ISE is an IB WORLD SCHOOL

ISE is authorized to offer the IB Diploma (DP) program for 16-19 year olds, the Primary Years Program (PYP) and the Middle Years Program (MYP).

The IB Diploma Programme at ISE

Life in the 21st century, in an interconnected, globalized world, requires critical-thinking skills and a sense of international-mindedness, something that International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme students come to know and understand.

Grades 11 & 12 What is the Diploma Programme?

The IB Diploma Programme is designed as an academically challenging and balanced programme of education with final examinations that prepares students, normally aged 16 to 19, for success at university and life beyond. The programme is normally taught over two years and has gained recognition and respect from the world’s leading universities.

 

Grades 6-10  What is the MYP programme?

Using the the IB curriculum framework, ISE provides a rigorous, high-quality, international education for students in grades 6-10. It is designed to inspire passion for learning while challenging intellectual curiosity, encouraging inquiry and maximizing individual potential. The community of learners (parents, students and staff) share responsibility for developing life-long learners and active, compassionate world citizens with a genuine commitment to affect positive change in the world.

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP) comprises eight subject groups:

The MYP requires at least 50 hours of teaching time for each subject group in each year of the programme. ISE exceeds these standards.

Each year, students in the MYP also engage in at least one collaboratively plannedinterdisciplinary unit that involves at least two subject groups.

MYP students in grade 10 also complete a long-term project, where they decide what they want to learn about, identify what they already know, discovering what they will need to know to complete the project, and create a proposal or criteria for completing it

Our approach to teaching and learning

The MYP aims to help students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self and responsibility in their community.

Teaching and learning in the MYP is underpinned by the following concepts:

Teaching and learning in context

Students learn best when their learning experiences have context and are connected to their lives and their experience of the world that they have experienced.

Using global contexts, MYP students develop an understanding of their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet through developmentally appropriate explorations of:

  • identities and relationships
  • personal and cultural identity
  • orientations in space and time
  • scientific and technical innovation
  • fairness and development
  • globalization and sustainability.

 

Preschool- grade 5  What is the PYP programme?

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) is for students aged 3-12.

The PYP prepares students to become active, caring, lifelong learners who demonstrate respect for themselves and others and have the capacity to participate in the world around them. It focuses on the development of the whole child as an inquirer, both within and beyond the classroom.

Find out more about the PYP.

The PYP curriculum

The PYP curriculum contains three key components, which explain how students learn, how educators teach, and the principles and practice of effective assessment within the programme.

Read about the PYP curriculum.

 

Further Resources:

www.ibo.org

General Regulations of the Primary Years Programme

General Regulations of the Diploma Programme

Amendments to the General Regulations of the Diploma Programme (effective from 2009 examinations)