IBO Report Cover letter WAB-1

5 March 2014
Dr Courtney Lowe
Head of School
Western Academy of Beijing (002162)
P.O 8547 #10 Lai Guang Ying Dong Lu
Chaoyang District 100102
China
Email: [email protected]
Dear Dr Lowe,
Attached please find the three IB Evaluation Reports for Western Academy of Beijing. In sending you the
enclosed reports, the following Matters to be Addressed have been identified:
DP
Practices
MTBA
Standard B2
The school must ensure that:
B2.3+3a

the requirements for staff participation in IB-
recognized professional development at
The school ensures that teachers and administrators
evaluation have been met.
receive IB-recognized professional development.
a. The school complies with the IB professional
Evidence required:
development requirement for the Diploma Years

Programme at authorization and at evaluation.
IB-recognized professional development within
Confirmation of registration to participate in
the next 6 months for the principal mentioned in
the findings.
MYP
Practices
MTBA
Standard C1
The school must ensure that:

C1.1+1a+1b+1c
teachers plan collaboratively to create
interdisciplinary units that strengthen crossCollaborative planning and reflection addresses the
curricular skills and deepen disciplinary
requirements of the programme(s).
understanding.
a. The school has an approach to curriculum
planning that involves all Middle Years Programme
Evidence required:
teachers.

b. The school follows the Middle Years Programme
in developing interdisciplinary units of work and
planning process.
common planning time dedicated to this process.
Description of collaborative planning process
c. Collaborative planning and reflection facilitates
interdisciplinary learning to strengthen crosscurricular skills and the deepening of disciplinary
understanding.
Standard C1
The school must ensure that:

C1.3
allocated meeting time is used to plan and
reflect upon the vertical articulation of the
Collaborative planning and reflection addresses
curriculum across the two sub-schools.
vertical and horizontal articulation.
Evidence required:

Schedule of dedicated time for teachers to
plan in vertical teams, with clear indication of
frequency, duration, attendees and objectives of
the allocated time.
Standard C2
The school must ensure that:

C2.1c
student learning expectations are developed
for approaches to learning in each year of the
The written curriculum includes the following: a
programme
subject-specific vertical planning document; vertical
planning for the student learning expectations of
Evidence required:
each area of interaction; horizontal planning for

approaches to learning.
been developed by the school for approaches to
Student learning expectations that have
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learning in each year of the programme.
Standard C2
The school must ensure that:

C2.1f
expectations for student involvement in
service have been developed for each year of the
The curriculum defines expectations for involvement
programme.
in service in each year of the programme.
Evidence required:

Description of the expectations for student
involvement in service for each year of the
programme.
Standard C2
The school must ensure that:

C2.4a
MYP units of work demonstrate alignment
with the MYP subject objectives.
The school documents the curriculum in terms of
subject content, including conceptual understanding
Evidence required:
and skills that will allow students to reach the

prescribed objectives.
subject group, demonstrating the aspects
An example of an MYP unit of work for each
mentioned. The units of work should be taken
from a variety of year levels.
The school is to provide evidence to the regional office of the Matters to be Addressed identified in the DP &
MYP reports. The school needs to send their responses identifying how they has addressed the Matters to
be Addressed for both reports to the respective programme associates (email address provided below) by 1
August 2014. In addition, the school should use the panel’s recommendations to inform its School Action
Plan for ongoing programme development.
Emails of programme associates
PYP Associate: Ana Jeremiah ([email protected])
MYP Associate: Ishma Sharip ([email protected])
DP Associate: Deirdre Chang ([email protected])
I trust that you will view our request regarding the matter above as representing an attempt on our behalf to
ensure the continued successful implementation of the IB programmes at your school. Subject to the matter
being satisfactorily addressed, the next three-programme evaluation visit will take place in 2018.
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We would like to congratulate the staff of Western Academy of Beijing for your professional collaboration
and commitment to the three IB programmes.
Yours sincerely
Dr Marcia Behrenbruch, EdD
Regional Head of School Services
Asia Pacific
Email: [email protected]
cc:
Angela Meikle, PYP Coordinator ([email protected])
Patricia McNair, MYP Coordinator ([email protected])
Joergen Kjeld Glittenberg, DP Coordinator ([email protected])
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