course designed by the school to meet the needs of their
particular cohort of students
• Includes the development of transferable skills with an emphasis on the nature of thinking critically and ethically and communicating effectively
• The four key topic areas are – personal development – intercultural understanding – thinking– communication
Authorization ProcessConsideration Phase •School submits online Expression of Interest form
Request for Candidacy •School submits Application for Candidacy: IBCC
Request for Authorization•School begins working with remote consultant (10 hours)•School submits Application for Authorization: IBCC•Verification site visit
IBCC in Maryland
Authorized First teaching 2012/13
Interested
Rockville High SchoolWatkins Mill High School
Kenwood High School
There are currently 26 Authorized Diploma Programme schools and2 Authorized IBCC schools in MD
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