Course outlines

The Course Outline files (below) are the standard document that the IB requires teachers to complete and submit to the DP Coordinator for Authorisation and Re-Authorisation documentation. The files can be downloaded and edited to suit teachers’ local situations such as the year plan and lesson times.

There is no one right way / order in which to teach the course’s elements. Course Outline 1 describes a course taught in the order: Concepts, Content and then Contexts. Course Outline 2 shows the course taught as 4 Contexts (with the Concepts and Contexts being taught within the Contexts). Both documents can be downloaded and edited.

The Scheme of Work document below is for a course taught as 4 Contexts with Concepts and Content taught within the Contexts. This document can also be downloaded and edited.

Let’s not all write Course Outlines and Schemes of work from the beginning.

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