INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE UPDATE
On March 1st, Futuro Verde will officially be considered an IB candidate school* for the Diploma Programme. During the next few months a variety of things will be happening as we move towards the next deadline, 1st October, and the submission of our application for authorization. Futuro Verde will be working with a consultant, provided by the IB Organization, who will provide remote consultation as well as come for a two-day on-site consultation visit.
A committee, to be led by Stuart Millar (IB Coordinator designate) will work together to ensure the application is completed to the best of our ability, to give us as much chance of success as possible. Head of school training, IB Coordinator training, Theory of Knowledge (TOK) teacher training have already been completed, with teacher training in Business Management, Biology and the other IB diploma subject areas scheduled to take place in the next few months. In conjunction with these subject specific workshops, teachers will also have access to the IB online curriculum center as they work towards completing their course descriptions which will be included in the application.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns regarding our application or the IB diploma programme in general, please do not hesitate to contact Stuart at stuart@futuro-verde.org
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org