Practical guides for DP coordinators and school leaders: running subject choices, minimum group sizes, option blocks and choosing a course selection tool
Our guides for students and parents are published in Polish on the Polish blog.
A practical timeline for DP subject selection: preparing the subject offer, the information evening, the choices window, monitoring, corrections, closing and handing clean data over to timetabling.
Read more →How to set separate SL and HL minimum group sizes for DP subjects, why they matter for budget and staffing, how to communicate them to students and how to run a corrections round without creating new problems.
Read more →How to turn DP subject choices into option blocks for IB timetabling: finding clashes, offering a subject in two blocks, merging SL and HL classes, respecting maximum class size and comparing scenarios.
Read more →An honest comparison of spreadsheets and online forms with a dedicated IB course selection tool: when a spreadsheet is enough, where it breaks, and what to check when evaluating any IB subject choices software.
Read more →Which rules a DP coordinator must enforce on subject combinations: SL/HL counts, subject groups, level availability, school-specific prerequisites and exclusions, and why errors should be caught at submission, not in September.
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