The Personal Project is formally introduced to grade 9 students in May. Some of their HR sessions are dedicated to support them through the process from August to Februay. The MYP Exhibition takes place in February. Each student is assigned a supervisor by the Personal Project Coordinator so you are very likely to be involved in the Personal Project.
provide guidance to students in the process and completion of the project.
This includes:
• ensuring the chosen MYP project topic satisfies appropriate legal and ethical standards with regard
to health and safety, confidentiality, human rights, animal welfare and environmental issues
• giving guidelines about the MYP project
• providing a timetable with deadlines
• providing the assessment criteria for the project
• giving advice on how to keep and curate evidence of the process
• emphasizing the importance of personal analysis and reflection
• providing formative feedback
• ensuring requirements for academic integrity are met
• confirming the authenticity of the work submitted
• assessing the MYP project using the criteria in this guide
• participating in the standardization of the assessment process
providing personal project teacher assessed totals to the MYP coordinator to enter in the
International Baccalaureate Information System (IBIS).
Students should receive information and guidance that includes:
• guidelines about the MYP project
• a timetable with deadlines
• the assessment criteria for the project
• advice on how to keep and use a process journal
• the importance of personal analysis and reflection
• formative feedback
• requirements for academic honesty.