IB MYP at Hillside
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) is designed for students aged 11 to 16. It is a complete and coherent programme that provides a
framework of academic challenge and life skills
appropriate to this stage of adolescence.
At our partner school, Shepard IB Middle, students participate in the MYP during their sixth (Year 1), seventh (Year 2), and eighth (Year 3) grade years. At Hillside, students participate in the MYP during their freshman (Year 4) and sophomore (Year 5) years.
Because the educational philosophy and goals of the three IB programmes are consistent, MYP naturally follows the Primary Years Programme (grades 1–5) and serves as an excellent preparation for the Diploma Programme (grades 11–12).
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International Baccalaureate Documents
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HHS Assessment Policy HHS Inclusion Policy HHS Language Policy |
Features of the MYP
In the MYP, over the course of two years (Year 4-Grade 9 and Year 5-Grade 10), students study 8 subject groups, with a minimum of 50 teaching hours per subject group each year. Distinctive features of the MYP include the following:
Feature 1: Key and related concepts are big ideas, which form the basis of teaching and learning in the MYP. They ensure breadth and depth in the curriculum and promote learning within and across traditional disciplines.
Feature 2: Global contexts provide shared starting points for inquiry into what it means to be internationally minded, framing a curriculum that promotes multilingualism, intercultural under-standing and global engagement.
Feature 3: Approaches to teaching and learning, a unifying thread throughout all MYP subject groups, are skills which help students manage their own learning. They provide a foundation for success in further education and the world beyond the classroom.
Feature 4: Action and service, essential components of the MYP, set out clear learning out-comes that grow from students’ participation in local and global communities. MYP projects are informed by respected models of service learning and provide stepping stones toward the Di-ploma Programme’s core requirements for Creativity, Action and Service (CAS).
Feature 5: The personal project, for students completing the programme in year 5, is a culmi-nating experience in which students apply their approaches to learning skills to complete an extended, self-directed piece of work. This required component provides opportunities for creative and truly personal demonstrations of learning.
For More Information: http://www.ibo.org/en/programmes/middle-years-programme/