221155 - IB PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Grade 11 and 12

Two-year program

Elective

Students should be registered for the IB Career-Related Program (IBCP) and have selected a career-related study. The IB Personal and Professional Skills course emphasizes the development of transferable skills needed to operate successfully in society. The course focuses on critical and ethical thinking, intercultural understanding and the ability to communicate effectively. IB Personal and Professional Skills spans grades 11-12 and presents students with opportunities to focus on the other IBCP Core Requirements including the Reflective Project, the Language Portfolio and the Service Learning Component.

Themes:

Personal Development
Intercultural Understanding
Effective Communication
Thinking Processes
Applied Ethics

Strategies:

The student will develop a sense of social awareness, community involvement, and social action.
The student will recognize issues of equity, justice, and responsibility.
The student will increase awareness of his or her own strengths and areas for growth.
The student will undertake new challenges.
The student will plan and initiate activities such as service learning activities, as well as small student-led activities.
The student will work collaboratively with others.
The student will engage with issues of global importance.
The student will consider the ethical implications of his or her actions.

Meridian High School

IB Core Course Electives

IB PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS (PPS)

IB THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE (TOK)

Interdisciplinary Electives

ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE - REQUIRED

READING STRATEGIES

READING AND WRITING SKILLS

LATE ARRIVAL/EARLY DISMISSAL (12th grade ONLY, Non-credit)

SUPERVISED STUDY (Non-credit)

TECH AIDE (Non-credit)

STUDENT AIDE (Non-credit)