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The International Baccalaureate
Organization
At a Glance
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Why are changes needed in education?
“This is a story about the big public
conversation the nation is not having
about education… whether an
entire generation of kids will fail to
make the grade in the global
economy because they can’t think
their way through abstract problems,
work in teams, distinguish good
information from bad, or speak a
language other than English.”
How to Build a Student for the 21st
Century, TIME Magazine, December
18, 2006
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Organization: What is the IBO mission?
We are motivated by a mission to create a better world through
education.
Mission
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 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.
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Organization: What does the IBO offer?
The IBO develops three programmes of international education for
students aged 3 to 19, working in cooperation with IB World
Schools.
Our three programs span the years of
kindergarten to pre-university. The programs can
be offered individually or as a continuum.
The Primary Years Program (PYP) for students
aged 3 to 12 (Grades 4K-6)
The Middle Years Program (MYP) for students aged
11 to 16 (Grades 7-12)
The Diploma Program for students aged 16 to 19
(Grades 11-12)
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Organization: What is the learner profile?
It’s the IBO mission statement translated into a set of learning
outcomes for the 21st century.
IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
The attributes of the learner profile express the
values inherent to the IB continuum of
international education.
Balanced
Reflective
IB programs promote the education of the whole
person, emphasizing intellectual, personal,
emotional and social development.
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What is the PYP (Primary Years Program)? An opportunity for
learners to construct meaning.
 Designed for all students aged 3 to 12
(Grades 4K-6 in Green Lake)
 Designed to foster the development of
the whole child.
 Addresses academic, physical, social,
emotional, and cultural needs for all
students.
 Focuses on the heart as well as the
mind
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What are the essential elements of the PYP?
 Sharing the
planet
 Who we are
 Where we are in
place and time
 How we
express
ourselves
 How the world
works
 How we
organize
ourselves
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What is the MYP (Middle Years Programme)? A framework of
academic challenge and lifeskills
 The MYP is designed for students aged 11 to
16 (Grades 7-10 in Green Lake)
 Students develop knowledge,
understanding, attitudes and skills to
participate actively in a changing world.
 Includes all major disciplines but is flexible
enough to accommodate Wisconsin State
Standards.
 Based on the fundamental concepts of
holistic education, communication and
intercultural awareness.
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The MYP Curriculum
Through approaches to learning, teachers provide
students with tools to:
Take responsibility for their own learning and discover
how they learn best
Develop problem solving and decision making
Take an active part in the communities in which they
live, thereby encouraging responsible citizenship
Accept responsibility for maintaining an environment fit
for the future
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What does the MYP curriculum contain? Students study
subjects from eight subject groups through five areas of interaction:
Areas of interaction:
• approaches to learning
• community and service
• human ingenuity
• environment
• health and social education
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The MYP Curriculum
Personal Project
Students in grade 10 must complete a personal project to
earn the MYP Certificate. This can take various forms, for
example:
 an essay
 a piece of creative writing
 an original science experiment
 the organization of an event.
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Programs: What makes the Diploma Program special?
A rigorous two year pre-university course that leads to
examinations.
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Designed for students aged 16 to 19
(Grades 11 – 12 in Green Lake)
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Diploma students take six subjects
plus they write a 4,000 word extended
essay, complete a course in theory of
knowledge, and complete a number of
creativity, action and service (CAS)
projects.
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Rigorous and relevant curriculum
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The diploma is well recognized by the
world’s leading universities

Up to 36 college credits for coursework
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What does the Diploma Programme curriculum contain?
The curriculum contains six subject groups together with a core
made up of three separate parts.
 Three subjects are
studied at higher level.
 Three subjects are
studied at standard level.
 All three parts of the
core—extended essay,
theory of knowledge
and creativity, action,
service—are compulsory
and are central to the
philosophy of the Diploma
Programme.
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Programs: How are the students assessed?
IB assessment is rigorous, criterion-referenced, consistent and
differentiating of student ability.
 PYP: teachers select methods of assessment
 MYP: teachers organize continuous assessment
taking account of specified criteria that
correspond to objectives for each subjects.
 Diploma Program: students are assessed both
internally and externally
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Timeline for Implementation of PYP
 2008-09 Create and implement 2 units of inquiry for each
grade level K-6. Continue training.
 2009-10- Create and implement 2 units of inquiry for
each grade level K-6. Spanish will be added. Grade 6
Exhibition will be implemented. Complete training.
 2010-11- Create and implement the last 2 units of inquiry
for each grade level K-6.
We’ll be ready to apply for authorization and IB will make a school visit.
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Timeline for MYP
 2008-09 Create and implement 1 interdisciplinary unit.
Write 2 course outlines. Continue training.
 2009-10- Create and implement 1 interdisciplinary unit
per semester in 2 classes. Continue to write course
outlines. Complete training.
 2010-11- Create and implement 1 interdisciplinary unit
per semester in all classes grades 7-10. Implement the
Grade 10 Project. All course outlines completed.
We’ll be ready to apply for authorization and IB will make a school visit.
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Timeline for DP
 2008-09 Begin writing curriculum for DP classes.
Determine course offerings. Must have both SL and HL
courses. Begin training.
 2009-10- Finish all course outlines and curriculum
offerings. Complete training.
 2010-11- Begin teaching first DP classes. Will apply for
authorization and IB visit.
 2012 First IB graduates
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Why do our students need IB?
“There is remarkable
consensus among
educators and business and
policy leaders on one key
conclusion: we need to
bring what we teach and
how we teach into the 21st
Century.”
TIME Magazine,
December 18, 2006
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Why IB at Green Lake?
 Green Lake School is working to become the best small
school in Wisconsin!
 The IB curriculum will add rigor and relevance to our
curriculum.
 Our students will receive a world recognized education
4K-12.
 IB will allow Green Lake students to make local and
global connections and become inquiring,
knowledgeable, and caring young people.
 We will be the first 4K-12 International Baccalaureate
District in Wisconsin.
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For further information visit
http://www.ibo.org.
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