Decisions
7 open decisions: 1 needs your decision, 2 to decide again, 1 overdue.
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Agreed practices
TOK and EE drafts come back within ten school days.
Drafts come back in time for students to act on the comment.
Agreed 29 Sep 2026 · Helen Okonkwo
Every CAS student has a named supervisor who meets them twice a term.
A student who never meets a supervisor is easy to miss, so every student has one.
Agreed 29 Sep 2026 · Anna Vester
The lesson starts from one student question, then teaches what that question needs.
The teacher still teaches what the question needs, so inquiry never leaves students on their own.
Agreed 29 Sep 2026 · Helen Okonkwo
Last checked 4 Sep 2026. Sample. From a classroom visit. No teacher is named.
EE supervisors meet each student every three weeks, before a draft is due.
Students talk to their supervisor before a draft is due, so the draft is never the first conversation.
Agreed 13 Oct 2026 · Anna Vester
Predicted grades are compared in groups of three subjects before they are sent.
No department sends a predicted grade that the other departments have not seen.
Agreed 13 Oct 2026 · Helen Okonkwo
Teachers name one skill in the lesson and let students try it before the task ends.
Students practise the skill in the lesson, because a skill listed on a planner is not yet taught.
Agreed 13 Oct 2026 · Anna Vester
Last checked 18 Sep 2026. Sample. From a classroom visit. No teacher is named.
A draft comes back while the student can still change the work.
The comment arrives while the work is still open, so the student can use it.
Agreed 13 Oct 2026 · Helen Okonkwo
Last checked 12 Sep 2026. Sample. From a classroom visit. No teacher is named.
The goal is in words a student can say back. The route can change.
Support can change how a student gets there, but the goal stays the same for everyone.
Agreed 13 Oct 2026 · Anna Vester
Last checked 18 Sep 2026. Sample. From a classroom visit. No teacher is named.
- 2 Didn't work
- 1 Partly worked
- 2 Worked
- 1 Dropped
Didn't work 2
Retire the old predicted-grade spreadsheet. Two departments still sent the old sheet in the spring round. AV Sep 2026
Why it was decided. Departments kept two versions and the numbers disagreed.
Whole school
Decided again: Predicted grades are compared across three subjects before reports go out.
Decided again: Predicted grades are compared across three subjects before reports go out.
Return the second TOK draft within ten school days. Two of four DP1 groups got their second TOK draft back after more than ten school days. AV Mar 2026
Why it was decided. The first-draft rule worked, so the second draft follows it.
From DP coordination meeting, 24 Feb
DP
What next? Decide again
Partly worked 1
Standardise one TOK exhibition example together. Two of three teachers now mark the example within one band. AV Mar 2026
Why it was decided. Teachers marked the same exhibition two bands apart.
- ✓ File the internally standardised exhibition example. · Marco Ellison · 5 May
From DP coordination meeting, 3 Feb
DP
Worked 2
Return the first TOK draft within ten school days. Every DP1 group had its first TOK draft back within ten school days. AV Feb 2026
Why it was decided. Students need the comment while they still remember the draft.
- ✓ Record who returns drafts within ten school days. · Helen Okonkwo · 14 Apr
From DP coordination meeting, 13 Jan
DP
Keep the EE check-in every three weeks. No student missed the first-draft date in the spring round. AV Mar 2026
Why it was decided. Students who missed check-ins fell behind on the first draft.
- ✓ Agree the EE supervisor pairs for the May session. · Anna Vester · 20 Jan
- ✓ Confirm which students still need an EE supervisor. · Anna Vester · 10 Feb
- ✓ Write the note that goes to tutors with the EE list. · Helen Okonkwo · 24 Mar
- ✓ Confirm the supervisor pairs are on the EE list. · Marco Ellison · 5 May
From DP coordination meeting, 24 Feb
DP
Dropped 1
Add a third language in DP1. Too few students asked for it to staff a group next year. ME Oct 2026
MYP DP
Why it was decided. Open since 12 May 2026, 162 days.
Who decides. Jonas Berg
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
From DP coordination meeting, 24 Feb
DP
Decide againCheck. Didn't work on 24 Mar 2026. Two of four DP1 groups got their second TOK draft back after more than ten school days.
Why it was decided. The first-draft rule worked, so the second draft follows it.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
- Publish the internal assessment calendar draft. · Anna Vester · 2 days late
- Send the mock timetable to DP teachers. · Helen Okonkwo · In 6 days
- ✓ Share the internal calendar draft with heads of department. · Anna Vester · 20 Jan
DP
Serves the plan. Consistent marking: can predicted grades become a guide students can trust?
Why it was decided. Two IA deadlines fell in mock week last year.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. No week holds more than two major IA deadlines
When we look again. Not set
Whole school
Serves the plan. Consistent marking: can predicted grades become a guide students can trust?
Decided again: Predicted grades are compared across three subjects before reports go out.
Check. Didn't work on 19 Sep 2026. Two departments still sent the old sheet in the spring round.
Why it was decided. Departments kept two versions and the numbers disagreed.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
From DP coordination meeting, 13 Oct From DP coordination meeting, 27 Oct
- Confirm the Extended Essay supervisor list before the next DP meeting. · Anna Vester · In 2 days
DP
Why it was decided. Supervisors need the list before the next meeting.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
From DP coordination meeting, 29 Sep From DP coordination meeting, 13 Oct From DP coordination meeting, 27 Oct
- Ask exhibition teachers to bring one student example. · Anna Vester · 9 Nov
- Book a room for the exhibition internal standardisation. · Anna Vester · 13 Nov
- Share the exhibition rubric with DP1 tutors. · Anna Vester · 20 Nov
DP
Serves the plan. Consistent marking: can predicted grades become a guide students can trust?
Why it was decided. Teachers marked the same exhibition two bands apart.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
- Name the subjects that share the next interdisciplinary unit. · Marco Ellison · 10 Nov
- ✓ Ask both coordinators to name the shared subjects. · Anna Vester · 10 Feb
- ✓ Finish the first interdisciplinary outline. · Helen Okonkwo · 14 Apr
- ✓ Ask students whether the unit still feels like two subjects. · Helen Okonkwo · 14 Apr
MYP
Serves the plan. Interdisciplinary learning, MYP 4–5: can students use two subjects in one piece of work?
Why it was decided. Teachers need the pairing before they can plan the unit together.
Who decides. Marco Ellison
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
- Compare predicted grades in groups of three subjects. · Helen Okonkwo · 16 Nov
- Send the predicted-grade questions to heads of department. · Helen Okonkwo · 23 Nov
- ✓ Set the date for the predicted-grade conversation. · Anna Vester · 10 Feb
DP
Serves the plan. Consistent marking: can predicted grades become a guide students can trust?
Replaces the decision of 22 Aug 2026: Retire the old predicted-grade spreadsheet.
Why it was decided. A shared table shows where one subject predicts far above the others.
Who decides. Helen Okonkwo
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
From DP coordination meeting, 13 Oct
DP
Why it was decided. Too few students asked for it to staff a group next year.
Who decides. Marco Ellison
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
From DP coordination meeting, 13 Jan
- ✓ Record who returns drafts within ten school days. · Helen Okonkwo · 14 Apr
DP
Check. Worked on 10 Feb 2026. Every DP1 group had its first TOK draft back within ten school days.
Why it was decided. Students need the comment while they still remember the draft.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
From DP coordination meeting, 3 Feb
- ✓ File the internally standardised exhibition example. · Marco Ellison · 5 May
DP
Serves the plan. Consistent marking: can predicted grades become a guide students can trust?
Check. Partly worked on 3 Mar 2026. Two of three teachers now mark the example within one band.
Why it was decided. Teachers marked the same exhibition two bands apart.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set
From DP coordination meeting, 24 Feb
- ✓ Agree the EE supervisor pairs for the May session. · Anna Vester · 20 Jan
- ✓ Confirm which students still need an EE supervisor. · Anna Vester · 10 Feb
- ✓ Write the note that goes to tutors with the EE list. · Helen Okonkwo · 24 Mar
- ✓ Confirm the supervisor pairs are on the EE list. · Marco Ellison · 5 May
DP
Check. Worked on 24 Mar 2026. No student missed the first-draft date in the spring round.
Why it was decided. Students who missed check-ins fell behind on the first draft.
Who decides. Anna Vester
Consulted. Not set
Informed. Not set
How we'll know it worked. Not set
When we look again. Not set