2024 May Program Council

Program Council May 7, 2024

To review the notes from last meeting, see here https://sites.google.com/educ.goteborg.se/internal-ib-at-hvitfeldtska/news-and-announcements/2023-september-program-council

Expected to be in attendance:

IB21 (exams)

Fouad no

Saman S no

Nina S-backup no

Arad no

Altan no

Valerija Konstantinova no

Roxanne no

Sjaak no

IB22

Sami H. Z. here

Kartikey backup here

Rares here

Paola Regina Nitch no

Joel Borgljung. no

Tilde H here

Siham here

Hanna here

Ava no

IB23

Primrose here

Umay mo

Pietro no

Linnéa R no

Shayaan no

Sue here

Shreya here

Teachers/Staff: Marit, Krista, Travis

Agenda and notes

Review of the "Academic Honesty Policy".

Note: Policies should be alive in the school. They state our beliefs, values, behavior and guide us for how to work within the frame of the concept of Academic Integrity.

https://sites.google.com/educ.goteborg.se/ib-hvitfeldtska/policy-academic-honesty

During class council you had a chance to review and discuss. What is the feedback?

Review:

Organisation/Formatting
Content: too much info? too little? understandable?
"if malpractice takes place" Understandable? Consequences for an official IB summative assessment should be separated from all formative work leading up to it.
Questions or other feedback?
How do your teachers, together with you, work with Academic Honesty/Integrity in the classroom? Is the proactive work something we should detail in the policy?
Proposal: "Academic Integrity" instead of Academic Honesty.
Proposal: more specific links to how the Assessment Policy and the Inclusion policy are related. Even the Admission policy has a clear focus on Academic Integrity. i.e. Academic Integrity is some strong glue that binds aspects of the program together: how can we show that more?
Notes:

Overall feedback during this meeting::easier to accessmore examples of how the policy is followed and when it's not (concrete examples)more concise, more accessible languagealso make it clear if someone copies your work what the consequence is...if it's intention on the side of the test-holderwhat are the consequences for AI work?too long, wordy, AI focusMarit points out that teachers can notice when students' work isn't there own. They can all really tell when it's AI, even if there is no reliable AI detector.easier to detect but difficult prove
Students don't always write the way they speak...keep that in mindsuggestion: if you do this then...Introduction,What is ah?Typesconsequencesexamples teacher provides the concrete siting infoquestion and answera section more for the actual consequencesDT impossible to finish everytihng before each draft, i.e. it's GOOD to still be allowed to hand in an incomplete draftmissed first draft: convo with teacher....the next one is a final...the consequences are made clear in the meeting. (like a verbal warning)carlfication needed about when a student uses information on two assessments (but different subjects)

Update from the Principal

A. A process map for student influence and a new google form (for use from August 2024)

(see picture below)

Students are OK to start the "new" model with a google form

B. A process map for handling offensive behavior

We discussed the importance to follow the process and not give up.

Updates from each class

IB21:--

IB22:

Hanna will send a list

Request teachers put all tests on Managebac

Trouble with info scattered all over

also summary of grades would be helpful

Will the schedule get better next year?

EOY why all in one week?

Answer: another way to have "mock" exams and experience testing in a week straight

What are consequences of failing a few subjects end of DP 1?

Answer: what do we mean by failing? There are rules to earn the Diploma, 24 points, 12 in HL, 9 in SL, CAS successful, at least a D in TOK and EE.

If a student is considered a full diploma candidate and doesn't perform so well on one or two subjects, they will get a letter from the Principal IF it seems to potentially affect their overall ability to earn a Diploma. The letter purpose is just to flag the possible issue so the student is aware and can put attention to it where needed.

Rules to the get Diploma were summarised and can be found here:

IB23:

nothing at the moment.

Student influence process

Offensive behavior process

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