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.
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?
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Year 12
Term 1: Me & You Term 2: Street Photography Year 13 Term 5: Freedom Term 6: Future Learning |
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. The best thing about PPS is that YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU STUDY. You will have a choice of 3 out of 6 PPS projects |
Personal Professional skills map
Assessment
In each project you are given an assessment rubric which measures your level of engagement across the PPS themes and a set of criteria. You are measured by 1 - 3 points on whether you have:
ENGAGED IN the criteria = 3 marks
DEMONSTRATED the criteria = 2 marks
CONSIDERED the criteria = 1 mark
For example, in the 'Embodied Learning' project you will be measured against the themes of:
ENGAGED IN the criteria = 3 marks
DEMONSTRATED the criteria = 2 marks
CONSIDERED the criteria = 1 mark
For example, in the 'Embodied Learning' project you will be measured against the themes of:
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Thinking Processes
Criteria • Compare and contrast
• Analyse and synthesise • Evaluate • Imagine • Predict • Innovate • Practical thinking • Problem-solving • Implementing and adapting |
Intercultural Understanding
Criteria • Personal context
• Assumptions, values and attitudes • Social norms and behaviours • Language and customs • Perspectives • Commonalities and differences • Interactions • Insights • Impact and change |
Effective Communication
Criteria • Social awareness
• Active listening • Non-verbal cues • Understanding literacy • Digital literacy • Information and media literacy • Presentation skills |
Over the duration of your PPS projects you will be expected to maintain a high-level of attendance and engagement which requires an average grade of 2.0 to pass the PPS course. The example below is a student who achieved an average of 2.1 thus passing PPS and meeting the passing criteria of the IBCP.
