Transcript MYP: From principles into practice

Latest developments in the
MYP 2008-9
Background to the presentation
This PowerPoint presentation was given during IB
regional conferences in 2008 and details are relevant
until May 2009, when it will be updated.
This presentation outlines the latest developments in
the MYP and, in response to participants’ requests. It
is now made available for MYP coordinators and
schools to use in supporting their programmes.
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Latest developments in the MYP
1. Global view
2. Review of MYP: From principles into practice
3. Curriculum review developments
4. MYP commercial publications
5. Guide to interdisciplinary teaching and learning
6. MYP-DP transition project
7. Renewing languages pilot
8. Online events
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IB Curriculum and assessment office, Cardiff,
Wales
Responsibilities of the MYP office in Cardiff :
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Curriculum & Assessment
Workshop resource development
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IB Regional offices
MYP regional manager
MYP associate regional manager
Responsibilities of the regional offices:
 Application
 Authorization
 Evaluation
 Professional Development
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Global network of MYP schools
The MYP community globally is growing, see:
http://www.ibo.org/facts/schoolstats/growth.cfm
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MYP: From principles into practice
Review of:
 Implementation and development of the programme
 Areas of interaction
Areas of
interaction
MYP: From principles into practice
MYP: Implementation and
Development of the Programme
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New publication
MYP: From principles into practice
• Published in August 2008
• Aimed at all administrators and teachers in MYP
schools
• First point of contact with the programme
• Contains requirements and guidance
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Relationship of principles to curriculum
IB mission statement
IB learner profile
MYP fundamental concepts
assessed
written
curriculum
taught
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MYP Requirements: planning
 plan individual MYP units of work using the
practices described in the guide
 ensure continuity and progression of learning in
each subject group, using the recommended interim
objectives for years 1 and 3
 the areas of interaction are central to unit planning;
the student learning expectations and key questions
will assist in refining the focus
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The MYP unit planner
 To bring together the written, assessed and taught
curriculums with the principles of the programme for
teachers to use when designing MYP units of work.
 The MYP unit planner leads teachers to integrate their
significant subject concepts with the contexts for
learning and assessment.
 Following this initial integration of written and
assessed curriculum components, teachers are then
guided to consider the teaching strategies they will use
and the learning experiences they will enable during
the unit.
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Using the unit planner
Stage 1
This stage can be summed up as the integration of
key elements of units of work:
 the significant concept(s) for the unit
 the area of interaction focus
 the MYP unit question
 the summative assessment.
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Using the unit planner
Stage 2
Involves the supporting details and can be summed
up as:
 information on prior learning
 content
 teaching strategies
 learning experiences
 approaches to learning
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Using the unit planner
Ongoing reflections and evaluation
 Reflection on the planner and the unit should be an
ongoing process; teachers should reflect on how
effective their planning was.
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Current curriculum review
 Personal project guide and TSM review
 Language B guide and TSM review
 Sciences guide and TSM review
 Humanities guide review
 Technology TSM review
 PE TSM review
 MYP: A basis for practice (published in January 2009)
 All MYP guides will be republished in February 2010
and will include interim objectives and example unit
planners.
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MYP commercial publications
MYP Interact - July 2008
AOI posters - February 2009
50 Excellent Personal Projects - March 2009
MYP Assess - March 2010
Science Taskbank - February 2010
MYP Inquire - March 2011
OUP interdisciplinary texts - no.1 in May 2009;
- no.2 in September 2009;
- nos. 3, 4, 5 in January 2010
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Harvard Project Zero
The IB has been in collaboration with Harvard Project
Zero (under the School of Education at Harvard
University) to produce a document that will explain the
process of interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
This should be published in May 2010.
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Does the MYP prepare students for the Diploma?
MYP: Avoiding the gap project
 Survey schools – September 2008
 Investigate practices
 Determine needs
 Recommended actions - 2009
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Language B - the revival pilot
 Many languages in the world have become extinct
and many other languages are today heading
towards extinction.
 Although schools cannot stop or reverse language
loss by themselves, they are key players in a
community that is trying to revive a language.
 MYP students also have a key role to play in the
language revival process.
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Where are revival languages on the continuum of languages?
 Language B foundation
 Language B standard
 Language B advanced
 Language A
When the language is sufficiently revived, it can feed
into any level
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Language under revival
 There is a pilot in South Australia with Ngarrindjeri
 In the pilot, revival languages have their own
objectives and assessment criteria
 Revival languages will be moderated as a nonsampled language (eg. Ngarrindjeri has been
registered for the December 2008 session).
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Online events
 MYP: From publication to practice – September 2008
What next?
 Collaborative unit planning –
Coordinator’s notes for details.
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see
May
2009
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