The School Year Handbook of Procedures Section B 11

Factors IB Deadlines – Internal (Soft) Size of Program? Administrative help? – External (hard) Your School’s Year – Will the IB Year mirror the rest of the school’s year? – External examinations – Recruiting – Registration – Holidays Coordination between teachers

Before Teaching Year November Special requests for EE Subject and Language A1 Non-Regular diploma requests New schools Send completed CAS questionnaire March Forecast of Candidate Subject entries May Special Educational Needs requests

The Year September Pay Annual Fee October Visual Arts Examiner Proposal Language A1 - Self taught choice of works

The Year November Register candidates Music: number of group works to be assessed Submit edition being used for the prescribed work for music December Language A1 Advanced notice of works School based syllabuses: Send proposed exam papers Exam stationary mailed Pay registration fees

The Year January Second registration deadline February Teacher access to mark entry screens Examiner notifications for EE, ToK, World Lit papers, Visual Arts Mark entry screens available – EE, ToK Vis Arts, World Lit, Lang A1 Written Tasks

The Year March Self taught language and School Based syllabus instructions to schools First Date for Visual Arts examinations and record booklets to examiner Examiner notifications: IA, Theatre arts, Music, school based syllabuses Requests for rescheduling exams EE, ToK, World Lit papers, Language A2 written tasks to examiners

The Year April School based syllabuses: final draft of exam papers IA, Predicted grades, EE, ToK Examiner notifications: scripts IA samples to moderators Exam materials sent to schools Final registration deadline Last date for Visual Arts exams Theatre Arts: practical performance proposal & practical play analysis to examiner Musical Investigations to examiners

The Year May (The Longest Month) CAS completion forms to Regional Office Teacher feedback on Visual Arts examiner Exams!! (April 30) Send scripts to examiners Visual Arts materials to Cardiff if no visiting examiner Language A1 Self taught cassettes to examiner Teachers comment on exams (G2: OCC) School based syllabuses send marked scripts etc.

The Year June Exclusive Copyright requests July Transcript service for Canadian and US Universities Results issued IA Feedback available Regional Conference September Enquiry Upon Results deadline