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**IB AISA PACIFIC REGIONAL WORKSHOP AGENDA** DP Extended Essay (Category 1) **Monte Sant' Angelo, Sydney, Australia**
 * 14-15 July July 2011**

Denise Logan has degrees in History, International Relations and Educational Administration. Until 2008 she was the Diploma Coordinator at Lauriston Girls’ School in Melbourne, Australia, a position she has held for 17 years since the IB programme commenced at the school. She has extensive experience in introducing the IB Diploma and supervising its expansion as well as coordinating the EE and CAS programmes, teaching TOK and IB History. For the past three years Denise has remained active in IB affairs. She is a Team Leader for Paper 2 in History, an Assistant Moderator for internal assessment and an assistant examiner of History Extended Essays and has led IBDP Coordinator and History workshops for the IBAP. She has worked for the IBAP on Five Year Review panels and authorisation visits as well as undertaking in-house workshops and consultancies for individual schools in various areas including Extended Essays and Theory of Knowledge for all teachers. As well as this Denise teaches two subjects in the Melbourne University Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies (International Baccalaureate).
 * __Workshop Leader__**
 * Denise Logan **


 * All participants are requested to bring with them the following: **
 * This Agenda
 * Lap top and usb thumb drive to share resources
 * Current Extended Essay Guide(Preferably in Hard Copy so it can be used alongside material on computer)
 * Current school EE guidelines and schedule


 * The arrangements for this workshop are different from the usual pattern but equivalent in time needed to complete the course. While the face to face contact is only two days, pre-workshop and post-workshop online participation is required for all participants.**


 * __Pre-workshop activities to be done on the class wiki:__**
 * 1) **Self-introduction explaining IB experience especially with regard to EE.**
 * 2) **Read the article by Hickey and write a reflection to share. (About 400 words)**
 * 3) **Reflect on one EE experience up to now. If you have not yet supervised an essay interview someone who has done so either in your own school or elsewhere. (It does not matter that you may be only half way through a particular student’s supervision)**

//Please note: session topics are subject to change based on needs of the group// Objectives: 1. To ensure understanding of the place of EE in the IB Diploma and its relationship to mission and learner profile. 2. To see the EE as an opportunity for inquiry based learning. Objectives : Objectives: To ensure that participants are able to assist students in finding a topic in a particular discipline which will satisfy the needs of passion, skills, ability and available resources. Objectives: To ensure an understanding that method depends on subject area. Objectives: to ensure participants understand the importance of technicalities to ensure maximum marks. Objectives: 1. To enable understanding of the IB criterion based system and the fairness of procedures. Objective: to give practice at reading and applying the criteria to a clean script. Objectives: 1. To continue to give practice at assessment 2. To allow continued EE discussion
 * __Post- workshop activities__** **will be discussed and formalised in the last session but will include some form of completion of EE school plan and a workshop reflection.**
 * __ Thursday 14 th July __ ||
 * 0830 - 0900 || **Welcome & Introduction** ||
 * 0900 - 1000 || **Session 1: The purpose and nature of the EE**
 * What is the Extended Essay?
 * The Hexagon
 * The importance of the EE in the Award of the Diploma
 * Mission and Profile
 * The relationship with the MYP
 * The EE and good pedagogy: the aims of the essay ||
 * 1000 - 1030 || Morning Break ||
 * 1030 - 1200 || **Session 2: The administration of the EE within the school**
 * The EE in the Standards and Practices.
 * The organisation of the EE within the two year diploma
 * The role of the supervisor
 * Allocation of supervisors
 * Student responsibilities
 * The new EE guide for 2013
 * The nature of the criteria- training supervisors in the use of criteria. ||
 * 1200 – 1.30 || Lunch ||
 * 1.30 – 3.00 || **Session 3: Choosing a topic**
 * Topic and question
 * Brainstorming topics
 * Refining topics
 * Ways of assisting students in difficulty. ||
 * 3.00- 3.15 || Afternoon Break ||
 * 15.15-1630 || **Session 4: Research methods**
 * General discussion of types of method and approach to the essay
 * Use of the school library and the school librarian
 * Faculty assignment listing resources appropriate to topics already found.
 * Use of resources outside the school ||
 * __ Friday 15th July __ ||
 * 0830 - 1000 || **Session 5: Bibliographies and other technicalities**
 * Bibliographies and reference lists
 * Referencing methods
 * The format of the essay
 * The Abstract
 * Authentication and academic honesty ||
 * 1000 - 1030 || Morning Break ||
 * 1030 - 1200 || **Session 6: Assessment**
 * General discussion of the criteria and its subject based application
 * Reading of marked exemplar essays
 * Reading of March 2009 EE reports
 * The viva voce
 * The teacher’s report. ||
 * 1200 – 1.30 || Lunch ||
 * 1.30 – 3.00 || **Session 7: Practice marking**
 * Reading and assessment
 * Discussion in faculty groups ||
 * 3.00 – 3.15 || Afternoon Break ||
 * 3.15- 1600 || **Session 8: Practice marking and conclusions**
 * Marking a second Essay (or in another subject)
 * Making the EE public
 * Final group discussion and questions. ||
 * 1600 || Workshop Closes ||