Admissions Information for Transferring
IB students entering ISB during 11th grade or between 11th and 12th grade:
Changing schools in the middle of an IB program can be problematic as schools do not always offer the same IB subjects and some schools cover the content at different times. However, the IBO is well aware that students sometimes need to transfer from school to school and we all do our best to help students through the transition.
Mid-program transfers involve the sharing of information and IB documentation from school to school through the IB Coordinators. As a matter of testing security, IBO expects that all assessment documentation to be handled by the IB Coordinators, not the student.
Transfer students should request the listed information from their current teachers and IB Coordinator. If at all possible, all materials can be sent as a single package to arrive before the student starts at ISB.
Students can play their part by having all their previous year's school work available and the additional listed information for their new IB teachers. Please note that it can take up to two months to clear shipments so subject binders are best carried in for the start of school.
Extended Essay:
Student: Indicate subject area, topic and research question prior to joining school. Bring the outline and all notes for review with new EE advisor.
Request to Coordinator: Information on the status of the student's Extended Essay from the EE advisor, including comments that might be useful for the EE coversheet.
Theory of Knowledge:
Request to Coordinator: Information on approach to TOK at previous school and sequence of topics covered. Presentation scoring and partially completed TOK form if applicable.
CAS:
Request to CAS Coordinator: All previously submitted documentation must be transferred along with written information about any summer activities that had been approved.
Group 1 (English):
Student: The IB Coordinator and English teacher will need a full list of texts already studied in the first year of the course. This list should identify the relevant parts for the A1 works list that the texts belong to.
Request to Coordinator: Additionally the school must be asked to provide the full breakdown of the grades received in the Oral presentation and the comments from the teacher. This must be received from the school in a sealed envelope.
Group 2: (Second language)
Request to Coordinator: It is helpful if any early work on oral assessment and teachers comments is passed on from the current teacher through the Coordinator.
Group 3: (Individuals and Societies)
Student: Request to teacher: All courses: A copy of the relevant syllabus indicating the specific topics covered
Request to Coordinator: All courses: A teacher report on internal assessment to date.
Any completed and submitted internal assessment should be forwarded from the school in a sealed envelope.
Economics: Clean copies of any and all commentaries that have been completed (for scoring at ISB)
Geography: Information on field report and progress made to date.
Group 4: (Experimental Sciences)
Student: Request to teacher: All courses: A copy of the relevant syllabus indicating the specific topics covered.
Request to Coordinator: All courses: A teacher report on internal assessment to date. Any completed and submitted internal assessment (PSOW forms), all labs, teacher instructions (for IB moderator) and teacher assessment sheets should be forwarded from the school in a sealed envelope.
Group 4 project work need not be forwarded.
Group 5: (Mathematics)
Student: Request to teacher: All courses: A copy of the relevant syllabus indicating the specific topics covered and copies of any internal assessments already completed.
Request to Coordinator: A teacher report on internal assessment to date. Any completed and submitted internal assessment, record of portfolio scores/comment sheet and a clean copy of all portfolio assignments (task sheets, not student work) should be forwarded from the school in a sealed envelope.
Email address of current teacher for ISB contact, if necessary.
Group 6: The Arts
Visual Art
Student: Artists should bring all research workbook(s), self assessments (growth) and art work completed (or digital photos if work is in transit or unable to be transported).
Request to Coordinator: All grades and comments from previous IB Art teacher to be forwarded to the Coordinator.
