IB Middle Years Programme
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Sep 28, 2026
Kyle WagnerHOST
all published by Elevate Books Education.
Kyle WagnerHOST
It has vast experience supporting schools across several years in implementation strategies in public schools, international schools, and international baccalaureate programs, FYP, MYP, and DP.
Kyle WagnerHOST
All right, that's a lot of qualifications.
Kyle WagnerHOST
Yeah.
Kyle WagnerHOST
Yeah.
Kyle WagnerHOST
And that's interesting because, you know, a lot of people might say, oh, curriculum's a barrier, but you see it as this opportunity.
Kyle WagnerHOST
I think, you know, if we look at international curriculums, MYP, PYP, I mean, they're not super restrictive and they kind of lend themselves, right? Have you found that for most, most curriculums you've worked with and when you work with teachers as well on unpacking their curriculum?
Trevor MacKenzieGUEST
Yeah, for sure.
Gayathri MehtaGUEST
They have a choice between curriculums.
Jon PetersonHOST
And I've heard that before from other people that I've interviewed there, that it sounds like in the middle, sometimes they don't necessarily have MYP.
Jon PetersonHOST
They use the national curriculum or the IGCSE.
Jon PetersonHOST
Do you know why that would be or why do you think they do
Gayathri MehtaGUEST
At the end of the day, it's like changing mindsets.
Gayathri MehtaGUEST
it is it is making convincing parents that this curriculum is rigorous enough yeah and i think also the ib jargon can become a little difficult to explain sometimes to students of myp and like in dp of course a lot of them take their own decisions and they want to go to the international curriculum the university they want to get into university and all of that and they want they feel that the dp prepares them better for university but in myp i feel that there are still a little bit more traditional mindsets where they get caught up in the jargon of ip they do not understand why does the whole idea of concepts and conceptual understanding and learning like why is that better than a traditional system then what is the child going to write in the exam and i feel like in a lot of places the e-assessment is also not but that's of course just my perspective i feel that it's not taken as well as traditional pen and paper exam.
Gayathri MehtaGUEST
And the national curriculum is considered more rigorous for that age group as compared to the MYP.
Gayathri MehtaGUEST
That is just the perception, of course.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
Welcome to ID Voices.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
As part of the broader enhancing the MYP work, schools around the world were invited to begin trialing new components and to share feedback with our teams.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
Today, we're going to dive into the MYP enhancement beta, what it looks like inside a school, how educators experienced it, and what it might mean for the future of the program.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
To help us better understand what this looks like in practice, I'm joined by Claudia Elena Casalino from the Amsterdam International Community School, a full IB continuum school serving about 2,300 students across two campuses.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
ACE has been closely involved with the MYP enhancement beta since its early days, and Claudia has been part of that work from the start.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
She's been at the school for 13 years, beginning her career in the chemistry classroom, teaching MYP and DP students, and gradually moving into roles that focus less on content alone and more on how students and teachers actually experience learning.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
Today, she teaches MYP integrated sciences and brings years of experience as an MYP coordinator, along with a deep commitment to wellbeing, inclusion, and thoughtful school changes.
Chloe SubervilleHOST
She's also an IBIN workshop leader and school visit team member.
CrystalHOST
Uh, and they, they do IB, they do IB there too as well, don't they?
Char PalmerGUEST
They do MYP.
Char PalmerGUEST
So they do the m- the middle years program-
CrystalHOST
Yeah
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Char PalmerGUEST
Um-
CrystalHOST
Mm.
Char PalmerGUEST
[lips smack] Uh, but now it's been integrated with some of their MYP and IB values.
Char PalmerGUEST
So-
Anantika NairGUEST
So we only really got introduced to the IB experience when we joined high school in ninth grade.
Anantika NairGUEST
And then in our ninth and sophomore year, we had a complete MYP curriculum as our school's only an IB school.
Anantika NairGUEST
We don't have any A opportunities or honors.
Anantika NairGUEST
It's just completely IB.
Anantika NairGUEST
And during those years, we went through the personal project, all our MYP requirements.
Anantika NairGUEST
And then all of that was before we finally transitioned to our diploma program for our upperclassmen years.
Anantika NairGUEST
In general, my thoughts on the IB curriculum.
Jon PetersonHOST
Yeah.