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The Riverina Anglican College is proud to announce its candidacy to teach the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme and to become an IB World School.
The IB is an internationally accredited and highly academic education program that aims to “develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect”.
The IB Diploma will run as an alternative credential to the NSW HSC and will be an element of the CYGNUS (gifted and talented) program.
Students will be able to choose between the IB and HSC. Once accredited, The Riverina Anglican College will be the only regional school in NSW to offer the diploma program.
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“As a school that is passionate about enhancing individual potential and seeing our students excel, we are excited about our opportunity to join this international organisation of exceptional schools,” college principal Paul Humble said.
“We look forward to working with our community and continuing to ensure that our students have every opportunity to achieve their very best as we help prepare them for life within our global community.
Board of directors chairman Andrew Bowcher was proud the school was pursuing an opportunity to become an International Baccalaureate World School.
“We are delighted to introduce this program and we are sure it will develop our students socially, emotionally, and cognitively,” he said. “IB World Schools share a common philosophy – a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education – that we believe is important for our students.”
The Riverina Anglican College has chosen the IB Diploma Programme because:
- It represents best practice in teaching and learning.
- Learning is concept-based and student-focused with an emphasis on students understanding and engaging in the learning process, as well as content delivery.
- Learning is based on the academic disciplines and the mastery of the skills of learning.
- It encourages and provides opportunities for students to be internationally-minded and to think beyond their local environment.
- Students “learn how to learn” and are encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning journey by asking challenging questions, thinking critically, developing research skills to help them in higher education and the modern workforce.
- Students are required to be active in their communities and to take their learning beyond academic study through community, action and service components.
- The focus is on educating the whole person, equipping them for the 21st Century.
Mr Humble has 11 years’ experience in executive roles at two schools that have offered the IB Diploma and believes strongly in its value; as equally as he believes in the value of the HSC.
“The two courses are very different and both are highly challenging,” he said.
“A range of students will be suited to the one, while other students will be best equipped for and served by the other. It is an individual choice and I believe the two courses offer our students the greatest diversity and opportunities to succeed at the highest academic level.”
It is envisioned that The Riverina Anglican College will be accredited in 2019 and the first cohort of year 11 students able to choose the IB Diploma Programme will commence in 2020.
