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International Baccalaureate

	The International Baccalaureate Programme provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, and to become critical and reflective thinkers.

We are often asked, "Are you an IB - International Baccalaureate School?" The answer is, "Yes, we are!" Corbett Preparatory School of IDS is an authorized International Baccalaureate School. Sixth, Seventh and Eighth grades are part of what is authorized by the IB MYP - Middle Years Programme (their European spelling) and Pre-K3 through fifth grade is authorized by the IB PYP - Primary Years Programme.

Investing in the IB Programme is very costly, time consuming, and filled with expectations. However, it's value is quality training, continuous improvement, high levels of inquiry, reflection in learning, and guidelines that require on-going dialogues among teachers of different grades and subjects to balance interdisciplinary learning across subject areas while maintaining subject area depth.

Another value is that every four to five years an evaluation team from IB arrives to monitor our progress and status which provides another opportunity to validate our relentless efforts to create quality for our Corbett Prep students, as well as receive on-going ideas for maintaining a continuous improvement model. That thinking is what keeps Corbett Prep faculty and staff continuously challenged, proud of their accomplishments, on the cutting edge, and builders of a strong and dedicated learning community.

IB Promotes as a Method of Instruction: Inquiry

Effective inquiry is more than just asking questions. It entails a complex process whereby individuals attempt to convert information and data into useful knowledge in order to understand the natural and human-designed worlds. Anthony Robbins once said, "The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of the questions we ask." At Corbett Prep, in addition to answering questions, we gain the confidence to ask the questions that lead to high level thinking and a thinking society.

	Excerpt from It's All About Kids: "Every Child Deserves a Teacher of the Year" (written by faculty and staff of Corbett Preparatory School of IDS and author/coordinator Debbie Happy Cohen) Successfully applying what we call a M.O.R.E. (Multiple Options for Results in Education) Approach in involves implementing a multiple strategy system. This requires a highly skilled teacher able and willing to continuously refine, review and redirect efforts to meet both class and individual needs. The teacher has long been accepted as the most influential variable in the student learning process. Therefore, we have continued to invest time, energy, and dollars in staff development that provides the teacher with training to stay current and on the cutting edge of learning opportunities. In the Olympic tradition, the best keep getting better the more they train, rehearse, and investigate powerful tools for self-development and instruction. A healthy, confident teacher with a "bag filled to the brim with options" is more likely to be equipped to handle the uniqueness of each child within the diversity of the school learning community.