IB-MA
Heads of School
Meeting
March 18, 2011
Mid-Atlantic IB World Schools
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Outcomes
 Discuss how pedagogical leadership
practices are changing in IB schools
 Review and reflect on 2011 IB Practices
and Standards
 Collaborate with programme alike IB
Schools
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Welcome and Introductions
Brian Bassett, President of IB
Mid-Atlantic
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Updates
 Feedback from
February’s Meeting
 Networking Updates
 University
Recognition
 2011 Summer
Academy
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How are pedagogical leadership practices
changing?
Responsibilities of the pedagogical leadership team page 8-15
Chart:
Increase
Emphasis on:
Decrease
Emphasis on:
Reflection on
Practice: Levels
1, 2, 3
Ideas for
continued
growth:
Level 1: Highly implemented
Level 2: Moderately implemented
Level 3: Need support for further implementation
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10 minutes
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“The Power to Think, The Will to Act”
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Consistency across all three regions
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Programme standards and practices (2010)
The new Programme standards and practices (2010) are
published on the OCC and the IB website.
Aims of the review were:
 Identify key practices to retain and sustain
 Refine and develop a more user-friendly version
 Reduce duplication and redundancy to streamline the
document
 Clearly identify the requirements for authorization and
evaluation
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Programme standards and practices
Standards
Practices
A: Philosophy
9
B1: Organization: Leadership and structure
7
B2: Organization: Resources and support
12
C1: Curriculum: Collaborative planning
9
C2: Curriculum: Written curriculum
11
C3: Curriculum: Teaching and learning
16
C4: Curriculum: Assessment
9
Total practices
73
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Review of Programme standards
and practices
Programme specific requirements
Standards
Practices
DP
requirements
MYP
requirements
PYP
requirements
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IB Standards and Practices
Visible Thinking Strategy
Reviewing the Standards place a
Red Dot: Stop and think about this
standard and/or practice
Yellow Dot: Continue development of this
standard and/or practice
Green Dot: Keep going…we are meeting
this standard and/or practice
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