IB Workshop Programmes:

(If you have a particular need not covered below, and you would prefer a customised programme, please contact us)

 - In-school and/or collaborative (for further information about this, click here)  (half day-3 days)

Diploma and MYP

These workshops look at all aspects of delivering the IB diploma programme in Music, Theatre Arts, or  the MYP programme in Performing Arts, including:

• The Philosophy of the programmes

• Developing an MYP Arts programme

• MYP and Diploma curriculum design

• A comprehensive analysis of the subject area guides

• Strategies for delivering the curriculum, with relevant workshop activities

• Assessment - examination and explanation of both internal and external assessment requirements, using exemplars 

• Group activities and time for questions are included

These workshops would last typically for about two days, but can be condensed or extended if required.

The consultant for Music and MYP is a highly experienced senior IB Diploma Music examiner and workshop leader – he has to date led 17 official IB diploma music workshops in 11 different countries across the world. He is also a member of the IB MYP curriculum review team for IBO

Sample IB diploma music workshop – one day

IB Diploma Music is an exciting and innovative programme, a world first, which uniquely acknowledges the existence and relevance of music from all over the world and from all styles, genres and contexts. It therefore validates the musical realities of all young people in some way or other. The programme also encourages a student’s own music making – in whatever form – solo, group, composition, whether ‘classical’ or contemporary, from Jazz to Gamelan, and acknowledges the use of technology in much of today’s music-making.

These workshops include many practical workshop activities for participants. This sample is for teachers new to the programme. However other workshops could be for more experienced IB teachers. This basic schedule can be expanded, with more topics covered in detail, to 2– 3 days, or compressed to half a day’s introductory workshop.

Session 1 - General  introduction

• Philosophy – concepts of IB teaching and understanding.

• What is unique about IB music?

• Review of the Music Guide – meeting the needs of the curriculum

Session 2 – Musical Perception and Analysis

• What should we teach? How should we teach it?

• Practical Schemes of work for teaching with goal setting and planning

• The ‘Set Work’

• Assessing your student work according to the external assessment criteria

Session 3 – Composition

• Practical Schemes of work  - the process and final portfolio

• Assessing your student work according to the internal assessment criteria

 Lunch

Session 4 – Performance

• Practical Schemes of work – co-curricular activities and performance-related classwork

• Assessing your student work according to the internal assessment criteria

Session 5 - Musical Investigation

• Is this a style or a genre? What is meant by a media script?

• How to advise on appropriate investigations and monitor student work

• Assessing your student work according to the external assessment criteria

Session 6 - Feedback , open forum, resources conclusion

• Questions and answers

• Concerns

• Exchange of ideas and materials

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