What is IB?
The International Baccalaureate program, or IB, is a framework for learning. IB encourages students and teachers to take a holistic, worldly view of education, addressing students not only as learners, but as human beings in a globally connected society. To this end, IB fosters social development alongside academic growth, helping students to become well-rounded, thoughtful, informed, and caring citizens.
IB is unlike many traditional schooling programs in that it does not include set curricula. Teachers within the program design their own units based on their students' interests, state standards, and important issues. Teachers collaborate regularly to find interdisciplinary connections between their units; as a result, learning is not confined to the walls of individual classrooms, or even the school! Because it is an international program, students who graduate from IB at Agassiz will have experienced coursework of the same rigor as kids from all over the world.
MYP stands for Middle Years Programme, and refers to students in grades 6-10. All Agassiz Middle School students are also MYP students. If they decide to attend an IB high school, they may continue their MYP education there. IB also offers a Primary Years Programme for younger students, and a Diploma Programme for juniors and seniors in high school.
For more information about the IB-MYP Programme, click here
The International Baccalaureate program, or IB, is a framework for learning. IB encourages students and teachers to take a holistic, worldly view of education, addressing students not only as learners, but as human beings in a globally connected society. To this end, IB fosters social development alongside academic growth, helping students to become well-rounded, thoughtful, informed, and caring citizens.
IB is unlike many traditional schooling programs in that it does not include set curricula. Teachers within the program design their own units based on their students' interests, state standards, and important issues. Teachers collaborate regularly to find interdisciplinary connections between their units; as a result, learning is not confined to the walls of individual classrooms, or even the school! Because it is an international program, students who graduate from IB at Agassiz will have experienced coursework of the same rigor as kids from all over the world.
MYP stands for Middle Years Programme, and refers to students in grades 6-10. All Agassiz Middle School students are also MYP students. If they decide to attend an IB high school, they may continue their MYP education there. IB also offers a Primary Years Programme for younger students, and a Diploma Programme for juniors and seniors in high school.
For more information about the IB-MYP Programme, click here
Welcome Back!
Agassiz Middle Years Program (MYP) is beginning it’s fourth official year as an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. Students in years 1-3 will have new and exciting responsibilities which are a part of an IB education. More information will be forthcoming to you and your child but please see the highlights below.
Sixth Grade (MYP Year 1): Students will learn more about an MYP education including how it differs from the Primary Years Program (PYP). Students will be exposed to concepts and ideas that include; Global Context, Inquiry Questions, ATL Skills and Key and Related Concepts.
Seventh Grade (MYP Year 2): Students will be expected to take their learning beyond the classroom in year 2 of the MYP. While their teacher will guide their learning through units of studies in all subject areas, it will be their responsibility to take their learning beyond the classroom.
Eighth Grade (MYP Year 3): As part of their 8th grade requirements, students will complete the MYP Year 3 community project. Students will research a community need that interests them, develop a plan of action to help serve that need and then put that plan in action. This is one of the culminating projects for MYP year 3 students.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to reach out to Ms. McNally, the IB Coordinator at [email protected]
Sixth Grade (MYP Year 1): Students will learn more about an MYP education including how it differs from the Primary Years Program (PYP). Students will be exposed to concepts and ideas that include; Global Context, Inquiry Questions, ATL Skills and Key and Related Concepts.
Seventh Grade (MYP Year 2): Students will be expected to take their learning beyond the classroom in year 2 of the MYP. While their teacher will guide their learning through units of studies in all subject areas, it will be their responsibility to take their learning beyond the classroom.
Eighth Grade (MYP Year 3): As part of their 8th grade requirements, students will complete the MYP Year 3 community project. Students will research a community need that interests them, develop a plan of action to help serve that need and then put that plan in action. This is one of the culminating projects for MYP year 3 students.
If you have any questions or comments please feel free to reach out to Ms. McNally, the IB Coordinator at [email protected]
Community Projects: MYP Year 3
Each year, eighth graders engage in a community project which involves researching a need within a community, developing an action plan to address that need and put that plan into action. Community projects begin in the third quarter for all MYP year 3 students. Ms. Craig and Ms. McNally are the Community Project coordinators, and students work with one of several different teachers who work as their advisor to support them through the process.
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The rubrics for all 4 phases of the project are below.
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Community Project Final Presentation Guidelines
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Assessing IB Summative Tasks
When assessing the criteria of an IB summative task, MYP teachers use achievement levels from 0-8 to indicated how successful students were at meeting each criteria. These levels of achievement are part of the feedback both students and parents will see on an assessed summative task, along with teacher comments on how their level could be raised in the future. For CPS grading purposes these level of achievement are converted to percentages before they are entered into Aspen. Please see the chart here to view how Agassiz converts such levels.
When assessing the criteria of an IB summative task, MYP teachers use achievement levels from 0-8 to indicated how successful students were at meeting each criteria. These levels of achievement are part of the feedback both students and parents will see on an assessed summative task, along with teacher comments on how their level could be raised in the future. For CPS grading purposes these level of achievement are converted to percentages before they are entered into Aspen. Please see the chart here to view how Agassiz converts such levels.
Agassiz IB Policies & More
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