In 2008, the school adopted a new strategic plan, with a central plank beingto “fully define and articulate middle school curriculum”.Initially a steering committee was established with representation from allsubject areas. The committee’s task was to establish the process. The groupdecided to establish an “ideal middle school curriculum” framework, whichlater was changed to become the “ideal 11-16 years curriculum” framework.This was done as we realized that a change in the middle school to adopt theIBMYP would necessarily involve grades 9 and 10. The final form of theframework was determined after drafts were sent to both individual staffmembers and subject areas for their input.In addition, MYP subject guides and current program documentation weregiven to each subject area for them to consider the implications to their curriculum and its delivery of adopting the IBMYP or adapting the currentmodel, which includes both HKC (core and domains) and the IGCSE.The committee then prepared a presentation for a full MS/HS staff meetingthat outlined the essential nature of both models. Staff used the “idealframework” as a “dry run”. Wide ranging discussion on both models followedthis presentation.The penultimate stage was the combined staff meeting, in mixed facultygroups, assessing both models, using the framework rubric. Teachers wereasked to identify the strengths & weaknesses and obstacles toimplementation (irrespective of which model was preferred). This documentthen, is the collation and synthesis of those findings.
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Section 1. Preamble
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