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Queensbury Union Free School District International Baccalaureate Programme

Queensbury Union Free School District International Baccalaureate Programme. Douglas W. Huntley, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools. Queensbury Union Free School District. Founded in 1968 as a non-profit educational foundation Strong pre-university curriculum

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Queensbury Union Free School District International Baccalaureate Programme

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  1. Queensbury Union Free School District International Baccalaureate Programme Douglas W. Huntley, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools

  2. Queensbury Union Free School District • Founded in 1968 as a non-profit educational foundation • Strong pre-university curriculum • Common internal and external assessments • International Mindedness • Strong Rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum Background and characteristics of IB:

  3. Queensbury Union Free School District Learner Profile: Inquirers Open-Minded Knowledgeable Caring Thinkers Risk-Takers Communicators Balanced Principled Reflective

  4. Queensbury Union Free School District Students must: • Have strong work ethic • Embrace learning

  5. Queensbury Union Free School District Teachers must be: • Passionate about self-improvement • For students • For their discipline & an interdisciplinary approach • To teach at highest levels

  6. Queensbury Union Free School District Parents must be: • Encouraging • Supportive • Partners

  7. Queensbury Union Free School District IB provides opportunities to students in two ways. • Students may take individual IB courses and earn certificates, similar to AP courses. • Students may choose to earn the IB Diploma in addition their high school diploma.

  8. Queensbury Union Free School District • Recognized by colleges around the world • Students improve upon strengths, confront challenges • Learn time management • Research and writing in all curricular areas • Center of the hexagon Advantage of the full IB diploma:

  9. Queensbury Union Free School District The Curriculum To earn the diploma: • 3 HL courses (2 years) • 3 SL courses (1 year; some are more than 1 year) • Complete center of hexagon

  10. Queensbury Union Free School District Creativity Action and Service (CAS) • CAS takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a refreshing counterbalance to academic studies • 150 hours over two years of planning, implementation, reflection

  11. Queensbury Union Free School District Some CAS examples: • Designing and implementing service projects • Individual and team sports • Expeditions • Local and international projects • Helping people with special needs • Visiting hospitals • Working with homeless

  12. Queensbury Union Free School District Extended Essay: • 4000 word or fewer, original research essay • Represents research and writing skills expected by universities • Researched and written during junior and senior year • Opportunity to work with a teacher/mentor • Opportunity to investigate a topic of special interest to the student

  13. Queensbury Union Free School District Theory of Knowledge: Areas of Knowledge Natural Sciences Ways of Knowing Human Sciences Mathematics Reason Emotion Language Perception History Ethics The Arts

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