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MYP PP Parent presentation
1. Personal Project
Parents Evening
23 March 2011
If you don't know where you are going,
how can you expect to get there?
Basil S. Walsh
2.
3. The MYP Personal Project is:
• a significant and self-directed project
• driven by personal interests & passions
• focused through one of the Areas of Interaction
• an opportunity to learn and develop skills,
• attitudes and knowledge
• turning skills and beliefs into action
• about succeeding
5. The Personal Project ...
MYP’s Main event
points toward Total of possible 63 points
MYP Certificate for total MYP curriculum
6. The Personal Project ...
MYP’s Main event
points minimum
to pass Personal Project
all other subjects it is
2 marks to pass.
7. The Personal Project ...
MYP’s Main event
Assessment is based on
criteria
possible 4 points awarded for each criteria
see the rubric in the student guide for specific criteria
8. The Personal Project ...
Areas of Interaction (AOI)
5 ways of understanding the world
9. Areas of Interaction (AOI)
See page 3 of the student guide for more information on AOI
Environments
Approaches to
Human
learning
Ingenuity
Community & Health &
Service Social Education
17. The Personal Project ...
MYP’s Main event
The Project Report
Reflection and self assessment of :
the goal
the planning
the learning
the work
the use of information
18. The Personal Project ...
MYP’s Main event
The Project Report
Has specific inclusions &
formatting
Explicitly assessed in Criteria G and
appears in all other criteria!
19. The Personal Project ...
MYP’s Main event
How it all fits together
The goal needs to be specific enough
to guide and drive the project forward and
allow for assessment of achievement.
The journal is the anchor for everything,
If the journal is maintained it contributes to
both the project and the report while reflecting
on the goal, tying everything together.
Overall it will contain about 50% of the
assessable material.
The project report is the reflection and
explanation of the goal,
planning, learning and experiences
based on the journal entries and doing
the project.
The project is the culmination of the goal,
planning and learning based on the journal entries.
20. Draft Timeline
Legend
AGN, DME
Discovery College MYP Personal Project Visual Planner 2011/12
DME <>Supervisors 30/3
Whole group meetings Supervisors
confirmed
29/4 - 1
Important Exhibition Dates
4/5
3/2 9
Training 15/6 3
Work to be handed in meeting for
supervisors
24/8 4 18/11 7
Marking of PP
30/4 - Meeting of
Supervisor 26/3 AGN, DME 24/11 Work in
12/1 8 17/2 10
13/4
and student review of goal
submissions
Superviso 18/5 2 21/9 5 progress
Exhibit
rs and
students 26/10 6 30/3
3/1
Staff Intro 24/3 DC
finalised
20/5 5/12 Project 13/1 Sup.
29/2 11 PP
Exhibition
Parent Super 16/10 Sup. report report
info report report workshop, progress
evening progress progress DME, AGN to PPC
Staff to PPC to PPC
Jan Feb Mar April May June July /August Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Students Work on project
through the holidays
5/12 Project
13/4 21/9 5 3/2 9 29/2 11 30/3
Report
Supervisors 15/6 3 Meet 18/11 7 workshop Meet Meet PP
finalised Meet DME, AGN supervisor supervisor Exhibition
Meet supervisor
6/1 17/2 Goal supervisor supervisor
24/8 4
Intro creation 4/4 Topics/ 18/5 2
Assembly (All day) Meet 12/1 8
Goals Meet
supervisor
supervisor 26/10 6 Meet 17/2 10
confirmed
25/3 - Meet 24/11 supervisor Meet 28-29/3
supervisor Work in supervisor Prepare
4/4
Submission of progress for Exhibition
proposed goal,
29/4 - 1 Exhibit
Interviews with meet supervisor
DME/ AGN
22/3 Visit to CIS/
RCHK
PP exhibition
25/3 15/6 17/2 30/2
24/8 3/2
Goal Due Planning Holiday
18/11
1st Draft of 2nd Draft Project report/
outline, Finished of project project/ project
progress project
bibliography Project report due journal/ self
shown to report due
due shown to assessment/
supervisor
Dates subject to change as school supervisor student guide due
timetable is confirmed.
21. The Personal Project ...
MYP’s Main event
Assessment
Each project is marked independently by three
different people based on specific criteria,
one of these people is the student’s supervisor.
Moderation across all student work is conducted.
8 samples across the spectrum are sent to IBO
annually to ensure standards.
22. Keeping on Track
Direct Student Support
Supervisor The supervisor will track student progress throughout
the year and be a guide.
They are first point of contact for students.
Personal Project Co-ord PP Co-ord is the overall co-ord of the PP program
& students. First point of contact for parents.
Learning team advisors LT advisors will help with communication, some follow up,
they will be supervisors themselves.
MYP Co-ordinator MYP Co-ordinator is the font of all knowledge MYP,
and a support for everyone above in the PP.
Additional support
Parents Parents can help in a number of ways - see following slide.
Mentors Mentors are experts who can offer expert help in skills aquisition or advice.
They guide on the side over the course of the project.
Advisors or Experts These are people who can be contacted for information or
advice on a short term basis. Interviews and conversations, letters etc.
23. All documents created are placed on Moodle
for access - the students have their log in for access.
24. How can you help your child
through the Personal Project?
Do you have contacts who have
expertise in a related field?
Are you personally able to help another
Read and share the student through your expertise?
journal,
discuss the learning.
Talk about the project, ask Legend
AGN, DME
DME <>Supervisors
Whole group meetings
Important Exhibition Dates
Discovery College MYP Personal Project Visual Planner 2011/12
30/3
Supervisors
confirmed
29/4 - 1
questions on progress,
4/5
3/2 9
Training 15/6 3
Work to be handed in meeting for
supervisors
24/8 4 18/11 7
Marking of PP
30/4 - Meeting of
Supervisor 26/3 AGN, DME 24/11 Work in
12/1 8 17/2 10
13/4
and student review of goal Superviso 18/5 2 5 progress
supervisor comments etc.
submissions rs and 21/9 Exhibit
students 26/10 6 30/3
3/1
Staff Intro 24/3 DC
finalised
20/5 5/12 Project 13/1 Sup.
29/2 11 PP
Exhibition
Parent Super 16/10 Sup. report report
info report report workshop, progress
evening progress progress DME, AGN to PPC
Staff to PPC to PPC
Show interest. Jan
Students
Feb Mar April May June July /August
Work on project
through the holidays
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
5/12 Project
13/4 21/9 5 3/2 9 29/2 11 30/3
Report
Supervisors 15/6 3 Meet 18/11 7 workshop Meet Meet PP
finalised Meet DME, AGN supervisor supervisor Exhibition
Meet supervisor
6/1 17/2 Goal supervisor supervisor
24/8 4
Intro creation 4/4 Topics/ 18/5 2
Assembly (All day) Meet 12/1 8
Goals Meet
supervisor 26/10 6 17/2 10
confirmed supervisor Meet
Offer suggestions, but do
25/3 - Meet 24/11 supervisor Meet 28-29/3
supervisor Work in supervisor Prepare
4/4
Submission of progress for Exhibition
proposed goal,
29/4 - 1 Exhibit
Interviews with meet supervisor
DME/ AGN
Know who their supervisor is.
22/3 Visit to CIS/
RCHK
PP exhibition
not take over, or lecture.
25/3 15/6 17/2 30/2
24/8 3/2
Goal Due Planning Holiday
18/11 1st Draft of 2nd Draft Project report/
outline, Finished project of project project/ project
progress
bibliography Project report due report due journal/ self
shown to
If you have concerns please contact
due shown to assessment/
supervisor
supervisor student guide due
Know the deadlines, Dianne McKenzie or Adrian Gan.
Communicate family plans/ holidays
Discuss the project plan, help with time management.
(The current timeline is subject to change as
school calendar is confirmed.)
25. It is recommended the actual project
take about 50 hours to complete.
The planning time is additional.
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26. Academic Honesty
Tell us Rejoice in your
Where? own work, ideas
Who? & words.
When? Stick to We want students to know their work,
Improving on others ideas, or have someone
complete part of the project is OK, however the
the format ideas and words are worthy of
celebration.
students must be honest is what they have done, The bibliography is an integral
who helped them do what and where their part of the assessment.
inspiration comes from.
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27. Questions from parents
How long should it all take to do the Personal Project?
It is recommended the actual project take about 50 hours to complete.
The planning time is additional, we will be working hard to make sure the students plan for something that is challenging but still achievable.
Some students will spend more time than this on their project, but it needs to be balanced with everything else they are doing.
A guide would be that between 1-2 hours a week for the entire length of the project would help with time management, project completion to a
satisfactory level and continuity of thoughts and plans.
Confucius: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
It is not the time it takes - it is the time you give.
Will there be in school time allocated for the Personal Project?
The personal project is essentially completed in the students own time - this includes meetings with supervisors, planning, research, the project itself and the report
We will be providing Approaches to learning spotlight skill sessions etc through the year which may include some of the following : how to arrange an interview,
creating questions, referencing, sources of information, layout and style guides, using a gantt graph for planning, writing email / letters of introduction, thank you notes
etc.
Please remember that all staff involved in the personal project as supervisors and co-ordinators will be doing the personal project in their own time as well.
How are marks allocated?
There are 7 criteria for the personal project, each of these are assessed according to the specifications included in each criteria, the maximum level of
achievement for each criteria is 4 points. The total points for the PP is 28, this total is then standardised to the MYP points systems - with a 7 being the
highest level of achievement in a subject. Please see the student guide for further details on this.
How will supervisors be allocated?
The students goals will be displayed without names and staff will be able to select the goal according to their interests.
Each staff member will supervise 2 students, with PP Co-ordinator and MYP Co-ordinator supervising a few more.
Students will be responsible for making and keeping appointments and following up with their supervisors.
