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by JD

Jan 24, 2011

Thanks guys, with your advice I have one interview scheduled after hours and hopefully more to come. Looks like a good school, SCIS at Pudong. Now, any interview advice? Specifically IB keywords or places to get quick and dirty IB lessons.

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D. Thomas Great! That would be a good first posting for you. There is the official website [link removed].

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Keep us posted.

On 1/24/11, JD wrote: > Thanks guys, with your advice I have one interview > scheduled after hours and hopefully more to come. Looks > like a good school, SCIS at Pudong. Now, any interv...See More

Jan 24, 2011

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Dave What are you interviewing for? Is it PYP, MYP, Diploma? What subject? I can get you the IB course guides if you give me your email.

It's an OK school. They are right around the upper end of the IB schools.

Advice, well principals dont ask a lot of "subject or content" questions, they usually dont know enough of the specific subj...See More

Jan 24, 2011

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Dave That forum just bashed MYP is all. I would NOT recommend that. I actually like the MYP program because its standardized. So many teachers think they know whats best and leave their students less prepared to do well at their IB exams. The fact is that IGCSE (the British equivilent to a high school diploma) is not a copy of the IB program and it's no...See More

Jan 24, 2011

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D. Thomas This one is more helpful:

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I've never taught IB so can't really speak to it. I did find the debate interesting. My wife is teaching the early years version and like anything, some of it sounds good, some of it sounds like you are reaching and stretching to fit everything into your model. In thinking about it with the...See More

Jan 24, 2011

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Dave It can be tiresome, but it also makes planing easy since its the same template for everything. IB is a very, very structured program. Most of the teachers that complain are those that are highly ethnocentric, they think their "home" system (and these are mainly western teachers) are superior.

There are things I don't like about IB though....See More

Jan 25, 2011

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