IB Evaluation Visit: An Opportunity for Growth | October 2 and 3
IB World Schools are part of a strong community and network of schools and educators who collaborate around the world. As each school grows in their implementation path with the IB, each IB World School is regularly evaluated to ensure that the IB Standards and Practices of the programmes are being upheld with fidelity. It is a process of formal reflection involving all stakeholders within the school community. The main areas for assessment are philosophy, resources and support, and curriculum.
The IB self-study is a process that schools engage in to assess their own implementation of the programme. They identify major achievements during a five-year period under review and the outcome is a detailed action plan for the following implementation period.
In terms of the curriculum, each IB World School reviews collaborative planning, the written curriculum, teaching, and assessment.
There are mandatory documents which help drive our instruction by establishing parameters of practice, these are:
A language policy - we develop this document to define how we use language to construct learning in every environment.
An assessment policy - this policy outlines our assessment philosophy, principles of assessment, definition of internal and external assessments and how we grade and report back to students and parents.
An inclusion policy - the inclusion policy defines how we create an inclusive learning environment for all students regardless of background, learning needs or styles.
An academic honesty policy - we outline the principles we must all exude when learning and showing our learning. We educate and hold everyone to high standards on respecting intellectual property and being principled in our recognition of others’ work.
These are the policies that directly support our mission statement and help everyone to build the IB learner profile and international mindedness.
