IB MYP Standards - Actions update

April

• Goal 3 - Working group of HoD and HoG members put together to review the deadlines procedure (a key supporting procedure).

• Goal 5 - ATL learning engagements continue to be added to written curriculum in CPT time.

• Goal 5 - ATL Grade Level Expectations being finalised.

• Goal 6 - SA Coordinator working with a G10 student on application for funding from IB Student Innovator initiative.

• Goal 6 - SA Coordinator selected as IB Student Innovator Project Reviewer.

March

• Goal 1 - Drafting has begun.

• Goal 3 - Analysis of procedures supporting assessment survey has been completed and priorities for development identified (deadline procedures).

• Goal 5 - Models for ATL mapping tool and process developed based on priorities identified in consultation with HoD group.

• Goal 5 - Staff PD session to roll out ATL mapping tool and process.

• Goal 6 - Student leadership for Alannah's awesome tournament returned to MYP years and linked with PHE unit.

January 2021

• Goal 3 - Analysis of procedures supporting assessment survey has begun.

• Goal 5 - Departmental recommendations for ATL skill expectations by grade level was developed during the PD day.

• Goal 5 - Analysis of opportunities and limitations of different mapping tools has been completed and presented to HoDs for their consideration.

• Goal 5 - Decision on ISP ATL mapping tool and process scheduled for a Heads of Department meeting in early February.

• Goal 6 - SA Coordinator continues to work with individual teachers to develop opportunities for student action arising from the curriculum.

December 2020

• Goal 5 - MLT took part in IB workshop on ATL.

• Goal 5 - PD day on ATL skill level expectations has been planned and resourced.

• Goal 5 - The ISP bank of ATL teaching ideas and resources has been shared with staff via the staff intranet.

• Goal 6 - The Service as Action (SA) Coordinator worked with English department Grades 6-9 to develop SA opportunities within the curriculum.

IMPORTANT

November - Due to additional expectations with COVID-19 protocols / Lockdown 2 and Home / Online Learning requirements some strategic projects in this area have now been 'paused' or deadlines have been prolonged.

Project 1 - Prolonged - This will be completed by the end of the academic year 2020-2021 and will be rolled out in 2021-2022

Project 2 - Prolonged - This will be completed by the end of the academic year 2020-2021 and will be rolled out in 2021-2022

Project 3 - Prolonged - This will be completed by the end of the academic year 2020-2021 and will be rolled out in 2021-2022

Project 4 - Paused and on hold for the IB Coordinators

October 2020

• Goal 1 - Policy Draft prepared for peer review aligned with new IB Standards and Practices and IB recommendations.

• Goal 2- A review with the Learning Support coordinators has updated the policy to reflect the new programme Standards and Practices, and EAL are meeting to devise an action plan for whole school consistency.

• Goal 3 - MYP and DP Coordinators audited the procedures that support assessment in the secondary school.

• Goal 3 - Survey designed to generate feedback on the effectiveness of the procedures that support assessment and to gather ideas from teaching staff.

• Goal 5 - Proposal of a framework format for vertical and horizontal articulation of AtL skills that could be used across the continuum.

• Goal 6 - The Service as Action (SA) Coordinator is developing a template for a SA cycle to support students and staff in developing SA opportunities.

September 2020

• Goal 1 - MYP and DP Coordinators, and relevant staff members, began articulating academic integrity at ISP, and looked at structuring the new ISP Academic Integrity policy and designing procedural charts.

• Goal 3 - MYP and DP Coordinators, along with HODs, started reviewing the assessment policy at the secondary level, and aligning verbiage to create common approaches to assessments.

• Goal 5 - MYP Coordinator has taken a diagnostic of ATLs currently in the curriculum.

• Goal 6 - The Service as Action (SA) Coordinator has started working with different departments on exemplar SA projects.