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May 9, 2005
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY PRESENTS FIRST CONFERENCE IN NEW JERSEY ON INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DEGREE
William Paterson University in Wayne will host a day-long conference on Wednesday, May 25, for K-12 educators interested in implementing the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, a comprehensive, writing-intensive interdisciplinary curriculum that is gaining popularity in the United States. The conference, the first to be held in New Jersey on the program, will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University’s building at 1600 Valley Road in Wayne. The cost is $75, which includes breakfast and lunch.
The IB program was developed by a group of schools seeking to establish a common curriculum and a university entry credential for geographically mobile students, particularly children of diplomats who move from country to country. “The program is not only attractive to international students who have moved to New Jersey, but also to any student seeking an academically challenging, liberal arts foundation,” says Hilary Wilder, assistant professor of elementary and early childhood education, who is coordinating the conference. An interdisciplinary curriculum, designed for the last two years of secondary school, includes courses in six core areas of study in the humanities and sciences, as well as the theory of knowledge, and requires 140 hours of time spent outside the classroom involved in creativity, action and service. Programs are also offered on the elementary and middle school levels.
The conference will include presentations by Paul Campbell, head of outreach, International Baccalaureate Organization of North America, and Todd Flora, gifted and talented education specialist, New Jersey Department of Education, as well as administrators and teaching staff from New Jersey school districts that are currently implementing the curriculum, including West Morris Mendham, Bernards, Cherry Hill, Linden, Newark Academy and Bergen County Academy. Topics will include recommendations for successful implementation of the IB curriculum, implications for teaching and guidance staff, implications for parents and the community, and relevance for college admission and preparedness.
The conference is sponsored by the University’s College of Education, Honors College, and Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning, with additional funding from the John Victor Machuga Foundation.
For further information, contact Wilder at 973-720-2410, email at wilderh@wpunj.edu.
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