IB PYP and MYP Standards and Practices Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key International Baccalaureate (IB) PYP and MYP standards, processes, and terminology.

Collaborative Planning Time (CPT)

Regularly allocated meeting time in the weekly timetable for teachers to engage in pedagogical discussions and ensure vertical and horizontal curriculum alignment.

Curriculum Mapping (ManageBac / Toddle)

The process of aligning subjects horizontally across disciplines and vertically across grade levels using platforms like ManageBac or Toddle.

Program of Inquiry (POI)

A PYP planning document outlining six transdisciplinary units of inquiry to track unit coverage and vertical curriculum alignment across grade levels.

Interdisciplinary Unit (IDU)

Jointly planned units in the MYP created during collaborative sessions where teachers establish conceptual connections across different subject groups.

IB Review Cycles

Processes in which pedagogical leaders and departments monitor updated IB curriculum requirements, subject guides, and documents to dynamically revise the school curriculum.

My IB / Program Resource Centre (PRC)

Official IB online portals providing teachers and pedagogical leaders access to current subject guides, curriculum updates, and program development resources.

Approaches to Learning (ATL)

A set of five core skill categories—Thinking, Research, Communication, Social, and Self-Management—integrated into PYP and MYP units to support student self-assessment and lifelong learning.

IB Learner Profile

A set of attributes that students reflect upon and connect to international-mindedness through their daily actions and unit studies.

Student Agency

The principle supporting students' rights to take ownership of their learning, exercise choice, explore personal interests, and transform learning into action.

PYP Exhibition

A culminating transdisciplinary inquiry process and showcase undertaken by final-year PYP (Grade 5) students.

Service as Action & Personal Project

MYP program components where students engage in community service projects and complete an independent culminating Personal Project in MYP 5 guided by supervisors.

Concept-Based Learning

An instructional approach structured around key and related concepts that allows students to transfer knowledge to new, real-world global contexts rather than relying on rote learning.

Internal Standardization

Regular moderation meetings held by subject departments to evaluate student work against MYP assessment criteria (A, B, C, D) to ensure fair and consistent grading.

Student-Led Conferences (SLC)

Transparent reporting presentations where students take the lead in presenting their portfolios and reflecting on their learning progress to their parents.

Inclusion Assessment Provisions

Fair assessment accommodations and adjustments (such as extra time) regulated for students with special needs in line with the school's inclusion policy.