International
Baccalaureate
Middle Years
Program
What is the International Baccalaureate
Program?
• The IB is a not-for-profit foundation, motivated by
its educational mission, focused on the student.
• The International Baccalaureate aims to develop
inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people
who help to create a better and more peaceful
world through intercultural understanding and
respect.
• These programs encourage students across the
world to become active, compassionate and
lifelong learners who understand that other
people, with their differences, can also be right.
• The IB Programme is not a gifted program. It is a
philosophy of teaching that aims to help students
connect with the world.
What is the MIDDLE YEARS
Program?
The MYP is:
• for students aged 11 to 16
• a framework of academic challenge
• 8 subject groups, plus personal project in the final year
• taught in any language
The MYP encourages students to:
• understand the connections between subjects through
interdisciplinary learning
• understand the connections between subjects and the real
world
• become critical and reflective thinkers
The Middle Years Programme begins at Talley Middle School
and continues at Mount Pleasant High School
The Philosophy
What is an “IBMYP” student?
IB learners strive to be:
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open-minded
Caring
Risk-takers
Balanced
Reflective
What are teachers looking
for in an IB student at
Talley?
• Creativity
• Respectfulness
• Initiative
• Acceptance
• Motivation
• Thoughtfulness
• Tenacity
What will my child experience if
accepted into this program?
In addition to the core classes of Math, Language
Arts, Science, and Social Studies, students in the
IBMYP program at Talley are required to
participate in the following scheduled classes:
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Physical
Education
Physical
Education
Physical
Education
Art
Health
Health
Technology
World Language
World Language
(Intro. to French or
Spanish)
World Language
(French or Spanish)
Art/Music
Art/Music
Technology
Technology
What is the application process?
• The 2017-2018 Student Application is available on
our website now! Visit the Talley website at
www.brandywineschools.org/talley and find the
application in the “International Baccalaureate”
section.
• Steps:
• Download and print the application
• Give your child’s teachers the recommendations
attached to the application. These should be sent to
Talley directly from the teacher
• Fill out the student profile sheet and criteria document
• Arrange for your child to visit Talley for the Interview
and the Writing and Math Assessments. This can be
done while your child shadows, if you choose to have
your child participate in shadowing.
When will the decision be made?
All completed applications are due
by March 3, 2017
Applications submitted after March 3rd are not
guaranteed to be reviewed. Applications
submitted by March 3rd will be evaluated using
our IB database by the coordinator and IB
educators. Decisions will be made shortly
thereafter. Families will be contacted via post
mail. Families will either be invited to attend,
informed of a placement on the waiting list, or
informed that the child will not be offered a
spot in the program.
January 9, 2017
Shadowing and Assessments
begin
March 3, 2017
Applications due
April 24-28, 2017
Candidate Notification
May 9, 2017
IB Open House for Admitted
Students
The Decision of the Family
Once invited into the program, families can either
accept or decline the invitation. If accepted, your
child will receive the summer 2017 work at the
end of this school year via USPS and attend an IB
“Meet the Teachers” night in May/June.
If you need to choice your child into Talley for
the IB Programme, there is a separate “Choice”
form that you will receive directly from the IB
Coordinator.
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