September+9,+2008

=September 9, 2008=

Authorization Visit
As you know, IBNA (that's IB North America) will be sending visitors here on October 2 and 3  to meet with us for our formal authorization visit. Once we have successfully completed this process and addressed any issues or concerns, we will be a fully authorized IB MYP World School!

The purpose of this visit is to "ensure that the candidate school is genuinely committed to the pursuit of excellence in international education" and to ascertain the school's preparedness to offer the MYP. So IBNA will get a chance to see what a wonderful school we are!

In order to facilitate the visit, **we need some help** ! Would you be willing to... 1. __Recommend some students__ who would be able to meet with the visiting team and talk about being an IB school. 2. __Invite our guests into your classroom__ on October 3. Please note that our guests might want to drop into any classroom for a few minutes so plan on being in an "IB mode" on Thursday and Friday, October 2 and 3. 3. Be willing to __cover a class__ or part of a period so that others can meet with the visiting team. 4. I know the team would like to see samples of student work related to MYP (even if it's from last year). Please think about what you might like to share and let us know. Please let Julie or Debbie know how you can help.

We have received several documents from IBNA concerning the visit and have also created a DRAFT of a working schedule for the two days. These are avaialbe on the Authorization Visit page on the menu to the right.

Erin, Julie and Debbie are available to answer any questions that you have about this process, do don't hesitate to ask.

IB Information Folder
The IB folder on the common server (nms on shares - G drive) has been updated for this year. Your earlier work has been saved in the 2007 folder. Please drop your units, assessments and samples of student work into the folders.

Something to Share
Chad has created a one-page summary of his first unit using the MYP perspective. It's an easy way to frame instruction using IB thinking. I've also placed a copy on the Hints for Successful Units page. Thanks for leading the way, Chad!