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In schools in which the MYP finishes with year 5 of the programme, all students must complete the personal project, with the majority of their work undertaken in the final MYP year. Students are expected to spend a minimum of 25 hours on their personal project.
The personal project provides an opportunity for students to undertake an independent and age- appropriate exploration into an area of personal interest. Through the process of inquiry, action and reflection, students are encouraged to demonstrate and strengthen their ATL skills.
The personal project consists of a process, a product and a report.
The supervisor’s responsibilities are to provide guidance to students in the process and completion of the project.
• ensuring the chosen MYP project topic satisfies appropriate legal and ethical standards with regard to health and safety, confidentiality, human rights, animal welfare and environmental issues
• giving guidelines about the MYP project
• providing a timetable with deadlines
• providing the assessment criteria for the project
• giving advice on how to keep and curate evidence of the process
• emphasizing the importance of personal analysis and reflection
• providing formative feedback
• ensuring requirements for academic integrity are met
• confirming the authenticity of the work submitted
• assessing the MYP project using the criteria in this guide
• participating in the standardization of the assessment process providing personal project teacher assessed totals to the MYP coordinator to enter in the International Baccalaureate Information System (IBIS)
Goal
Product
Action plan
ATL skills
Evaluation of the product
Report
Format of the report
Assessment criteria