MYP PERSONAL PROJECT
INFO SESSION
APRIL 2023 – APRIL 2024
MYP 4 STUDENTS
MR. CLEMMONS
MYP COORDINATOR, PERSONAL PROJECT COORDINATOR
MYP personal project objectives
The objectives of MYP projects encompass the factual, conceptual, procedural and metacognitive dimensions of
knowledge. Listed below are the objectives of the personal project specifically.
Objective A: Planning
Students should be able to:
1.state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal
2.state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product
3.present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
Objective B: Applying skills
Students should be able to:
1.explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal
2.explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.
Objective C: Reflecting
Students should be able to:
1. explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning evaluate the product based on the success
criteria.
2. evaluate the product based on the success criteria.
Students’
Responsibilities
EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CREATE A
LEARNING GOAL
… A NOTE ABOUT TYPES OF
PRODUCTS
the product may be a tangible artifact such as a sculpture,
film, story or model, or it could be a non-tangible result
such as an awareness-raising campaign, learning to play a
new piece of music or improving athletic performance.
Students should be able to achieve the goal, including the
learning goal and the product, and prepare the report in
25 hours. As such, students may need to revise their goal
as they develop their action plan.
CREATING AN ACTION PLAN
• To create a detailed action plan, students should develop success criteria
for their product and determine the necessary steps or actions that will
be required to meet those criteria. This will also establish a foundation
to explain whether or not the goal was achieved in the report.
• The process of developing success criteria and establishing an action
plan to meet the success criteria is likely to require some research.
Similarly, students may need to carry out research related to their
learning goal, which could be included as part of their action plan.
LEARNING GOAL, SUCCESS CRITERIA, ACTION
PLAN
• Learning Goal
• In order to learn about fitness, I will create a series of workout videos.
• Success criteria:
• I will create 3 fitness videos, one for cardio exercises, one for upper body
and core exercises, and one for lower body exercises
• Each fitness video will demonstrate at least 4 exercises
• Action Plan
What?
How?
By When?
I will find 12 exercises to
demonstrate in my workout
videos
Research on Youtube.com
(ATL: Research)
September 15, 2023
I will demonstrate good form
for each of these exercises
Practice (ATL: SelfManagement)
Ongoing
APPLYING ATL SKILLS
Throughout the personal project, students should collect
evidence of how they have applied the ATL skills. This
evidence may include:
At the end of the personal project, students
will select pieces of evidence to demonstrate
• visual thinking diagrams
the ATL skills that have had the most impact
• bulleted lists
on their project. One piece of evidence must
• charts
support their analysis of how ATL skill(s) were
• short paragraphs
applied to extend their learning goal, and
• notes
another must support their analysis of how
• timelines, action plans
ATL skill(s) were applied to achieve their
• annotated illustrations
product.
• annotated research
• pictures, photographs, sketches
Students may find it helpful to evaluate their
• screenshots of a blog or website
product before selecting the examples of the
• self- and peer-assessment feedback.
ATL skills to include in their report.
EVALUATING THE PRODUCT
When students have completed their product, they use the success criteria that were
developed early in the personal project to evaluate the extent to which they achieved their
product goal.
This evaluation forms the basis for explaining the impact of the project and can also help
students to select the evidence of the ATL skills to include in their report.
EXPLAINING THE IMPACT OF THE
PERSONAL PROJECT
Possible impacts of the learning goal
• Develops specific ATL skills
• Extends knowledge about an area of interest
• Gains confidence by completing an independent project
Possible impacts of the product
• Meets a need in the community
• Showcases the students’ skills or abilities
Personal
Project Report
Personal Project
Report
Requirements
Project Supervisors
Mr. Alioune – Antony
Mr. Authority – Binta
Mr. Chris – Anais
Mr. Hauck – Mary Christy
Ms. Crystalyn - Joshua
Mr. Delmas – Nolan
Mr. Essis – Mignon
Ms. Grace – Anaelle
Mr. Clemmons – Brady
Ms. Vania – Ruth
Mr. Neary – David
Mr. Antonio – Matt
Ms. Rebecca - Mariam