MYP Alignment

Criterion-by-Criterion Alignment

MYP Design aligns fully with the MYP Design criteria A–D, emphasizing inquiry, planning, skillful creation, and reflection, while extending IB intent by embedding identity, passion, and long-term learning goals into the design cycle.

Criterion A — Inquiring and Analyzing

IB Students Requirements:

• Explain and justify the need for a solution

• Conduct research

• Analyze existing designs

• Write a design brief 

How Your Process Aligns (and Goes Further)

Your “WHO ARE YOU?” and “BIG PICTURE GOAL” sections map perfectly to Criterion A:

From MYP Design Project Process v3:

• Self-analysis of skills, personality, passions

• Identification of unknown skills (“you don’t know what you don’t know”)

• Explicit skill, knowledge, and resource identification
  
  

This is stronger than typical Criterion A, because IB does not require personal identity analysis—but it absolutely supports it.

Criterion B — Developing Ideas

IB Students Requirements:

• Develop design specifications

• Generate multiple ideas

• Select a feasible solution

• Create a clear plan and timeline 

Your Alignment Overall Process:

• Design exploration

• Skill development planning

• Resource identification

• Timeline expectations

• Explicit connection between learning and making

Your 70/30 framework fits beautifully here:

• 70% exploration, learning, ideation

• 30% execution

This mirrors IB’s emphasis on thinking before building.

IB does not mandate multiple sketches if a student is developing a skill instead of a product, as long as learning pathways and planning are explicit. Your approach handles this cleanly.

Criterion C — Creating the Solution

IB Students Requirements:

• Follow a plan

• Demonstrate technical skills

• Use tools appropriately

• Document changes and problems

Your Alignment

Your daily journaling requirement is textbook Criterion C excellence:

“Document your process daily, demonstrate technical skills, state changes or problems.”

IB explicitly values process documentation over completion.

You also emphasize:

• Skill development

• Iteration

• Adjustments when problems arise

This is exactly what Criterion C descriptors look for at the top levels.

Criterion D — Evaluating

IB Students Requirements:

• Test the solution

• Reflect on success vs criteria

• Suggest improvements 

Your Alignment

Your Final Reflection + Present & Reflect stages address:

• Effectiveness

• Evidence (images, videos)

• Skill growth

• Next steps

You evaluate not just the product, but:

• Skill growth

• Learning trajectory

• Portfolio readiness

IB only requires evaluation of the solution. You evaluate the designer, which is philosophically aligned with IB Learner Profile traits.