Teacher Feature: International Baccalaureate Program Coming to Westlake in 2014
Westlake City School administrators and educators will work through the summer and into 2012 to prepare the district's application for candidacy.
By 2014, the curricula taught in Westlake’s elementary schools will undergo quite a transformation as administrators and teachers are in the process of planning and developing an International Baccalaureate (IB) program that will be aligned with the district’s continuous improvement plan. Bassett principal Ben Hodge, curriculum director Pam Griebel, and IB coordinators Deb Wadden and Colleen Steidel will be helping to position Bassett – along with Dover, Hilliard and Holly Lane Elementary Schools – to take on this scholastic feat. Why 2014? Good question. It’s because IB isn’t any ordinary program. Administrators and teachers have to develop new lesson plans that abide by IB’s strict educational guidelines that require each student to …
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