Written Curriculum - Thomas Jefferson

It is really important to know what students are learning and how they will be assessed. All IB Middle Year Programmes schools should have subject overviews that detail for each subject, in each year the concepts, contexts skills and objectives that students are learning. We have a one-page summary of the units we teach for every course and grade-level posted here: IB MYP Subject Overviews Summarized. At Jefferson, we find it helpful to additionally map out our summative assessment for each subject in order for students to know how their grades are determined. Posted below are the subject overviews and assessment maps for each subject.

Please email the IB MYP Coordinator Kip Malinosky (kip.malinosky@aspva.us) if you have any questions or comments about the written curriculum, especially if you know any or are yourself a relevant experts in particular subject areas or community organizations.

Subject	Subject Overview	Assessment Map
Arts	Arts – Subject Overview	Arts – Assessment objectives
Design (CTE)	Design – Subject Overview	Design – Assessment objectives
Individuals & Societies	IS – Subject Overview	IS – Assessment objectives
Language Acquisition	LA – Subject Overview	LA – Assessment objectives
Language & Literature (ELA)	LL – Subject Overview	LL – Assessment objectives
Math	Math – Subject Overview	Math – Assessment objectives
Physical & Health Education	PHE – Subject Overview	PHE – Assessment objectives
Sciences	Sciences – Subject Overview	Sciences – Assessment objectives

Approaches to Learning Chart

We know learning problem solving skills is imperative for thriving in our world. At Jefferson we teach the IB Approaches to Learning skills (ATLs) across all 8 subjects, interdisciplinary units, and the Community Project. We articulate how we teach the skills in every unit in every class in every subject area. The ATLs are broken into 5 categories: Communication, Social, Self-Management, Research and Thinking skills. Then there 10 more specific skill clusters and then skill indicators. This ATL Planning Chart, documents how we teach them across the school.