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International School Provence-Alpes-C ȏ te d’Azur European Baccalaureate 2014

Main Changes to EB 2013 • Number of oral exams will be 3 • L1 (or L1 HL) • L2 (or L2 HL) or Hist (2 or 4) or Geo (2 or 4) unless Hist or Geo has been taken for written exam • Maths HL or Philo (2 or 4) or L3 or L4 or Bio (2 or 4) or Chem 4P or Physics 4P

Weighting Preliminary Mark is worth 50% of EB • 20/50 marks for mark A (Contrôle continu) and 30/50 marks for mark B (Pre-Bac exams and tests B) Written exams are worth 35% of EB Oral exams are worth 15% of EB

Calendar 2013-2014 Exam Board composed of all S7 teachers, external examiners (sent by Central office-from countries of origin), Director of school or Vice- Chair in their absence. Compulsory attendance for all at any meetings. See Article 3 of Arrangements for Implementing the European Baccalaureate 2012 ‐ 10 ‐ D ‐ 18 ‐ en ‐ 1 or 2012 ‐ 10 ‐ D ‐ 18 ‐ fr ‐ 1

September • Choice of exams for Bac– students cannot change after end of September (see Annex 1 for form) Choice from: Compulsory courses (L1, L2, Maths, 4 Period options or advanced courses (L1 HL or L2 HL) • Students must request any extra exam at this time also (only if needed for a university application)

European Baccalaureate Exams Written (5 exams for 35% of final mark) • L1 (or L1 HL) • L2 (or L2 HL) • Maths (3P or 5P) • 4 Period option • 4 Period option

Oral Exams ( 3 exams for 15% of final mark) • L1 (or L1 HL) • L2 (or L2 HL) or Hist (2 or 4) or Geo (2 or 4) unless Hist or Geo has been taken for written exam • Maths HL or Philo (2 or 4) or L3 or L4 or Bio (2 or 4) or Chem 4P or Physics 4P Students cannot take a written and oral exam in the same subject with the exception of L1, L2

• November Mid Semester reports must be completed for all subjects with comments only. • December – Conseil de classe for S7 (attendance compulsory for all teachers of S7 – see article 18 of General rules of European Schools) – B Tests for semester 1 for all 2 period courses must be completed before Christmas

B tests for 2 period courses ( Article 6 of Arrangements for Implementing the European Baccalaureate ) • Philosophy 2P, Maths HL : 1x1.5 hour test in December and in early May • Bio 2, Geo 2, Hist 2 : 2x45 minute tests in December and in early May • Complementary Courses : 1x 45 minute test in December and in early May • Sport : Practical B tests at the end of each unit (B mark required in January and early May)

January • Part Examinations in subjects chosen by student • All teachers complete reports with A marks (continuous assessment) and B marks. Both can be correct to 1 decimal place.

Part Examinations • Exams in L1, L2, Maths, 4P options, L1 HL, L2 HL at the end of January (timetable to be issued asap, must be at least 2 weeks after holidays) • Length of each exam is the same as for the Bac L1 or L1 HL, L2 HL, Maths 5P – 4 hours Art – 5 hours (plus 4 hours preparation over 1 week) All other subjects 3 hours • Teachers write and mark the exam papers

February • Issue of Semester 1 Reports (with marks A and B for all subjects except Ethics) • Parents Evening for S7 • All teachers in subjects with oral exams must send their proposed questions and details of texts chosen/programmes to the Deputy Director to be forwarded to the Office of the Secretary General, inspectors and external examiners

March • Mid-semester 2 reports must be completed for all subjects (comments only) • Conseil de Classe for S7

April/Early May • B tests for second semester must be completed by early May • A marks must be completed by early May • Both marks correct to 1 decimal place • Students must request their certificates if necessary in a language other than English

May • Students receive a report with their preliminary mark (50% of the Baccalaureate) • Calculated from A marks for 1st and 2 nd semester (20/50 marks)as well as part examinations from semester 1 (B marks) and B marks for second semester (2 period subjects only)(30/50 marks) • We must send this information to Brussels 1 to enter and calculate in May

June • Written Baccalaureate Exams take place according to a timetable determined by the Office of the Secretary General • Teachers cannot invigilate their own subject, there must be 2 invigilators for each exam. • No mobile phones allowed and students must write in ink. • Be aware of regulations for use of calculators for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography (TI-Nspire or not)

Marking of written exam papers • There will be 2 correctors. • They cannot write on the copy but must complete the list of marks for each question together with a justification of their overall mark for the exam. These marks are sealed in an envelope and sent with the copies to the central correction centre in Brussels.

Correction centre ( Article 6.3.9 ) • All copies of the Bac exams are sent to Brussels 1 (this year 7500 papers over 4 days) to be corrected by external examiners (sent from countries of origin) • They do not see 1st mark. • If the 2 marks are 2 points different, the copies are marked by a third corrector. • Otherwise the final mark is an arithmetical average of the 2 correctors (2 decimal places)

July • Oral Baccalaureate exams take place according to the timetable determined by the Office of the Secretary General • Examiners are the subject teacher and an external examiner sent from the country of origin • Both give a mark correct to whole or half mark and discuss. The overall mark is the average of these 2 marks.

Organisation of Oral exams • Students are given individual timetables • They should dress smartly to give the right impression • They should arrive 20 minutes before the preparation time.

• They choose an envelope (prepared by teachers – number of candidates plus 5) with the question number on it. • They can refuse the first one but lose 20% of mark automatically • They have 20 minutes supervised preparation time • 20 minutes of the exam (marking scheme according to 2012-01-D-02-en-3 Criteria for assessment of the Baccalaureate oral exams)

July • Conseil de classe for examination board at the end of the last day of oral exams • Discussion of marks for each candidate • This is highly confidential and must not be communicated to students in any form (good, bad, etc) • Baccalaureate results are posted for candidates after this meeting

Proclamation • Proclamation ceremony takes place the next day usually (this will depend on the delay of Brussels 1 sending us the certificates) • S7 and Terminale working on the programme and organisation of the ceremony • Students receive their certificates

Viewing Exam papers • Students and parents may ask to view the exam papers (with total marks of each examiner) up to 5 days after the proclamation • All S7 exam papers must be kept by the school (Exams in January and June/July) for 3 years

Parental Complaints • Parents can only complain if they think there has been a procedural irregularity, not about the results or decisions made by the Conseil de Classe. • For this reason, we must stick to the regulations for conseil de classe • Regular communication must take place between parents and the form teacher