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You would not get a T&L certificate completing the M.Ed program at UPe. The main issue is revenue and coin. These partnerships generate revenue for the IBO and UPe has very lean operating costs. You would obtain the same material benefit from the UPe M.Ed degree as you would with a T&L certificate, which is meeting the PD authorization requirement.
You can find the IBEC directory of providers here:
https://www.ibo.org/globalassets/new-st ... ory-en.pdf
That is an individual Uni requirement. The IB can establish minimum requirements but they cant prevent a Uni from having a higher requirement to read for a particular degree or study towards a degree at that Uni.
Many degrees from non-western countries are just as equally valid and respected as western degrees from the US/UK/CAN/AUS. For the most part, if a Uni isnt a Global Ivy than a Masters is a Masters. A degree from Acme State in the US or Hogwarts College in the UK worth more than some other accredited degree from elsewhere including Italy.
The issue with Italy isnt acceptability of qualifications but that a credential is limited to being placed on the register of those edu who specifically teach in the public/maintained DE system of DSs. There isnt an independent credential issued by the regulating authority.
The issue with other Unis is that often times the program is delivered in the host language and most of western IE is firmly entrenched in English which limits many programs to US/UK/CAN/AUS though there are Unis that offer advanced degrees in English (even if they are research degrees) there are Unis that offer taught advanced degrees in English.
No, the most common curriculum are NC ISs offering US or UK programs, and in the case of the Eu whatever SLL certificate and corresponding curriculum that region uses and is regulated by their MOE. The IBs programs are popular because they have to be. The IBO has to market their programs to get ISs to pay the coin for them. NC programs have a captive audience. DSs have to teach them and their development is largely (not entirely) supported by tax revenue. ISs can adapt NC curriculum rather inexpensively, while just like the IB you can buy boxes of materials, the NC standards are typically available publicly. ISs pay for inspections and accreditation and association memberships. An IS can print a diploma/certificate or other SLL document based on a NC curriculum but only the IB can provide the IB Baccalaureate, which you have to be an authorized IB IS to submit an order for.
Thats not to say the IB hasnt done a good job, they have. You find a high concentration of second tier ISs with IB programs. Which really moves the conversation to what is an IB IS. The classical definition of an IBWS was an IS IS with all three (PYP, MYP, DIP) programs for its K12/KS curriculum. That changed to be any IS that offered any of the IB programs (PYP, MYP, DIP, CRP) was an IBWS. Outside the EU you find that the DIP program is used as an ISs 'honors' track alongside an NC track. Within the EU you find that the DIP is marketed more as an 'international' track rather than an honors (or advanced, accelerated, etc. track). Within the EU you find a greater level of acceptance for the regional NC and whatever its SLL baccalaureate (certificate, etc.) than for the IB Baccalaureate.
In the UK A-levels are more valuable than the IB Baccalaureate (or IB course certificates). In the US an IB Baccalaureate is more valuable than a HS Diploma.
As to primary, there is utility in having PYP experience which usually means some level of PD training and 1-2 years of PYP experience. The PYP an its UI based thematic (transdisciplinary) approach is very alien to the stranded methodology (as well as its planning approach, etc.) often taught to DTs at Uni or in ITT/EPP programs. It takes at least a year in the classroom of growing pains before a PYP IT is competent, two years before they are proficient, a third year to before seeing expertise with portfolio, and yet another year at the advancing level to appreciate the role of exhibition in the PYP.
There are IB ISs that dont do IB very well, and youd hardly recognize anything IB related in listening to a listen (outside from the giant posters of the IB learner profile). There are not an uncommon number of IB ISs that pay little more than lip service to the IB. The IB does cost coin, and its not lite coin either. ISs need to achieve a certain level of stability and security to implement and execute a successful IB program so you see IB ISS as having that level of security and stability throughout the IS. Thats the kind of indication that says that an IS is doing enough of the right things adequately.