喜报 | Shanghai Ivy School荣获国际文凭组织IB-PYP项目全球官方认证

We have a sincere educational aspiration

Through the efforts of experts, students, parents and schools

Consistent diligence and persistence throughout the four seasons

student-centered

Carry out exploration inquiry activities around six transdisciplinary themes

Infiltrate the top ten IB development goals Learner profile into one-day activities

Finally on May 18th 2022

Become an officially accredited IB World School

On May 18th, 2022, Shanghai Ivy School received a letter of confirmation from the International Baccalaureate Organization and successfully passed the globally applicable and highly rigorous PYP project standards and implementation requirements. Therefore, SIS successfully obtained the IB-PYP authorization, which is highly valuable in the international education community and formally become an IB world school.

As we all know, the state has implemented strict curriculum norms for basic education courses. IB curriculum is by far one of the few systems that has a complete and consistent system from kindergarten to high schools and is widely recognized around the whole world. It is also a curriculum systems that can be effectively integrated with the Chinese national curriculum in practice. In particular, IBDP course of high school has become a pilot project of 21 international courses recognized by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. Therefore, a bilingual school that develop and practice the two-track and two-channel system, effectively integrate the Chinese national curriculum and the IB integration curriculum and obtain the authoritarian of the two authoritative organizations in China and the world, which is very demanding for the school.

As a basic education school in China, it must strictly implement the national curriculum standards and fully open the national courses, so as to lay a solid academic foundation for students who will take part in the high school entrance examination in the future.

In order to ensure the operational quality of IB member schools, IBO has established a set of mature, standardized and strict projects evaluation system. There are a series of strict assessment standards for the implementation of the IB education concept, staffing, teacher training, curriculum, facilities, management, etc. . The process of applying for IB school authorization often takes 2-4 years to obtain the final authorization. Shanghai Ivy kindergarten has withstood the test of the epidemic, and has been recognized by the IB organization through the efforts of the academic expert committee, the school board, school leaders, Chinese and foreign teachers, and parents. It has become the second private school in Pudong, Shanghai to be certified by IBPYP. It adheres to the high degree of integration of national curriculum and integrated curriculum, and implements the concept of running a bilingual school with two-track and two-channel system.

IB is the abbreviation for International Baccalaureate It was founded in 1968 and is universally acknowledged as the leader of international education in the world. The aim of IB programmes is to develop international-mindedness people. The IB-PYP curriculum is an international and transdisciplinary course designed for students aged 3 to 12. The aim of the curriculum is to cultivate lifelong learner who can be inquires, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective.

On the morning of July 9, 2017, the Shanghai IB PYP International Curriculum Summit was held at the Pudong campus of the Shanghai Ivy School under construction. Nearly ten authoritative and professional well-known education experts scholars in the field of early childhood at home and abroad from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, East China Normal University, World Foreign Language Academy, YK Pao School, Shangde Experimental School, Pudong Victoria Kindergarten, Xiehe Experimental Kindergarten, etc. attended the summit and had wonderful sharing and round-table discussions on the IB PYP curriculum and early childhood development.

Since the Shanghai Ivy Kindergarten was founded in September 2017 and the Pudong Campus of the Shanghai Ivy primary division was founded in March 2018, the Shanghai Ivy School has been approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) in June 2018 for two candidacy of two programs, IB PYP kindergartens and primary schools. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the offline official certification has been affected to a certain extent. The Ivy school’s determination to accept the authorization of the International Baccalaureate Organization are dogged. 

It's a great honor for Shanghai Ivy school to be a member of the IB World Schools. In the more than 3 years journey, we have been exploring and learning on how to become an authentic IB PYP school. Through the provision and organization of different kinds of IBO trainings, school workshops, teaching and research opportunities, collaborative planning and share-and-show activities; we improve our teachers' IB professional knowledge, experience and literacy. At the same time, we also invite parents to participate in our courses to feel and understand the values of IB. In this research-based process, our teachers, students and parents grow up together. There are also many failures and challenges in this process, which encourage us to work harder and to find and break through. It is this positively driven energy that makes our team stronger. A professional team of ‘two-track + IB’ teachers has grown up, and a happy ‘two-track + IB’ school is born!

In late March 2022, the epidemic counterattacked in Shanghai and changed the original schedule for IB authorization certification, but it also brought us different opportunities and experiences. Due to the changing epidemic situation in global context, Shanghai Ivy school accepted the authorized access to the IBO official certification team through the simultaneous live broadcast way from April 14th to 15th.They has given great affirmation to the resources environment, course, teaching, and management team of Shanghai Ivy kindergarten.

The IB curriculum is compatible with mainstream education systems around the world

It also have its own uniqueness under the development of its own educational philosophy

Every employee always believes

Every child is different

Every child has the potential to succeed

Every child deserves respect

It’s a long way for education. Obtaining the official authorization of IBO is the starting point instead of the end. Shanghai Ivy school will adhere to the original intention to become lifelong learners and contribute to a better and more peaceful world for cultivating lifelong learners.