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IB: Education for a better
world
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IB: Education for a better

world

What is an IB

education?
Why choose an IB
education?
Next Steps

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What is an IB education?
An IB education:
Focuses on learners
Develops effective approaches to
teaching and learning
Works within global contexts
Explores significant content
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What is an IB education?
THE IB MISSION STATEMENT
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.
To this end the organization works with schools,
governments and international organizations to
develop challenging programmes of
international education and rigorous
assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the
world
to
become
compassionate
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What is an IB education?
The IB Learner
Profile
The aim of all IB programmes is to
develop internationally minded
people who, recognizing their
common humanity and shared
guardianship of the planet, help to
create a better and more peaceful
world.
The IB learner profile represents
10 attributes valued by IB World
Schools. We believe these
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What is an IB education?

What are IB Programmes?

l IB programmes each contain four key elements

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Longevity

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680,000 IB students worldwide
3,856 IB World Schools
147 Countries
4 Programmes: PYP, MYP, DP, CP
1 Mission: Education for a better world
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What is an IB education?
Middle Years Programme
(MYP)
Five year program for grades 6-10
19 CPS high schools offer MYP
Courses in eight subject groups
Personal Project
Service Projects
Interdisciplinary/Conceptual units
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Diploma Programme
(DP)
Two year programme for
grades 11-12
Seven college level
courses
Three CORE
components:
Theory of Knowledge
Creativity,
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What is an IB education?
3 CORE Components of the Diploma
Programme:
1. Theory of Knowledge (TOK): How do we know
what we know? A course unlike any other offered
in non-IB schools. A study of how cultural
experiences and personal biases factor into what
and how we know.
2. Creativity, Action, and Service (CAS): Provides a
framework for experiential learning. Students
complete their own projects to further develop their
habits of heart and mind.
3.
Extended
Essay
(EE): An
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IB Curriculum v. AP Courses
IB DIPLOMA

Comprehensive
program of study
liberal arts
2-year courses
Multiple assessments
External, internal
Exams, orals,
presentations, essays,
projects/labs

Quality of curriculum

ADVANCED
PLACEMENT

Individual coursework,
no unifying core
1-year courses
One exam
Quality of curriculum
Content-centered
Lecture

Student-centered
Inquiry-based
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What is an IB education?
The IB Career-related
(CP)
EnablesProgramme
students to:
Develop a broad range of careerrelated competencies
Prepare for effective
participation in an ever-changing
world of work
Engage in learning that makes a
positive difference to future lives
Become self confident people
ready for life in the 21st century.
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IB: Education for a better

world

What is an IB education?

Why choose an IB
education?
Next Steps
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Why choose an IB
education?
Its
a great time to be a
Chicago Public Schools IB
student!

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Why choose an IB education?

Its a great time to be an
IB student around the
globe!

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Why choose an IB education?

Working to My Potential: The Experiences
of Chicago Public Schools Students in the
IB Diploma Programme
Chicago Postsecondary Transition Project at the University of Chicago, Consortium on Chicago
School Research, 2012

Key Findings:
Compared to a matched comparison group, DP
students more likely to:
Go to college
Go to a selective college
Persist in college for at least two years.*
DP Students in college reported:
Feeling prepared to succeed and, indeed, excel in
their coursework
* Outcomes
do not take
into account
IB exam or overall DP scores,
Their strong academic
skills,
work
ethic,
suggesting that the benefits extend to all DP students, not just
those who earn the diploma.
motivation,
time
management
and willingness to
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seek help as sources of strength in the transition

Why choose an IB education?

Diploma Impact Study CCSR

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How does participation in the IB Diploma
Programme impact college acceptances?
Ratio of
IB students
Total
acceptance
population
rate: IB vs
acceptance acceptance
total
University or College
rate
rate
population
University of Florida
82%
42%
2.0
Florida State University
92%
60%
1.5
Brown University
18%
9%
2.0
Stanford University
15%
7%
2.1
Columbia University
13%
9%
1.4
University of California
58%
26%
2.2
Harvard University
10%
7%
1.4
New York University
57%
30%
1.9
University of Michigan
71%
51%
1.4
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How does participation in the IB Diploma
Programme impact college acceptances?
IB students

Ratio of
acceptance
rate: IB vs
total
population
1.7
1.8

Total
population
acceptance acceptance
University or College
rate
rate
Cornell University
31%
18%
Duke University
28%
16%
University of
Pennsylvania
24%
14%
1.7
Yale University
18%
7%
2.6
University of Central
Florida
90%
47%
1.9
Boston University
70%
58%
1.2
UCLA
48%
23%
2.1
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32%
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How does participation in the IB Diploma
Programme impact college acceptances?
IB students are twice as likely to be admitted
into university/college compared to the total
population.
Ratio of
IB students
acceptance
rate

University or
College
University of
Florida
82%
UCLA
48%
Princeton
University
16%
Yale University
18%
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Total
population
acceptance
rate

acceptance
rate: IB vs
total
population

42%
23%

2.0
2.1

8%
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Why choose an IB education?

What are admissions officers saying about
IB Programmes?
IB is well known to us as excellent preparation. Success in an
IB programme correlates well with success at Harvard. We
are pleased to see the credential of the IB Diploma Programme on
the transcript.
Marlyn McGrath Lewis, Assistant Dean of Admissions, Harvard
University

The IB is a first-rate programme, one we are familiar with, and

it prepares students well for a university like ours.
Fred Hargadon, Director of Undergraduate Admissions, Princeton
University

We have looked very carefully at how IB students from

Chicago Public Schools are doing at DePaul and we can see
that they are doing well. They are academically prepared,
make name
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the opportunities available to them on campus
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Why choose an IB education?

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Why choose an IB education?

What kind of credit can I earn from
my IB classes?

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What kind of Example Two: DePaul
credit can I University
IB course recognition policies. DePaul
earn from
faculty conduct an extensive biennial
review of IB curricula to update placement
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and credit policies. DePauls IB policy has a
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number of features including:
The recognition of Standard Level (SL)
CPS IB
and Theory of Knowledge (TOK)
graduates have
coursework for possible college-level
earned up to a
credit as well as a
years worth of
Sliding scale (rather than an all-orcollege credit at
nothing) approach where appropriate
(as in the case of languages).
DePaul
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recommendations to meet
with faculty
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Why choose an IB education?

Schools that offer a full year of college
credit
for
earning
theofIBIdaho
Diploma
(scores vary by school)
Albertson
College
Alfred University
Alma College
Ball State University
Bard College
Barnard College
Bradford College
Bryn Mawr College
Defiance College
Drake University
Drury University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida State University Franklin Pierce College
Hofstra University
Lafayette College
State University of NY
Towson University
University of Tampa
University of Tulsa
Source: ibo.org/recognition
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Why choose an IB education?

Higher Ed Partnerships with Chicago
Public Schools IB

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IB: Education for a better

world

What is an IB education?
Why choose an IB
education?
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NEXT STEPS:
1. Turn in your attendance form to a designated
representative.
2. Attend one or more school-specific break-out sessions,
which are occurring directly after this general session.
These sessions are not mandatory, but they provide a
good opportunity to hear from school staff directly.
3. If you wish to attend school Open Houses, upcoming
dates are listed on one of your handouts. You may also
contact the IB Coordinator directly if you are interested
in other opportunities to visit the school.
4. After today, if you havent already done so, go online to
apply.cps.edu, log in, and apply to up to six IB schools.
Remember: there are two steps to the process
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5. If you dont want to go back online, you can apply using
a paper application instead. Applications can be
downloaded and printed at cpsoae.org (click Apply and
Application Materials).
6. You must apply by Dec. 12, 2014. Online
applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on
December 12th and paper applications must be
postmarked by December 12th.
7. Notification letters are sent to parents by the Office of
Access and Enrollment by February 20, 2015.

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NEXT STEPS:
8. Students are selected based on an overall
applicant score
a. performance on the NWEA MAP (450
points) and
b. seventh grade final (cumulative) grades in
reading, math, science, and social studies
(450 points).
c. Students residing within the boundary of a
high school with an IB program will
receive 50 additional points. These points
will be awarded before the selection
process.
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NEXT STEPS:
9. Confirmation forms to accept or decline an offer are
sent by parents directly to the school.
10.Eligible, non-selected students remain in an
applicant pool, ranked by score.
11.Remaining seats are filled based on the applicant
pool. Parents are contacted by the school.

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Breakout Sessions:
School

Room #

School

Amundsen

269

Kennedy

253-4

Back of the Yards

268

Lincoln Park

168-9

Bogan

267

Morgan Park

248-9

Bronzeville

266

Ogden

289

Clemente

265

Prosser

288

Curie

241

Schurz

285

Farragut

264

Senn

284

Hubbard

263

South Shore

280

Hyde Park

262

Steinmetz

279
277

Juarez

260-1

Taft

Kelly

257-8

Washington

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Room#

274-5
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