J.R. Tucker High School
IBMYP
Mrs. Harper
Who am I? What
is my culture and
how does it affect
my identity?
Seminar is a required component of the Henrico
County IB Program
 Students are responsible for attending seminar
weekly, participating in the lessons and
completing the take-home assignments.
 All seminar information is posted on my
website
 Each month a different LP is highlighted for the
entire school
 Lessons in seminar are designed around the LP
 There will be group discussions, films, guest
speakers, and reflection on what was learned.
 All homework assignments will be graded and
count toward a different class
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 IB
website
 Forms
 IB helpers
 Benefits and challenges of IB
 IB culture, what does it mean to be IB?
 All About IB booklet
 Assessments
 CAS and ManageBAC training
 Learning how to learn
 Communicate
your worries & stresses to
Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Keating, your teachers
 Take an honest look at your schedule and
efforts (i.e. school involvement, FB, texting)
 Is this a problem within the program or
difficulty transitioning to high school?
 Discern accurate information from rumors
 Reevaluate your efforts at organization
(procrastination anyone??)
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The best preparation
for college available
to students
Close relationship
with teachers and
peers
Exposure to relevant,
real-world curriculum
Developing a global
perspective critical in
today’s society
Development of the
Learner Profile
High academic
standards
 Rigorous
coursework
 Requirements
beyond the
classroom
 Some variety in
student body
 Can be difficult to
achieve balance
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Available on the IB Tucker website
 MYP curriculum
• Your classes all 4 years
 Personal
Project
• Begin in February 2014
 Creativity, Action, Service
• Login to ManageBac by 9/24
 Academic
Honesty
• What is cheating? What is collusion? What are the
consequences?
 Criterion-based
 Assessments
and criteria are different in
each course
 No attachment to your grade
 Posted on HCPSlink
 Practice in 9th grade, earn points toward
your MYP certificate in 10th grade
 Sign
in to ManageBac by 9/24
 MYP
parent meeting 10/1 at 6pm
 IB
breakfast 10/4 at 8:15 in café 1
 Responsibilities—to represent the interests of each
IB class, to attend monthly meetings with Mrs. Harper,
to participate in all IB activities including IB Advisory,
parent meetings, IB Tours, IB outreach, specialty
center info sessions, and to lead your peers with
enthusiasm and positivity
 Purpose—to act as a liaison between the IB students
and IB coordinator, to foster an environment of
positive change and to initiate new and fun fellowship
opportunities, and to promote the IB Programme to
our HCPS MYP schools
Experiential learning is an educational
philosophy. The idea is that the learning process
is enhanced when people get involved and
experience situations first-hand.
 Simply put, it’s learning by doing; then reflecting
on the doing.
 Writing quality reflections is part of the CAS
process. An activity without reflection is just
another experience NOT CAS! They transform
life situations into learning-experiences
 Critical thinking is an essential skill. The learner
must evaluate the experience and develop a new
set of values
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Creativity—arts, and other experiences that
involve creative thinking
• Ex. Building, designing, painting, drawing, sewing,
photographing, cooking, landscaping, acting, writing,
journaling, scrapbooking, arranging, sculpting
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Action—physical exertion contributing to a
healthy lifestyle; can be team or individual
sports
• Ex. Hiking a portion of the Appalachian Trail
• Ex. Taking a Tai-Chi class
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Service—an unpaid and voluntary exchange
that has a learning benefit for the student
• Ex. Becoming a big brother/big sister to a student in an
inner-city elementary school
 Cannot be connected to school assignments
 Not for $$$$$$$
 Must be an active learner, not passive
 Can be sponsored by a church, but no
proselytizing
 Cannot be self-serving
 No simple, tedious, or repetitive work
 Must have an adult on the site to evaluate
and confirm your performance
 No fundraising!
Coaching a little league team for students with
special needs
Watching the Harry Potter films and writing a
reflection on each
Working with a coach to learn to do a back
handspring
Learning to play a traditional instrument from your
culture
Animal caretaker at the ASPCA
Interpreting in the Welcome Center
Taking a ballet class
Babysitting for money
Joining a running club
Helping to organize the French Honor Society’s
annual carnival and you are a member
Visiting all museums in the metro-Richmond area
Attending church services
Painting a series of canvases that is required for Art
class and donating them to a local hospital
Building a walkway from building 9 to the parking lot
 Harper
is your advisor
 Due dates on IB Tucker website under
“CAS”
 Email is required for ManageBac.
 Go to GoogleDoc on IB Tucker website to
set appointment with Mrs. Harper
 Sign
in to ManageBac by 10/1
 Sign up on GoogleDoc to meet with Mrs.
Harper by 11/15
 Complete the document “Prior to
meeting with Harper”
 Enter the CAS due dates in your personal
calendar
 Once Harper approves your selected
activities,
 Start experiencing!