GEMS World Academy - Dubai The Final Year of the MYP Making the Transition: Grade 9 to Grade 10. Rhonda (Wiens) Zaharko MYP Coordinator

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1 GEMS World Academy - Dubai The Final Year of the MYP Making the Transition: Grade 9 to Grade 10 Rhonda (Wiens) Zaharko MYP Coordinator

2 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 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. Page 2

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4 MYP: Alignment across the continuum

5 The final year of the Middle Years Programme Objectives of today are to: learn about the transition from Grade 9 to Grade 10 learn about the MYP Certificate and the teaching and learning in Grade 10 understand the MYP Grade 10 Schedule and course options better understand how to support the students at home.

6 The MYP Journey Grades 6-10 (Years 1-5) Approaches to Learning (ATL) Learning how to learn, explicit teaching and learning in the development 21 st Century Skills Approach to Teaching (Global Contexts, Concepts) Teaching and learning to ensure meaningful life long learning Understanding how to apply and transfer knowledge in real-world situations Teaching beyond facts to develop creative and critical thinkers Service as Action (Elena Aldridge) Grade 10 Personal Project (Melodee Peters) MYP eassessment and eportfolios

7 Approaches to learning ATL Skill Category Communication Social Self management Research Thinking MYP ATL skill cluster Communication Collaboration Organization Affective Refection Information Literacy Media literacy Critical thinking Creative Thinking Transfer

8 SERVICE AND ACTION: Aimed at getting all MYP students involved in service-oriented activities. (Service Learning) Is a reportable element for every MYP student at GWA. Not to be confused with CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) CAS DP, SA MYP. It s not about counting hours, it s about making the hours count!

9 Service and Action expectations Each MYP student must meet a minimum of four of the eight SA outcomes over the course of the academic year. Upon completing the activity/activities, students must add the activity on ManageBac and complete a reflection based on the learning outcomes they have chosen.

10 PERSONAL PROJECT The personal nature of the project is important; the project should be based around a topic that motivates and interests the student. Whatever form the personal project takes, it must allow the student to investigate and focus on a topic/issue through a global context. It has 3 assessed parts: Process Journal, Product, and a Report. International Baccalaureate Organization

11 Personal Project organization and moderation Supportive organizational structure Qualified supervisor to work with each student Personal project Takes place during the final year of the programme Detailed guidance in the Projects guide/on MB. Official validation of PP grades is mandatory by the IB, and requires a process of external moderation of the teachers internal assessment.

12 THE MYP CERTIFICATE: Each student must complete the following: five on-screen examinations - eassessments (including an interdisciplinary focused exam) two portfolios - eportfolios (one to count towards the MYP Certficate) The Personal Project Completion of the required outcomes in Service as Action Students must earn a 3 or above on eassessments, the eportfolio and Personal Project for an MYP Certificate to be awarded.

13 The MYP eassessments and eportfolios embody the MYP at the core of the programme and are built on the development of learning in the MYP through Global Contexts and Conceptual Understandings provide external results in line with IB expectations and will support the decisions our students are making in further education (IBDP and IBCP) and their future focus on conceptual learning which allows students to organize ideas within and across subject areas. extend learning transfer that will extend beyond the classroom and beyond the summative testing point to future learning.

14 eassessments Set with a Global Context Subject areas include: Language and Literature Mathematics Individuals and Societies Sciences Included is additional Interdisciplinary exam, which will encompass two disciplines as part of the final evaluation for the IB MYP Certificate.

15 eportfolios eportfolio subjects include: Language Acquisition (French and Spanish) Physical and Heath Education Design Arts (Music, Drama and Visual Arts) Personal Project Completed in class as a 20 hour unit, set out by the IB with Global Context. Time-frame (January- March) Set against a specific Global Context, and is uses criterion-related assessment Moderated on site by IB teachers uploaded portfolios to the IB

16 Course Options Science choice Electives choice

17 Science Course Options Choose one of the following: Science: Biology Chemistry/Biology Physics/Chemistry

18 Elective Choices: (one of the following) Visual Arts Performing Arts Drama Performing Arts Music Design Physical and Health Education:

19 How do I support my child through the IB journey? Develop the IB Learner Profile attributes: Balanced, Open-minded, Reflective, Inquirers, Thinkers, Knowledgeable, Communicators, Principled, Caring, Risk-takers. Encourage Inquiry both in and out of the classroom. Engage in meaningful action to promote lifelong learning and become active and responsible members of the communities in which they live.

20 Thank you for coming! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask, or me. Rhonda Wiens Zaharko MYP Coordinator