Happening this week April 10

MONDAY Period 7:  Assembly in theater for all year levels and teachers. Student council campaigns.

PD and COLLABORATIVE MEETING Mon and Weds

Monday. staff  League of awesomeness meeting in the theater following the assembly (Full Hour).

Weds. Self-Study.  All groups meet in MPR3 for kickoff. Then groups will break out into assigned rooms in Building B Floor 3. 
Mixed group meet in MPR3, then break out to assigned room on B3.

This Week's Message

Welcome back to a short week! There is no school Friday, and we are blessed with a number of upcoming three day weekends. Please remember to plan accordingly to be sure your instruction and assessment fits smoothly into this busy Term 4. 

This week’s update includes some information on the bottom about assessment and planning for assessment; please be sure to scroll to the bottom and see it. There is also information under the 'T4 information' tab above about T 4 Report writing deadlines and process as well as exam dates.  More information will be added shortly about T4 written report comments. Please use these resources to stay up to date.

And remember, individually we are many small cute goldfish, together we are one big, strong, beautiful gold shark.

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Fig 1. “6 Benefits of Teamwork in the Workplace.” Sandler Training, www.sandler.com/blog/6-benefits-of-teamwork-in-the-workplace. Accessed 6 Apr. 2017.

Self-Study Timeline for 2017.

·         Weds April 12. Summary and reflection of process. 

·         Weds April 19. Subject Groups select two* completed units from MYP and DP

*MYP example: Individuals and Society =one Y7 unit, one Y9 unit.

*DP example:    Individuals and Society = 2 History units, 2 Psychology units, 2 Business studies units, 2 Economics units. If you have questions, see your HOD.  

Next year we will continue with specialized ‘focus groups’ made up of PYP, MYP, DP teachers, parents, students- even board members. The visit is one year from now, next April 2018. The finalized work needs to be submitted by the coordinators to IB WASC in January 2018. We aim to wrap up the process around Nov 2017.

DP

IB final exam is coming soon 28 April - 19 May 2017. The invigilation schedule was released last Friday. Please be in the exam venue on time.


The Year 12 students last regular school day is April, 21st. The week after they have the choice of learning at home or come to school to discuss lesson with their friends or with teacher. They can use their study room or library for this purpose. They have been informed to make an appointment with you if they wish to consult lesson. Kindly support our Year 12 students in their last days preparing for their final exam.

MYP

Interdisciplinary Unit Planning. Ibu Dani is leading the IDU ‘Steering Committee’. It is a requirement that we have one ‘Two Subject’ IDU units each year level 7-10. So far we have the Year 7 Jogya trip with Individuals and Societies and PHE that we are doing each year. We did the Year 9 trip once last year with Maths and Arts. We are looking to find sustainable 8,9 and 10 experiences.

Email Ibu Dani and CC Patrick if you would like to be a part of the steering committee.

Service and Action 2016-17 Journal Submission

Y 7 Submitted their journal on March 22, DONE!

Y 8 Journal submission is due April 10 (today!)

Y9 Journal submission is due April 17

Y 10 Journal Submitted their journal on March 17, DONE!

The IB office is busy reviewing and assessing the journals. Thank you IBU Ocha for organizing this and following up with students.

For more information on SA at Global Jaya, see the GJS MYP-DP Teacher Guide P 38 for more on SA http://gjsmypib.blogspot.co.id/p/ib-resources.html

Y 9 Personal Project

Students submitted their personal project brainstorm on March 17, their second official submission. Upcoming Y 9 work includes:

Fri April 21 Ext Tutor group the Proposal task sheet will be handed out to students

                Fri April 28 Proposal due on Managebac

Friday May 5 Ext tutor group the Report Template will be handed out

                Monday May 15 Draft of report Part A will be due on Managebac.

For more information on Personal Project at Global Jaya School see P 39 of the GJS MYP-DP Teacher Guide http://gjsmypib.blogspot.co.id/p/ib-resources.html

Thank you Ibu Popy for organizing this.

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Fig 2. “GJS MYP-DP Teacher Guide.” GJS MYP-DP Blog, Global Jaya IB Office, 20 Jan. 2017, drive.google.com/file/d/0B41f9T_FZso4VGc0ajhzZHQ4NTA/view. Accessed 18 Mar. 2017. 

MYP-DP Teacher Guide: Where Can I Find Important Information?

Not sure what to do about late work? Work students did not hand in?

See the MYP-DP Teacher guide, Pgs. 17-19 for guidance on “Atypical, late or missing work”.

Not Sure how to use MLA8 Citation?

See last weeks blog post for more information on MLA8 Citation, P 28-36 of the GJS MYP-DP Guide as well as the GJS MLA Guide.

Planning for Term 4 Assessment?

To help with your Assessment Planning for Term 4, please see the “Assessment” section of the “MYP-DP Teacher Guide” Pg. 14.

Some important things to keep in mind as you plan for Term 4 assessments:

·        Students in a subject specific year level share the same summative tasks for a unit to ensure parity of treatment and reliability of assessment results

·        Summative assessments and due dates are posted on Managebac before the due date

·        Assignements should be set on MB to be due during class meeting times

·        Results will be posted on Managebac gradebook  within 10 business days

From the IB Office, thank you very much, and have a great week,

Patrick and Vica