May 2017 IB Exams

IB Exams start 01 May….Monday running through till 18 May Thursday.

May 2017 IB Examination Session

May 2017 SSIS Student Examination List – If you need to know where a student is and what exam the student is taking and when.

Year 1 IB Predicted Grades

As has been discussed since the beginning of the school year, providing a justifiable benchmark for IB Year 1 students at the end of their junior year is important for all stakeholders. All Year 1 IB teachers will need to provide their Year 1 IB students with a Predictive Score (1-7) in PowerSchool by the end of the grading period.

The better understand the why of this change toward better alignment with IB philosophy and expectations, see this presentation.

IB Yokohama Updates…..as Promised

The listing is dense with information and changes are already coming for Group 2 and Music with Group 1 and Group 5 following in 2019. Here is the official update from IBO:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwPDNWShT_P1Rk5NVmE4SEU1ZXc

As you can see, the changes are substantial. 79 slides. Slide 49 begins Part II of the fascinating look at the upcoming changes. Slide 79 discusses the growing importance of ATL in the DP. The high school will have a session about ATL in the DP presented by Jason Bixby and Mike Williams.

We’re almost there……..

Saigon Teacher Job Shadowing

Coming from the latest IBDP Coordinator’s meeting, the issue of some teachers wanting to job shadow teachers from other schools came up. IBDP Coordinators are setting up an exchange where IB teachers can visit other like-professionals to see them teach, talk about resources, strategies, etc and SSIS can then host teachers from other schools. The idea is to increase networks in between the more formal Jobalikes.

If you are interested, let me know and I will add you to the list that we are making to see when exchanges (either half-day or whole-day) can be arranged.