DoW by Dr. Petros Georgiakakis regarding the IB candidacy of DES primary school

1. Dr. Petros Georgiakakis

2. PYP implementation timeline
Application for candidacy submitted between 2 January–1 April 2017
Candidacy officially begins 1 September 2017
Trial teaching begins 1 September 2017
Minimum requirement of one year trial
implementation complete
1 September 2018
Application for authorization due (the application
will be open 90 days before this deadline)
1 October 2018
Verification visit occurs January–June 2019
Verification visit report available to the school April–October 2019
Potential first authorized teaching (begins
instantly upon being authorized)
April–November
2019

5. General IB documents
• Rules for IB candidate schools
• What is an IB education?
• Consultation process: Guidelines for consultants.
• Learner profile in action
• Learning diversity and inclusion in IB programmes
• Universal design for learning (UDL) and inclusive practices in IB World
Schools

8. Important PYP documents
• Guide to school authorization: Primary Years
Programme (leadership)
• Making the PYP happen: A curriculum framework for
international primary education (programme coordinator and
teachers)
• Making the PYP happen: Pedagogical leadership in a PYP
school (programme coordinator and teachers)
• Developing a transdisciplinary programme of inquiry (programme
coordinator and teachers)

9. DES should ensure that:
•Its mission and philosophy
•value education that goes beyond academic
development and
•encourages awareness beyond the individual.
•its budget includes the correct IB fees and projected
costs for professional development.
•it has plans to meet the PD requirements for
authorization.

10. In-school PYP DES primary school (Interactive European School) 2017
11-Dec-2017 - 12-Dec-2017

11. DES should ensure that:
•it has designed a detailed action plan to reflect its
journey towards authorization;
This action plan is based on
•standards
•practices and
•includes clear timelines, accountabilities and outcomes
regarding the ongoing development of the programme.

12. DES should ensure that:
• it adheres to the IB’s copyright and branding
guidelines for candidate schools.
•its registration as a legal entity is valid throughout
the relationship of the school with the IB. Continuing
evidence of validity will be requested by the IB.
•it continues to gain the support of other
stakeholders in the school community in addition to
its leadership team and governing body.

13. Primary Years Programme-specific recommendations
• The programme coordinator has sufficient release time, support and resources to
carry out the responsibilities of the position, particularly in relation to
collaborative planning
• The coordinator that has been identified by the school is proficient in one of the
IB working languages (English, French or Spanish)
• The PYP is implemented in an inclusive manner, so that all students in all
grade/year levels in the school—or in the primary section of a school—are
engaged with the PYP
• All students—at least from the age of seven—learn a language in addition to the
language of instruction (schools with two languages of instruction are not
required to offer an additional language)
• Sustained collaborative planning and reflection supports the transdisciplinary
nature of the programme.