Requirements

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Career-related Programme (CP) is a three-part educational framework that consist of: 

• Courses from the IB's Diploma Programme(DP)
• The CP Core
• Career-related studies: 
  • Career and Technical Education (CTE) or
  • Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC)

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

• CTE/IBCP students must complete a CTE course sequence of 6 semesters (LI, LII, & LIII) in their chosen CTE strand. Students enroll in their first CTE course Level I, by their sophomore year.
• Possible CTE course strands are Energy Technology, Metal Working, Photography or Horticulture

Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC)

• JROTC/IBCP students must complete JROTC sequence course. Students enroll in their first JROTC course Level 1 their freshman year. Students who become involved in the HSROTC as part of the IBCP will require to fulfill a minimum of 7 semesters of HSROTC to qualify for the IBCP Diploma.

> To be considered for a Career-related Diploma, the IBCP student must fulfill the following requirements:

• Participate in career-related pathway & complete course sequence: CTE (Level I, II, II) or JROTC (Level I, II, III, IV)
• Enroll and complete at least two IBDP courses in any of the subject groups
• Take IB examinations in his/her IBDP subject areas (each student is responsible for paying the cost of exams)
• Successfully complete all four CP Core components
  • Personal and professional skills class (junior and senior year)
  • Service learning hours & portfolio (50 hours minimum)
  • Language development & portfolio (50 hours minimum)
  • Reflective project

IBCP Student/Parent Handbook

Failing Conditions

A student will NOT receive an IB Career-related Diploma if one or more of the following occur:

IB Career-related Programme Requirements

• The candidate did not complete Service Learning hours
• The candidate did not complete Service Learning Portfolio
• The candidate has not been awarded a grade of at least D for the Reflective Project—Internally and Externally moderated. Any student awarded a grade of E for the reflective project will not be awarded the IBCP.
• The candidate did not earn a passing grade in the Personal or Professional Skills classes.
• The candidate did not complete Language Development (LD)
• The candidate did not complete LD Electronic Portfolio (IB moderated)
• The candidate has not been awarded a grade 3 or more in at least two of the DP courses registered for the IBCP. (Internal Assessment and External Assessment)
• The final award committee has judged the candidate to be guilty of malpractice.

WCSD Graduation Requirements

• The candidate did not meet all WCSD graduation requirements

Signature Academy & CTE Assessments

• The candidate did not pass Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment (end of CTE course sequence)
• The candidate did not pass End-of-Programme Technical Assessment (at the end of programme course sequence: L3)
• The candidate did not achieve at least a 3.0 grade point average in the CTE course sequence (not cumulative GPA)

JROTC Programme of Accreditation

• Pass Battalion Staff Inspections & Company In-Rank Inspections
• Pass Continuous Improvement programme and Service Learning Briefings
• Complete Cadet Portfolio Interviews and Inspections
• Pass Drill and Ceremony Inspections & Color Guard Inspections
• Pass end of semester exams for each Leadership Education Training Level
• Pass seven semesters of JROTC