The personal and professional skills course aims to develop responsibility, practical problem-solving, good intellectual habits, ethical understandings, perseverance, resilience, an appreciation of identity and perspective, and an understanding of the complexity of the modern world. Emphasis is on the development of skills needed to successfully navigate higher education, the workplace and society. With that in mind the PPS will be very practical in nature. 

​A minimum of 90 timetabled hours will be devoted to the personal and professional skills course.

what will i do & when will i do it? 

Year 12
Term 1: Me & You
Term 2: Career Development Planning

Year 13
Term 5: Fashion 4 Good
​Term 6: Les Jeux Olympiques
Your 2 year IBCP course stretches cross 6 school terms. You will complete 4x PPS projects during this time, 2 in each year. In terms 3 and 4 this lesson time will be spent helping you with the Reflective Project. 

You can read a bit more about each project in the tabs to the left. 

Personal Professional skills map

                           IB Learner Profile                           Principled                        Knowledgeable              Inquirers                               Inquirers
                                                                                      Open-Minded                  Reflective                      Thinkers                               Thinkers
                                                                                      Balanced                                                                Communicators                    Communicators
                                                                                                                                                                     Risk-Takers                          Risk-Takers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Caring
​                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Balanced

Assessment

At the end of each project, you will grade yourself using the attached rubrics. Do this by firstly changing the colour of the box that you think best matches your performance in that project. Secondly, write a reflective comment on your contributions and personal progress. 

You will be graded A - D and these will be recorded on your progress check cards (PCC). At the end of the course you will receive either a 'Pass' or 'Fail' grade, you must pass this course to achieve the IBCP.