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Our highly qualified and dedicated teachers are well prepared to help students achieve at the highest levels during the IBDP . Indeed , the teachers in Secondary School have been working hard this term to lay the foundations for the launch of the programme . Mr . Cotterill , Mr . Jury , Ms Kertrestel , Ms Mahoney , Ms McKernan , Mr . O ’ Shea , Mrs . Rinaldi , Mr . Tuckley and Mr . Woodhall have been completing the training programmes throughout November and December . The courses have involved interacting with other educators from across the world so that our teachers are trained in the latest version of the IB Diploma programme .
Alongside the staff training , we are also planning for a range of developments to enable our IBDP students to have an outstanding learning environment to match the outstanding teaching that they will receive . These developments will include : a new science lab , an extension to the existing library provision , additional classroom space and investment in a wide range of new resources and ICT facilities .
We are now looking forward to our verification visit in January 2017 . DCIS will be visited by two members of the IB world community to confirm that we meet the required standards to offer the programme . After a promising consultancy visit in November , we are positive about the verification visit and look forward to hearing their feedback on the development of the programme at DCIS .
On Wednesday 1st February at 8.45am and 6.00pm in Cooper Hall there will be Information Sessions about the launch of the IBDP programme at DCIS . The information sessions will be open to interested parents . Even if your child is in a younger year group , we would encourage you to attend the evening so that you can learn about the long-term vision of the DCIS Sixth Form and we can explain the different pathways available at DCIS from August 2017 .
In the meantime , if you have any queries regarding the IBDP at DCIS , please contact our Admissions Office at admissions @ dovercourt . edu . sg
Further information is also available in :
DCIS Sixth Form and IB Diploma Programme Handbook and FAQs
DCIS IB Diploma Programme Scholarship Application Letter and Form
* DCIS is a candidate school for the IB Diploma Programme . This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School . These are schools that share a common philosophy — a commitment to high quality , challenging , international education that Dover Court International School believes is important for our students .
Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its three academic programmes : the Primary Years Programme ( PYP ), the Middle Years Programme ( MYP ), or the Diploma Programme ( and in addition the IB Careerrelated Certificate ). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted .
For further information about the IB and its programmes , visit http :// www . ibo . org .
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