IB Coaching
The IB aspires to help schools develop well-rounded students with character who respond to challenges with hopefulness and an open mind, are confident in their own identities, make ethical decisions, join with others in celebrating our common humanity and are arranged to apply what they learn in real-world, complex and unpredictable situations.
An IB education
- focuses on learners- the IB’s student-centred programmes promote healthy relationships, ethical responsibility and personal challenge.
- develops an effective approaches to teaching and learning – IB programmes help students to develop the attitudes and skills they need for both academic and personal success.
- works within global contexts – IB programmes increase understanding of languages and cultures, and explore globally significant ideas and issues.
- explores significant content – IB programmes offer a curriculum that is broad and balanced, conceptual and connected.
IB learners strive to become inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective. These attributes represent a broad range of human capacities and responsibilities.
Primary Years Programme (PYP)
The IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) for children aged three – twelve fosters and advances young students as useful, energetic participants in a womb-to-tomb journey of learning. The PYP provides an inquiry-based, transdisciplinary curriculum framework that builds conceptual understanding.
It’s a student-centered approach to education for children aged 3-12. It reproduces the most effective of academic analysis, thought leadership and experience derived from IB World schools. The PYP has evolved to become a world leader in future-focused education. The PYP is an example of best educational practice globally, responding to the challenges and opportunities facing young students in our rapidly ever-changing world.
- addresses students’ academic, social and emotional well-being
- encourages students to develop independence and to take responsibility for their own learning
- supports students’ efforts to gain understanding of the world and to function comfortably within it
- helps students establish personal values as a foundation upon which international-mindedness will develop and flourish.
IB Middle Years Programme (MYP)
The MYP is designed for students aged 11 to 16. It provides a framework of learning that encourages students to become creative, critical and reflective thinkers.The MYP emphasizes intellectual challenge, encouraging students to make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world. It fosters the development of skills for communication, intercultural understanding and global engagement – essential qualities for young people who are becoming global leaders.
The MYP is flexible enough to accommodate most national or local curriculum requirements. It builds upon the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed in the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) and prepares students to meet the academic challenges of the IB Diploma Programme (DP) and the IB Career-related Certificate (IBCC).
The IB Middle Years Programme:
- addresses holistically students’ intellectual, social, emotional and physical well-being
- provides students opportunities to develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need in order to manage complexity and take responsible action for the future
- ensures breadth and depth of understanding through study in eight subject groups
- requires the study of at least tw1o languages (language of instruction and additional language of choice) to support students in understanding their own cultures and those of others
- empowers students to participate in service within the community
- helps to prepare students for further education, the workplace and a lifetime of learning.
The IB Diploma Programme (DP)
The IB Diploma Programme (DP) is a rigorous, challenging and balanced two-year university-preparation programme for students aged 16 to 19. It aims to support schools by providing outstanding research-based education, developing both disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding.
This guide seeks to outline the main components of the programme while summarizing key research on impact and outcomes of participation. The DP is a truly international programme developed in consultation and collaboration with educators from around the world. It incorporates the best educational practices from different systems while remaining free of influence of any particular one. At its heart, the DP is driven by the IB mission to create a better world through education. DP students are prepared for participation in a rapidly evolving and increasingly global society as they develop intellectually, emotionally, physically and ethically, while acquiring the skills that will prepare them for further education and life in the 21st century.
The DP promotes language and literacy, multilingualism, the social sciences, science, mathematics, the arts, interdisciplinary learning, service learning and international-mindedness. It encourages students to be knowledgeable, inquiring, caring and compassionate, and to develop intercultural understanding, open-mindedness and respect for others’ views. The full IB Diploma Programme can be undertaken in English, Spanish and French, with elements available in Japanese, German, Chinese, Arabic, and Turkish. The same quality and rigour is in place regardless of the language of study.
- Students select one course from each subject group (The arts may be replaced with another subject).
- At least two languages are studied.
- At least three courses are taken at higher level (HL), generally 240 hours of instruction. Standard level (SL) courses are typically 150 hours.
- All courses are designed to span two years, assessed with the same level of rigour and equally weighted.
- Theory of knowledge (TOK) is a course on critical thinking that makes connections across the academic disciplines and explores the nature of knowledge.
- The extended essay (EE) is an in-depth, externally assessed, independent research project into a topic of the student’s choice. Up to 4,000 words in length, it promotes high-level research and writing skills, intellectual discovery and creativity.
- Creativity, activity, service (CAS) involves students in a range of experiential and service learning activities that enhance personal and interpersonal development. CAS encourages engagement in the arts, creative thinking, a healthy lifestyle and a sense of social responsibility.
A variety of studies suggest that the DP core plays an important role in improving student confidence in critical thinking, engaging with research, university-level writing, time management, and the ability to gather, organize and evaluate information.  Personal growth, an ethic of service, maturity, open-mindedness, reflection and a better understanding one’s place in the world were also cited as important benefits.