https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot Please post any questions that you have about IB, IB contents, or WMMS Implementation that comes about as a result of training. en-us 2018-08-21 12:26:37 UTC 2018-08-21 18:48:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274291400 Q: Is the IB unit we have to plan in March an interdisciplinary unit? Or is it our own unit that we use the IB framework?
A: It is your own work in your own content area, not interdisciplinary.]]> 2018-08-21 13:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274291400 https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274295294 You will be writing two unit planners this year, but not until the middle of the year. This will be reviewed when we talk about the IB PD plan during opening week. ]]> 2018-08-21 13:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274295294 wpark https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274299699 How will our planning change this year? 

Big changes in planning won't occur until midyear. We will discuss that in our opening meetings when we unveil the IB PD plan for the year. ]]> 2018-08-21 13:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274299699 https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274305351 Should we be using objectives this year or switching to statements of inquiry?

For right now, feel free to use both but S.o.I. will not be required yet. ]]> 2018-08-21 14:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274305351 https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274305545 Grading with LS will make it difficult to express how the student product rates on the IB rubric. Will we still be using that practice or should we be grading any criterion assessments with a different rubric?

This ties into the Grading System question. It will most likely be a double entry situation. There has been conversation in BCPS creating a conversion scale to help with this issue. ]]> 2018-08-21 14:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274305545 https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274357526 The Magnet Office has engaged in a product review of ManageBac. The initial thought is that in its current form, it is not cost effective for what we need because of the resources we already have. ]]> 2018-08-21 16:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274357526 https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274357743 Currently, the grading system and expectations of IB does NOT fit with BCPS. The Magnet Office is working the C.A.O. office and Office of Curriculum to determine how to fix this issue. Other school districts have done things such as an "IB Column" to report IB grades vs. School Columns. ]]> 2018-08-21 16:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274357743 https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274360159 How many IB rubrics/assignments are are we responsible for planning within the year? Semester? Quarter?

*Remember that IB Rubrics are pre-written for you*

IB Rubrics can be used with any assignment that you would like to. There are a few things to keep in mind that we can talk about in person. You always want to use them when doing an IB designed summative assessment. As far as this year, we will be working with IB Rubrics again towards the end of the year. ]]> 2018-08-21 16:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274360159 wpark https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274371745 Any post that references the "Magnet Office" means our Central Office Magnet Supervisor, the Central Office IB and Grant staff as well as school based personnel such as Magin and myself and our counterparts at other schools. ]]> 2018-08-21 17:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274371745 https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274400342 IB says it is “inappropriate” to use proportions for scoring classwork, tests, etc. Will we be allowed a pass on assigning weight to these categories because we are a candidate school by the county?]]> 2018-08-21 18:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wpark/IBParkingLot/wish/274400342