What is the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IBMYP)?

    IBO 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 students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

    The IB Learner Profile
The IB learner profile is the IBO mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century. 

The learner profile provides a long-term vision of education.  It is a set of ideals that can inspire, motivate and focus the work of schools and teachers, uniting them in a common purpose

    IB learners strive to be:

	Inquirers
	Knowledgeable
	Thinkers
	Communicators
	Principled
	Open Minded
	Caring
	Risk-takers
	Balanced
	Reflective

      The IBMYP philosophy:

	Promotes responsible global citizenship, while preparing students for their future as members of a global society.
	Provides inter-cultural awareness for students and staff.
	Focuses on challenging academics
	Facilitates communication for the development of interdisciplinary, thematic instruction, so students connect what they learn.
	Calls for students to develop higher level thinking skills, as well as important life skills.
	Provides assessment criteria, as well as moderation of assessment.

The IBMYP Includes Eight Subjects:

In order to awaken the intelligence of students and teach them to connect school subjects with the world outside, the Middle Years Program (IBMYP) is based upon five overarching themes.  These themes are called the Areas of Interaction and are used to connect all eight subjects of the Middle Years Program.  These five Areas of Interaction are central components which need to be understood by all teachers, students and administrators in the IBMYP schools. 

Areas of Interaction:

Approaches to Learning (ATL) - Study skills and fostering the learning process (helping the students learn how to learn).

Community and Service - Each year in grades six through eight

Health and Social Education - mental and physical health

Environment - the interdependence of humans and nature

Homo Faber ("Man the Maker") - the creative and inventive genius of humans and their impact on society and the human mind

For more information concerning the IBMYP,
please contact our Daniels IB Coordinator,
Diane Petteway: 571-6988 or dpetteway@wcpss.net

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