Academic Integrity
Giving credit when we use someone else's words, pictures, or ideas.
What is citing or acknowledging a source?
At ICS, these learners should have opportunities to learn and participate.
Who are all students?
At ICS, every teacher has this role.
What is a language teacher?
The community ICS primarily serves.
What is the international community of Addis Ababa?
Take care of ourselves. Take care of each other. Take care of this place.
What is the ICS Way?
Two places students might get information that is not their own.
What are books and websites and online sources?
Providing different ways for students to access learning based on their needs.
What is differentiation?
ICS considers the ability to communicate in more than one language to be this.
What is an asset or strength?
Students do NOT need to already speak this language to be admitted to ICS.
What is English?
Our Best with Africa and Our World.
What is the ICS Vision?
This means presenting another person's work or ideas as your own.
What is plagiarism?
Writing, drawing, speaking, and building are all examples of this.
What are ways to demonstrate understanding?
MLL stand for this.
What is Multilingual Learner?
Academic, language, social-emotional, and learning information help ICS understand this about an applicant.
What are the whole child's strengths and needs?
Inquiry → Action → Reflection
What is the ICS Learning Process?
Working together is encouraged at ICS, unless a task is supposed to be completed this way.
What is independently?
This is the first tier of support and is designed to meet the needs of most learners in the classroom.
What is inclusive or universal design (tier 1)?
In most PYP classrooms, English language development happens here, not in a separate program or place.
What is the student's learning space, alongside peers.
ICS considers whether the school has these available to successfully meet an applicant's learning needs.
What are appropriate resources and support?
Pausing, Paraphrasing, Posing Questions, Putting Ideas on the Table, Providing Data, Paying Attention to Self and Others, and Presuming Positive Intentions.
What are the 7 Norms of Collaboration?
Students, teachers, and the school all share responsibility for maintaining this.
What is academic integrity?
A plan developed for a student who needs individualized learning goals and support.
What is an Individual Learning Plan (ILP)?
The Language Policy calls these people “essential partners” in the success of language learners.
Who are parents?
Previous school records, teacher recommendations, assessments, and family information may all be used to help ICS make this decision.
What is an admissions decision?
This Learner Profile trait includes being “resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.”
What is Courageous?