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Utica Community Schools
Academy for
International Studies
Class of 2017 Program Orientation
What is the
Academy?
• The Utica Community Schools Academy for
International Studies (UAIS) is a 4 year (14 – 18)
Academy with 500 students that promotes
academic preparation through:
– The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
Curriculum
– Natural / Brain-based Learning strategies
– Research based decision making
– Student voice and personalization of learning
Why attend the UAIS
IB Academy?
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Validity and Consistency
Integrated Curriculum
IB is favored by Universities and Colleges
Learning how to learn
Well Rounded students with specialized
interests
IB Mission Statement
The International Baccalaureate Organization 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 IBO works with schools, governments
and international organizations to develop challenging
programs of international education and rigorous
assessment. These programs encourage students across
the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong
learners who understand that other people, with their
differences, can also be right.
What do Universities
Say?
• MIT: Marilee Jones, Director of
Admissions:
“Send us prepared students à la
IB…it is the best high school
prep curriculum an American
school can offer.”
What do Universities
Say?
• Duke University, Christoph Guttentag,
Director of Admissions:
“One of the advantages of an IB curriculum
is its structure and quality. It’s a coordinated
program, well established, well known, and
well respected. We know the quality of IB
courses, and we think the IB curriculum is
terrific.”
What do Universities
Say?
• Harvard University, Marilyn McGrath
Lewis, Asst. Dean of Admissions:
“IB is well known to us as excellent
preparation. Success in an IB program
correlates well with success at Harvard.
We are pleased to see the credentials of the
IB Diploma Program on the transcript.”
UAIS Curriculum
What Can I Earn?
Michigan Diploma
• ELA - 4 Credits
• Foreign Language – 0 Credits
• Social Studies – 3 Credits
• Science – 3 Credits
• Mathematics – 4 Credits
(Alg I, II and Geometry)
• Fine Arts – 1 Credit
• Physical Education – 1 Credit
• Online Experience
International Baccalaureate
Diploma
• Group 1 – HL or SL
• Group 2 – HL or SL
• Group 3 – HL or SL
• Group 4 – HL or SL
• Group 5 – HL or SL
• Group 6 – HL or SL
• Theory of Knowledge, TOK
and CAS
• EE
SL and HL Course
Standard Level (SL)
• AP Level Course Work and
Expectations
• 150 Contact Hours with
Students
• All students must take at least
two (2) SL Courses
• SL Courses Require Mastery
of Subject Matter
Higher Level (HL)
• Beyond AP Level Course
Work and Understanding
• 240 Contact Hours with
students
• All Students Must Take at
Least three (3) HL Courses
• HL Requires Mastery of
Subject Matter and additional
Papers
IB Assessment
Internal Assessments
• Ongoing
• 20 – 25% of Student’s
Diploma Mark
• Teacher generated
assignments that align with
IB standards for assessment
• Externally Moderated by IB
Reviewers
• Project, oral or paper based
External Assessments
• May of Junior and Senior
Years
• 75 – 80% of Student’s
Diploma Mark
• Externally generated and
moderated
• Paper, portfolio or oral based
• Only science has multiple
choice (only part)
Group 1: English
• One of the most effective
and humanizing ways that
people of different
cultures can have access to
each others' experiences
and concerns is through
works of literary merit.
~ Salma Jayyusi, The
Literature of Modern Arabia
• 9th Grade ELA
• 10th Grade ELA
• 11th Grade
– IB English SL I or,
– IB English HL I
• 12th Grade
– IB English SL II or
– IB English HL II
Group 2: Second
Language
• The study of a modern
language entails acquiring
a language system and
applying it in four active
and interrelated ways:
through listening,
speaking, reading and
writing.
• All students will take four
years of a language
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French
Japanese
Mandarin Chinese
Spanish
SL or HL?
– Most students will be SL
students.
– HL requires a minimum 6
years of language.
Group 3: Individuals
and Societies
• 9th and 10th Grade:
History of World
Civilizations
– 10,000 BCE – Present
– Integrated World History,
Government and
Economics Course
– Will require significant
novel readi
• HL Strand
– 11th History of Americas (HL)
– 12th 20th Century Topics (HL)
• SL Strands
– 11th History of Americas (SL)
– 12th SL Course
• Economics SL
• Psychology SL
Group 4: Experimental
Sciences
• Laboratory Based Science
education is at the Core of
the IB
• 9th Grade: Physical and
Biological Sciences
• 10th Grade
– AP Biology
– AP Chemistry
– AP Physics
• SL and HL sciences are
two years 11th – 12th
– Biology (SL/HL)
– Chemistry (SL/HL)
– Physics (SL/HL)
• All students must take
Biology in the 10th or
11th/12th to graduate
• Group 4 Project
Group 5: Mathematics
• Academy Inquiry based
mathematics.
• 9th Grade:
– Geometry
– Algebra I or II
• 10th Grade:
– Algebra I or II
– AP Statistics
• 11th – 12th Grade
– SL Math Studies
• Statistics and project based
• Enters some pre-calc
– SL Mathematics
• Statistics and Advanced Alg.
and Trig
• Calc AB
– HL Mathematics
• Stats, Adv. Alg, Trig
• Calc BC
Group 6: Fine Arts
• The impulse to make art is
common to all people.
From earliest times,
human beings have
displayed fundamental
need to create and
communicate personal
and cultural meaning
through art.
• IB Arts: Theory, History
and Practice
• IB Music
– Instrumental
– Vocal
• IB Visual Arts
– Visual Studio Arts
– Film Studies
• IB Theatre
– Performance
– Design
The Hex Core
• CAS
– Creativity, Action and
Service
– 150 Hours (Junior and
Senior Years)
• Extended Essay
– 4000 Words
– One or more Groups
– Original Hypothesis
• TOK: Theory of
Knowledge
– Ways of Knowing
– Areas of Knowledge
– Knowledge Issues
• Interdisciplinary
• Learning How to
Question
The IB Diploma
• Looking for a Complete
Student!
– 24 Marks *
• Possible 7 marks per exam
• 3 Marks for TOK / EE
• International Avg. 4.3
– Minimum 3 HL Courses
– Maximum 3 SL Courses
– Completion of EE, CAS
and TOK
• HL Deal Breakers
– Score 2 or below on any
HL Examination
– Score 3 on more than one
Exam
• SL Deal Breakers
– Score 1 on any Exam
– Score 2 on more than one
Exam
The Student Life
Logistics
• Transportation for all indistrict students who
would not otherwise walk
to Heritage
• Schedule
• School Within a School
Model
• Base Schools
IB Learner Profile
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Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective
Students at the AIS...
• Have access to clubs and
activities
• Have access to home
school sports/activities
• Lead through student
voice
• Create a community of
friends and learners
• Enjoy working with their
teachers
Teachers at the UAIS…
• Seek students’ input on
curriculum and assessment
• Prescribe to IB curriculum
and methods of teaching
and learning
• Teachers plan together
and create a team
atmosphere in the school
How will learning be
different at the UAIS?
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Relaxed but challenging
Engaged learners
Project based learning
Socratic dialogues
Reading and writing
Independence
Ethical Learners
• Embracing Confusion!
Opportunities
• Seminar days
• International partnerships
• Student Lead Clubs and
Activities
• International Travel
• Internships / Job
Shadowing
• The IB Community
UAIS online can be found at:
http://uais.uticak12.org