IBDP School Brochure

TAIPEI MUNICIPAL ZHONG ZHENG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL PROSPECTUS

CULTIVATE FOR THE CHANGE

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE

DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

Preparing students for success in higher education and to be active participants in a global society

WELCOME TO TMZZSH Greetings from the Principal Welcome to Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School, where we long to share with you a sense of the dynamic, compassionate, rigorous educational lives lived here.

TMZZSH has high expectations for students and strives for success for all. Our goal is to build on the focus of “relevant education for all,” but providing the tools necessary to become outstanding citizens with academic attitudes and skills.

We bring together students of all backgrounds and invite them on a journey that leads them from self to selflessness, from individuality to inter-dependence, from the finest classrooms to the real world. We offer a bridge and welcome all to cross that bridge together to the world — wherever our students desire to go.

Our mission is to develop a school where no one left to be alone. Relationships are built between students, staff and families to create a community and develop the supports for students to become successful. We believe we have developed the solid foundation and now continue to build focusing on school culture and climate for all students to have a positive high school experience.

We believe in a balanced educational programme including rigor and relevance in all courses. We offer a diverse range of courses in elective subjects to make self-explore possible for students. Also, we engage to develop cross-disciplinary courses which focus on issues relating to culture, global citizenship, society and science. Our belief is for all students to become critical thinkers, creative problem solvers as well as inquisitive and diligent readers and researchers.

TMZZSH has a rich tradition which makes this school the home of talents and champions. The school was built in 1945. The structural plan of the building provides: a full gym, a library and 4 media centers, well-equipped labs for science, a classic and air-conditioned auditorium, 69 standard sized classrooms, a nurse’s suite, and individual instructional rooms for art, music, and all academic areas.

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Our teachers come from the most distinguished colleges and universities. All of them have bachelor’s degrees, seventy-eight percent have master’s degrees. Just as important as their credentials are their passion and dedication to the art of teaching, which is demonstrated in their classrooms on a daily basis and acknowledged in student highly performances year after year.

TMZZSH cares for each student and offers a broad programme to develop all to their highest potential in all aspects of their being. Character education is woven throughout our programmes and focuses on the school-wide values of respect, responsibility, justice, self-disciplined, and kindness. We show our care for one another by maintaining high standards for academic achievement and for personal conduct. Kindness, consideration and civility are hallmarks of TMZZSH students. We want to cultivate in our students not only important tools like problem solving, analysis, creative thinking and clear communications, but we also want our students to live lives of honor, duty, courage and kindness. We want them to explore who they are through learning, to construct self-value from commitment, to broaden their visions through understanding in this global rapidly changing era. We strive to develop global citizens who are academically, morally and technologically prepared to succeed.

To grow into the independent adults we want them to become, they must spread their wings and take flight. Our students do that in this beautiful place under the watchful eyes of accomplished adults who are their mentors, guides and role models.

Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School — there is simply no other place quite like it.

SINCERELY,

CHIANG, HUI-CHEN PRINCIPAL / HEAD OF SCHOOL

TMZZSH

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

Mission Statement

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Philosophy

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Facts & Figures

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About Our School

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International Curriculums

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Our Teachers and Goals

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IBDP at a Glance

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Appendex: Our Language Policy

MISSION STATEMENT OF TMZZSH

Zhong-Zheng Senior High School has a definitive mission: To provide every student with a sound academic foundation, a positive environment, and the skills necessary to continue learning as a lifelong pursuit, so as to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who contribute to construct a better world with intercultural understanding and respect. The aim is to cultivate the future talents with global mobility.

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PHILOSOPHY OF TMZZSH

ZZSH philosophy is to invite all stakeholders to work with school staff with a strong commitment to create a diverse and inclusive community of teaching and learning by delivering challenging, high quality programs which support to cultivate talents for the change.

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FACTS & FIGURES FACILITIES

TMZZSH is one of the nation’s leading senior high schools. What sets us apart?

A full gym, a library and 4 media centers, well-equipped labs for science, a classic and air-conditioned auditorium, 69 standard sized classrooms, a nurse's suite, and individual instructional rooms for art, music, and all academic areas.

With the efforts of all the teachers and students, TMZZSH has attained a very high level in students’ performances, both in academic performances and in extra-curricular activities. TMZZSH is striding on its way to a promising future.

OUR CREED :

Annual Enrollment

2400 +

Class Size

36

Faculty

200+

Percentage of teaching faculty with advanced degrees

78%

To mold a graceful education scenario To foster the best artistic talented students To establish a solid foundation for foreign language learning To initialize the science and technology research customs for students To program diverse association activities To promote the athletic programmes activelyTo strengthen intellectual capacity for life systematically To broaden learning horizons for global mobility

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ABOUT OUR SCHOOL Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng High School (TMZZSH) was founded in 1945. Dubbed as the second largest school campus-wide in Taipei City.

The school is on a changing trajectory located in a Taipei City Development Project, which is a science and technology park under construction. It has a rich tradition that makes the school the home of talents and sound youth. The profile of staffs in TMZZSH is committed to creating a positive and active class, and also committed to professional ethics, standards of practice and the care of young children.

TMZZSH has long been recognized as one of the best academic high schools in Taipei, with over 98 percent of its senior graduates going to universities and colleges in Taiwan and global. The school boasts its excellent implementation of national curriculum and its international division and linkage with schools and universities locally and abroad. The school attracts students from the wider community of Taipei, and New Taipei City, Taoyuan City and the neighboring suburbs.

our learning environment TMZZSH is well-known for its open atmosphere in education, and its aim is to develop a supportive learning environment for students. It has been the experimental school of school-based curriculum development and has offered two experimental classes of science and language learning. Now, it is one of the pioneer schools in Taiwan to implement the New Pedagogy Deep Learning which sets the focus on 6 competences development through supportive teaching strategies. In order to equip students’ competences to adapt to the rapidly changes, TMZZSH emphasize the hands-on projects and cooperate with Siemens and National Taipei University of Technology to implement Artificial Intelligence Program.

TMZZSH has been playing the role of pioneer school in international programs in Taiwan. TMZZSH started its international division in February 2018. The Joint Diploma Program (JDP) with Fairmont International School is the very first international joint diploma program in Taiwan. The JDP aims to equip students with the rigorous academic knowledge and critical thinking skills necessary to succeed at English language universities and ultimately in an increasingly globalized world.

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International Curriculums at TMZZSH

THIS IS A SCHOOL WITH A SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO MAINTAIN THE HIGH STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

Joint Diploma Program & International Foundation Year Under the leadership of Principal Chiang, TMZZSH has high performance in teaching and learning and got the reliance of partner schools. TMZZSH led five other high schools in Taipei to implement the first International Foundation Year (IFY) Program in August 2019. The IFY Program is accredited by NCUK and has worked to provide courses in four streams, Business, Arts and Design, Science and Engineering, and assists in matching students with comparable majors in 48 partnered universities and colleges in the UK, the US, Australia and Zealand. TMZZSH organized Taipei Schools of IFY and provided the supports for partner schools.

TMZZSH has the largest number of students taking international courses in Taipei and has most various international divisions. TMZZSH students also enjoy rich active extracurricular lives with over 40 oncampus clubs and organizations.

Students in TMZZSH are highly selfdriven and self-committed. TMZZSH has set the community service learning as one of the requirements of diploma. TMZZSH’s students are welcome by higher education and its alumni contribute to the progressive society.

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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme TMZZSH now as an IB World School

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Since 2017, it has been our main goal and passion to enhance internationalization of our school, and hence we have been reaching out for the global resources and bring the resources to our school classes so as to cultivate students’ competency and global perspectives that are desperately needed for the future.

TMZZSH aims to build a stronger and larger division of international program with the addition of the Diploma Programme. It hopes to transform into a municipal version of an international school, taking in students of diverse national, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Further, the implementation of the Diploma Programme at TMZZSH manifests the vision of the Taipei City Government in its pursuit of nourishing global perspectives among youngsters.

The implementation of the Diploma Program is expected to bring in more highly-motivated students from various backgrounds including the future students from the Beitou Shilin Technology Park whose parents coming from overseas would like to take academic challenges and broaden their perspectives through this globally acclaimed international curriculum of IBDP.

With IBDP implementation, the school expects to grow its teaching staff in its bilingual capacity. The implementation of the Diploma Program foregrounds additional staffing, with native English proficency and IB qualifications. This has potential for the school to have a greater proportion of bilingual staff, up to 25% to 30% in its phase of candidacy and over 50% over time until the school reaches 100% bilingual staff to prepare for the national goal of bilingual education in 2030.

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OUR TEACHERS With regards to teaching and professional development, the implementation of IB Diploma Program in our school will certainly make comprehensive contributions in that, through participating in the mandatory workshops (Cat.1) as well as further workshops (Cat.2&3) and a wide variety of forums designed and provided by IB professional development, our teaching staff are expected to meet the IB requirements of pedagogical enrichment and readiness. All these efforts will have a more profound and comprehensive impact that leads to the formation of a community of practice that supports and sustains pedagogical innovation with change in our educational arena.

Therefore, the school will benefit from continued effort of its current teaching staff in professional development focusing on concept-based teaching and learning. Such an effort entails a profound impact on fostering teachers’ competence to develop teaching plans with big ideas, and embody practices of facilitating the generation and understanding of ideas, the transfer of knowledge and skills, and a critical or reflective perspective towards knowledge itself. As such, students and teachers of TM ZZSH, along with its wider community outside the school campus, are beneficiaries of the implementation of the Diploma Programme.

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OUR GOALS By implementing the wellprescribed course of study, our school will be able to develop a more wellrounded environment for cultivating internationallyminded young generation in Taiwan who not only have immense intellectual curiosity about the outer world, which serves as the founding stone of inquiry and independent thinking, but also possess the capabilities of caring others, dedicating themselves to resolving problems, not just individually but also collaboratively, with a crosscultural perspective and an open mind.

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TAIPEI MUNICIPAL ZHONG ZHENG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

A FUTURE-READY PROGRAMME THAT BUILDS STUDENTS’ INQUIRING MINDSET, FOSTERS THEIR DESIRE TO LEARN, AND PREPARES THEM TO EXCEL AT THEIR CAREERS AND LEAD MEANINGFUL LIVES.

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IB MISSION STATEMENT The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

IB LEARNER PROFILE The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world.

IB learners strive to be:

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INQUIRERS

We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.

KNOWLEDGEABLE

We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.

THINKERS

We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.

COMMUNICATORS

We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways.

We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.

PRINCIPLED

We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

OPEN-MINDED

We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.

CARING

We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.

RISK-TAKERS

We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.

BALANCED

We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives—intellectual, physical, and emotional—to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.

REFLECTIVE

We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.

What are the advantages of IBDP?

The IBDP Model

Internationally recognised World standards, not limited to local or national standards Challenging and exciting classes focusing on writing, thinking, and communicating Rigorous and comprehensive education based on international perspectives Head start on college through courses and classes based on inquiry and research Recognition and development of the potential of each student A high school with over 90 years of excellence and tradition

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme is a comprehensive and rigorous two-year academic curriculum that leads to a world recognized qualification for higher

High standards of teaching

education around the world. All IBDP candidates

required by the IB programme

need to take 6 courses (each from the 6 Subject

Possibility of admission to the

Groups designated by the IBDP), with a

world’s best colleges and

combination of 3 courses at standard levels and

universities

3 courses at higher levels. The 6 Subject Groups

High expectations for students

are (from 1-6): Language and Literature,

and development of full academic potential in all areas of study, including standardised testing

Language Acquisition, Individuals and Societies, The Sciences, Mathematics, and The Arts. Also, DP candidates must successfully complete the

Ability to compete with the

DP core, Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Extended

best young scholars in the

Essay (EE), and Creativity, Activity, Service

world

(CAS), to be awarded with the diploma at the end of their academic pursuit in the IBDP.

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The DP Core

THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Theory of knowledge (TOK) develops a coherent approach to learning that unifies the academic disciplines. In this course on critical thinking, students inquire into the nature of knowing and deepen their understanding of knowledge as a human construction.

EXTENDED ESSAY The extended essay (EE) requires students to engage in independent research through an in-depth study of a question relating to one of the DP subjects they are studying. The world studies EE option allows students to focus on a topic of global significance, which they examine through the lens of at least two DP subjects.

CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY, SERVICE Creativity, activity, service (CAS) emphasizes helping students to develop their own identities in accordance with the ethical principles embodied in the IB mission statement and the IB learner profile. CAS complements a challenging academic programme in a holistic way, providing opportunities for self-determination, collaboration, accomplishment and enjoyment. It involves students in a range of activities alongside their academic studies throughout the DP. The three strands of CAS are creativity (exploring and extending ideas leading to an original or interpretive product or performance), activity (physical exertion contributing to a healthy lifestyle) and service (collaborative and reciprocal engagement with the community in response to an authentic need).

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IBDP Subjects to be Offered at TMZZSH Subject Group

Course

Level(s)

1

Language and Literature

Chinese A: Language and Literature

HL/SL

2

Language Acquisition

English B

HL/SL

3

Individuals and Societies

History / Geography

HL/SL

4

The Sciences

Physics

HL/SL

5

Mathematics

Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches

HL/SL

6

The Arts

Film

HL/SL

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APPENDIX

OUR LANGUAGE POLICY PRINCIPLES TMZZSH creates a challenging and motivating multilingual environment where the language of instruction is English, thus encouraging internationally minded individuals. We view language as a tool for making meaning in the world. Language does much more than promote cognitive growth; it is crucial for maintaining cultural identity and emotional stability. The acquisition of more than one language and maintenance of the mother tongue enrich personal growth and help facilitate international understanding. As language, by its very nature, is integrated into all areas of the curriculum. We strongly believe in the ideal that all teachers are language teachers and should promote the concept of communication in its variety of forms throughout the school community. We also believe that every student has an individual and a cultural set of experiences, skills and interests, which must be considered in the teaching and learning process. The development of critical literacy is considered important factor in fostering international-mindedness through the promotion of cultural identity, intercultural awareness and global citizenship.

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APPENDIX

PRACTICES We are committed to providing an inclusive and equitable learning environment. We are committed to the following Practices: The school places importance on language learning, including mother tongue, host country language and other languages.

Teaching and learning addresses the diversity of student language needs, including those for students learning a language(s) other than their mother tongue.

Teaching and learning demonstrates that all teachers are responsible for language development of students.

Assessment at the school aligns with the requirements of the program(s).

Collaborative planning and reflection recognizes that all teachers are responsible for language development of students.

The school utilizes the resources and expertise of the community to enhance learning within the program.

LANGUAGE & INCLUSION At TMZZSH, students develop and keep up with their first language, home language and the medium of instruction languages while pursuing their studies at TMZZSH. Students whose primary language is not English, TMZZSH acknowledges that EAL students are tasked to learn English, to have access to curriculum and to learn it in the target language, which is also the medium of instruction.

All teachers work together in the inclusive design and delivery of the curriculum. EAL students also learn English through subjects by accommodated instruction, strategies of teaching, differentiated assessment and extension.

Through observations, data collection and assessments to build the language Profile helps to inform teaching, learning and assessment of the language learning.

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A SCHOOL THAT SUPPORTS LEARNING IN EVERY POSSBILE WAY

Taipei Municipal Zhong Zheng Senior High School 77, Wenlin N. Rd. Beitou District, Taipei City 11287, Taiwan, R.O.C. +886-2-28234811 ccsh@webmail.ccsh.tp.edu.tw www.ccsh.tp.edu.tw