Timeframes for the completion of the PP
Students are anticipated to dedicate roughly 25 hours to their MYP personal project. This time encompasses:
- Meetings with supervisors
- Self-directed learning through research, planning, project development, and project completion
- Reporting on the project
Schools should create feasible timelines that mark key milestones in the personal project's progression. It's essential for schools to take into account the distribution of time required for planning, finalizing the project, and generating the project report. Table 5 can serve as a useful reference for schools when structuring the personal project.
Planning the Personal Project
| When? | What? | How? | Who?
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|---|---|---|---|
| Preparation
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Set interim deadlines
Develop a student handbook Allocate supervisors |
The process
Roles |
PPC
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| Implementation | Introduction to students
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|
PPC |
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Students define the learning goals and product |
Setting goals |
Students in consultation with Supervisors |
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Students set the success criteria
|
Creating an action plan |
Students in consultation with Supervisors |
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Students create an action plan
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|
Students in consultation with Supervisors |
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Registration deadline
|
Refer to MYP assessment procedures |
PPC |
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Students develop and apply ATL skills as they aim to achieve their goal
|
Collecting and organising evidence |
Students in consultation with Supervisors |
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Students maintain record of their progress and gather evidence of ATL skills applied in their process journal
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Applying ATL skills |
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| Students assess the degree to which they accomplished their product objective |
Assessing the product |
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| Students choose ATL evidence to incorporate into their report | Gathering and curating evidence Applying ATL skills |
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| Students make a reflection of the effect of their project on their learning
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Analysis of the project impact on self |
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| Students write and submit their report
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Report writing Assessment Criteria |
Students in consultation with their supervisor and PPC |
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| Assessment | Evaluate and standardize the PP |
Video Standardisation (Source: IB) |
Supervisors and PPC |
| Prepare to submit sample works |
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| Set deadline for supervisor assessed totals Set deadline to submit Criterion level totals for sample candidates Set deadline to submit Criterion level totals for sample projects |
PPC | ||
| Result issued |
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| Publish results to candidates and supervisors |
PPC | ||
| Access the moderation report and the subject report |
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| Common reflection on strengths and weaknesses and discuss implementation of changes to be made for next year |
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*PPC- Personal Project Coordinator
ATLs
One of the approaches to learning is self-management skills.
- Sticking to deadlines can be difficult. Even more difficult is creating a set of realistic deadlines for a project that you have never done before.
- This is why deadlines are partially determined
by experience supervisors and PP coordinators.
- If candidates sense that a deadline is unrealistic, it is better to re-assess deadlines earlier rather than later.
- Build into the timeline room for unforseen circumstance.
Last modified: Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 3:46 PM