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."
To live its mission
The IB use foundational and interrelated elements that are central to all IB programmes. International-mindedness The IB learner profile A broad, balanced, conceptual and connected curriculum Approaches to teaching and learning
1. International Mindedness
2. The Learner Profile
3. A broad, balanced, conceptual and connected curriculum
4. Appraches to Teaching and Learning
Approaches To Learning (ATLs):
are a set of skills or strategies designed to enable students to “learn how to learn”
Thinking Skills
Communication Skills
Social Skills
Self-Management Skills
Research Skills
Approaches to Teaching (ATT):
designed to support teachers to influence how students “learn how to learn”
Based on inquiry
Focused on conceptual understanding
Developed in local and global contexts
Focused on effective teamwork and collaboration
Differentiated to meet the needs of all learners
Informed by assessment