IB Coordinators
Magpie Corner
I believe that all good teachers and schools leaders are like magpies – they spot little things that attract their attention and steal them for their own practice. On-going school improvement, the thirst...
Mission & Vision
Inclusive tools for the classroom Free
Creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment requires tools and activities that help students explore identity, privilege, and empathy. This page provides practical resources for teachers...
IB Coordinators
IB Cluster Workshops
The IB recognizes (a) that sending a colleague on an external workshop can be expensive, once you have taken into account travel and accommodation in addition to the workshop fee; (b) schools sometimes...
IB Coordinators
IB Workshops for Authorization and Evaluation
The IB requires that all potential IB Candidate Schools and IB World Schools commit themselves to ongoing professional development. New workshops are about to be launched in 2020: Leading the Learning...
IB Coordinators
Workshops using a translator
Facilitating workshops and professional development sessions using a translator can present its own problems. This page is borne out of experience and provides you with some tips I have learnt along the...
IB Coordinators
FREE online workshops
There are some great free self-paced online workshops that you can take. This page includes some I have particularly valued. (Image source: Download Workshop, Training, Seminar. Royalty-Free Stock Illustration...
IB Coordinators
FREE IB Professional Development - Webinars & Nanos
In the past all IB professional development was to be bought. However, the IB have recently started to create short professional development opportunities - in the form of webinars and nanos - which they...
IB Coordinators
Collaborative Planning
Collaboration lies at the heart of implementing a successful Diploma Programme. Good pedagogical leaders build highly collaborative and effective teams. However, building a collaborative learning community...
IB Coordinators
Why do we have to teach ATL?
Facing potential obstacles to ATL in teachers' minds It is important to address the potential difficulties which teachers may have with the IB ATL. These difficulties are anticipated to be: IB approaches...
IB Coordinators
Induction of IB students
Do you run an induction programme and if so what do you include in it? Some schools run a 'boot camp' before the start of the IB DP in which all students are introduced to some of the big ideas within...