Moderation of MYP Personal Project

At EPS the First MYP Personal Project was moderated in English language 2015-16, we received IB moderated results in August that was shared among the supervisors and students.

All students of the current Year 5 batch of 2016-17 are registered for moderation in English language.

If there will arise a need from student for project in other language, school will consult IBID and then further register for moderation in same for it as well.

MYP Coordinators register students for the personal project

Coordinators use the IB Information System (IBIS)

•                     To register all MYP year 5 students for personal project moderation. Each student receives a unique IB student number.

•                     To enter criterion level totals awarded for each personal project. Each personal project sample uploaded to IBIS is complete.

•                     Exhibition date is published in school calendar mentioned in School Diary.

•                     Through a process of dynamic sampling, trained examiners review the levels of achievement awarded by supervisors at the school for a sample of 5-10 project reports in each registered language.

•                     Schools will send additional samples for moderation if asked by IB in order to resolve inconsistencies in levels awarded by the school.

•                     School-based judgments which are consistently above or below the global standard can result in the adjustment of achievement levels for all students in the school who are registered for moderation of the personal project.

Schools receive Personal Project Results

•                     Results are available globally at 12 noon GMT on 1 August for the May examination session and 1 February for the November examination session.

•                     As per IB final grade of 3 is the in the personal project is required for awarding the IB MYP certificate.

•                     IB MYP course results and IB MYP certificates are mailed to schools following the close of the assessment session.

The Personal Project is a rare opportunity for students in Grade Ten to exhibit aptitude, flair and passion for a given topic. The choices are endless, but students are asked to demonstrate that they have incorporated at least one of the Areas of Interaction into their work.

All students are assigned a faculty advisor who will guide them through the process of developing ideas, researching, designing and finally exhibiting the project. The advisor will also use published rubrics to assess the students overall performance (formative and summative).

EXAMPLES

The range of work submitted by students in recent years has been overwhelming; some examples are shown below. In all cases, the students must submit a working joiurnal citing the development of their project through time and a final reflection piece in which the student relates what the experience has meant personally.

Photojournalism - A study of a Lower East Side (New York) neighborhood and how it has changed culturally since the student's relatives first emigrated to the city

Engineering Design - Using a knowledge of design technology, a student designed and engineered a model of a wind turbine of high efficiency

Emotive Artwork - The student researched and chose suitable media to visually express his feelings about the experience of emigrating as a refugee from Bosnia to the United States having lost his parents in wartime

Original Screenplay - A student wrote a full -length social drama which was then performed by IB Diploma Theatre Arts students. This student went on to become a professional filmmaker. The Personal Project itself helped this student win a national filmmaker's competition

Short Story - A student wrote an evocative short story that was actually published the next year

Original Musical Piece - A student wrote an original piece for chamber orchestra which was set to lyrics from the student's own poetry