Cambridge Pre-AICE (iGCSE) curriculum at BCHS
Prospective Barron Collier High School students who are
working towards earning an AICE diploma will undertake Pre-AICE classes in
their ninth and tenth grade years. These classes are also referred to as Pre
AICE or IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) and
the overall goal of Pre-AICE classes is to prepare students for the rigors of
AICE classes. In Collier County, Pre-AICE courses carry the same grade point average as traditional Honors courses and are beginning to replace them.
Pre–AICE Education – Cambridge IGCSE
The optional Pre–AICE curriculum program, called the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), was developed in 1985 to meet the need for an internationally focused curriculum appropriate for a wide range of student abilities.
Cambridge IGCSE is suitable for grades nine and ten and features over fifty subjects with end of course, international criterion–referenced, externally assessed examinations as well. While schools offering Cambridge AICE subjects are not required to also offer Cambridge IGCSE courses, students are expected to have mastered the Cambridge IGCSE level of study and skills in a subject before beginning a Cambridge AICE subject course.
Most Cambridge IGCSE subjects are offered at two levels: extended and core. The extended level is for students planning to progress to Cambridge AICE or other college level equivalent courses in grades eleven and twelve. The core level of Cambridge IGCSE is suitable for a wider range of student abilities.
Students at the core level may find during their course of study that they are actually able to move up to the higher, extended level of Cambridge IGCSE study and continue on to the Cambridge AICE program. This possibility opens doors for previously unidentified advanced students.
Pre-AICE Program Goals
• The development of oral, practical and thinking skills, as well as the acquisition of knowledge
• An investigative approach to learning
• The use of initiative and creativity in solving problems
• The application of skills, knowledge, and understanding
• The ability to undertake individual projects and to work as part of a team
• To promote international understanding
Pre-AICE/ IGCSE examinations
• Rewards positive achievement
• Caters for wide ability range
• The curriculum stresses the development of writing skills and higher levels of thinking and problem solving
• Currently Pre-AICE courses in Collier County Public Schools do NOT take the IGCSE examination
Pre–AICE Education – Cambridge IGCSE
The optional Pre–AICE curriculum program, called the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), was developed in 1985 to meet the need for an internationally focused curriculum appropriate for a wide range of student abilities.
Cambridge IGCSE is suitable for grades nine and ten and features over fifty subjects with end of course, international criterion–referenced, externally assessed examinations as well. While schools offering Cambridge AICE subjects are not required to also offer Cambridge IGCSE courses, students are expected to have mastered the Cambridge IGCSE level of study and skills in a subject before beginning a Cambridge AICE subject course.
Most Cambridge IGCSE subjects are offered at two levels: extended and core. The extended level is for students planning to progress to Cambridge AICE or other college level equivalent courses in grades eleven and twelve. The core level of Cambridge IGCSE is suitable for a wider range of student abilities.
Students at the core level may find during their course of study that they are actually able to move up to the higher, extended level of Cambridge IGCSE study and continue on to the Cambridge AICE program. This possibility opens doors for previously unidentified advanced students.
Pre-AICE Program Goals
• The development of oral, practical and thinking skills, as well as the acquisition of knowledge
• An investigative approach to learning
• The use of initiative and creativity in solving problems
• The application of skills, knowledge, and understanding
• The ability to undertake individual projects and to work as part of a team
• To promote international understanding
Pre-AICE/ IGCSE examinations
• Rewards positive achievement
• Caters for wide ability range
• The curriculum stresses the development of writing skills and higher levels of thinking and problem solving
• Currently Pre-AICE courses in Collier County Public Schools do NOT take the IGCSE examination