Gloria Saunders (Mentor)
International Baccalaureate versus Traditional Curricula
· International Baccalaureate:
o Aspire toward a global education
o Project based
o Differentiation
§ Teacher is more a mentor than a (direct) instructor
· Teacher is a mentor students can go to if needed
§ Teacher expects students to direct their own leaning with the teacher as a mentor
· Teacher uses direct instruction to introduce new topics/ main ideas
§ Students learn and direct themselves in a way that best fits them
§ Students need to be self-motivated
· Traditional Curricula:
o Direct instruction
o Based off state and nation standards
Leslie Guillory (Honors Business Calculus with Southeastern University)
Not Direct Instruction
· College and honors credit
· More explanation than direct instruction
o Basic outline of concepts in lectures
· Lecture and lab work
o Students work on laptops to complete assignments given by Southeastern
§ Individual assignments on lab work days
§ Assignments on MathXL
· Quarterly assessments from Southeastern
o All assignments online by Southeastern (MathXL)
o Tests loaded the day before
Monique Pontiff (IB English IV)
Internal and External Assessments in International Baccalaureate
· Internal assessment
o Teacher-graded
· External assessment
o Graded by members of International Baccalaureate (IB)
· 6 total internal/external assessment
o 4 senior year
o 2 junior year
§ 2 World Literature (WL) papers (11th/12th grade, externally?)
§ 2 IB Tests (12th grade, externally?)
§ 1 Oral Commentary (12th grade, internally graded, externally monitored)
§ 1 Oral Presentation (11th grade, internal assessment)
· Students/class must finish group (ex: WL) before they can be internally/ externally assessed
