Special Features of the IB CP

• Personal and Professional Skills (PPS) - required interdisciplinary course intended to stimulate critical reflection that seeks to bridge the gap between practical and knowledge skills while promoting self-awareness and cross-cultural connections

• Service Learning (SL) - allows students to share their energies and talents while developing awareness, concern, and the ability to work collaboratively with others with a goal of developing of educating and developing the whole person and fostering more compassionate citizens. 

• Reflective Project (RP) - offers the opportunity to investigate an ethical dilemma associated with a career-related study and acquaints students with the kind of independent research skills expected beyond high school.

• Language Development (LD) - allows student to expand their awareness of cultural diversity through another language.  

Why IB CP?

A 2017 study published in the Journal of Vocational Education and Training examined the patterns of higher education enrollment, destinations, and persistence of all CP graduates from secondary schools in the US between 2013 and 2015 and found the following:

• CP graduates enroll and persist in universities at higher rates than the national average

• They tend to major in high-earning oriented fields such as: engineering (18%), business (17%), and health sciences (15%)

• CP graduates persist in their higher education at higher rates than the national average

• 93% of CP graduates at 4-year institutions persisted for one year, as compared to 82% nationally in 2014

• Once CP graduated enrolled in 89% returned for their sophomore year, which is 17% higher than the national average (72% in 2014)

• CP graduates attend selective higher education institutions 

• Of the CP graduates that chose four-year institutions, more than half (55%) enrolled at an university ranked by Barron's Selectivity Index as "very competitive" or better

Graduates of the IB CP across the world

• "...The IB CP is more focused on the career path that I have chosen, so I felt it would give me a head start on my peers."

• "It has given me the opportunity to have real-life experiences, such as giving me the chance to do an internship as the Four Seasons."

• "I believe that my CP qualification helped me to land a place at my university.  I'd recommend it to other students who know what they want to do from an early age."

• The IB CP has also given me the chance to become a leader and taught me a lot of the skills I need.."

Prepares students for an ever-changing world of work