Power & Responsibility
Contents
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April Schedule
Exam Schedule
How to best prepare for exams
Exam protocol and rules
Exam location
Calculator rules
Results acquisition
University transcripts
Wind-up possibilities?
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Exam schedule
• E-version available on school website
• Personal schedule printout available
• Only exams papers that are on the same day are Spanish ab.
And Biology, Chemistry and English
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How best to prepare
 “Start preparing NOW!
 Look over the course syllabus for one course and look at the units that
were easier or harder
 Identify the concepts you had more difficulty grasping (star and go back)
 Arrange time with peers and teachers to steadily go over those concepts
 Budget time every evening for review on these concepts
 Book time off of work for a few weeks
 Get lots of sleep and nourish yourself
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Right before the exam
 Find out what works for you
 Do you need to be quiet and mentally prepare
yourself or do you want a bit of distraction
 Sleep well the night before
 Have a good breakfast so you’re not distracted
 Ensure your mode of transportation is in good
working order and on time
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Study Tools
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Old Exams with answer keys
Daily exam example questions
READ, READ, READ
Condensed reviews
Course outlines/outcomes
Tests and Quizzes through out the two years
Teacher Webpages, Edmodo
On-line resources (“Khan Academy”, “IB practice”,
“High marks in IB”, etc..)
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Exam protocol and rules
Conduct prior to the exam
IB surprise visits
Punctuality
Jackets, purses. backpacks
You must know your session number
Sample of multiple choice sheet
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EXAM LOCATION
 Room 219
 Students are to be at the school at least 15
minutes before the start of exams.
 what to bring?
 Emergency? Contact me at gvalentim@sjsd.net
 Or the school @ 888-7650
Calculator rules
 Math teacher will clarify
 There will be an inspection of calculators by the
exam invigilators
 Please ensure you don’t have any non-permissable
programs, formulae and the like
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IB Assessment and Scoring
 Exams are scored and
moderated multiple times to
insure accuracy and
monitor work of examiners.
 All 4,000 examiners are
‘quality checked’ through a
process of moderation.
 Exams are remarked if
there are unexpected
deviations.
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Results acquisition
 Marks are accessible as of July 6, 2012
 You will receive a session number and pin code.
 results@ibo.org
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University transcripts
• You may have your results sent electronically to the
Admissions Office of up to two Canadian universities
free of charge.
• More? There is a $15USD charge beyond that
• Concerned about a bad mark reaching the office?
• Results MUST reach most offices by September 1
and your physical documentation doesn’t reach you
until early October
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Wind-up possibilities?
 Something informal where the entire IB class is invited
and the IB Faculty of this year and last are invited as well
 Some time after last exam (Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at
6pm)
 Current grades and Alumni
Where can I get more information on IB?
 Please visit my website at:
www.sjsd.net/~gvalentim
under the “IB information” page where you will find
various resources on the IB program.
 Visit the IB world website at www.IBO.org.
Questions?
My contact info
 E-mail gvalentim@sjsd.net
 Phone 888-7650 (I have a voice mail as well)