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IB Programmes: PYP | MYP | DP | CP
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08 February 2025
Evaluation: Programme Development Plan (PDP)
IB Authorization & Evaluation
Evaluation: Programme Development Plan (PDP)

This page provides guidance on how to write a programme development plan. What are you working on? All schools are working on improving aspects of their programme(s). For some this might be developing...

24 August 2026
IB Evaluation Essentials
IB Authorization & Evaluation
IB Evaluation Essentials

Preparing for an IB evaluation can feel daunting, with many steps to manage and deadlines to meet. This page is here to help Heads of School and IB Coordinators navigate the process with confidence. You’ll...

13 May 2026
Your IB evaluation guide for staff
IB Authorization & Evaluation
Your IB evaluation guide for staff

This page contains a PowerPoint that you can use to introduce the IB evaluation process to all key stakeholders. It also contains a sample newsletter you can adapt to communicate both the process and...

12 August 2026
IB Evaluation
IB Authorization & Evaluation
IB Evaluation

This page offers tools for a school to undertake the self-study and to collect evidence of implementation against the IB standards and practices. Every five years after a school is authorized to be an...

17 September 2026
10 slides series - introduction to IB big ideas
IB World School
10 slides series - introduction to IB big ideas Free

Are you introducing the IB to new stakeholders for the first time? Or, do you want a quick refresher to use in staff meetings? This series of slide sets is intended to be used as a quick introduction...

09 February 2025
How to write a good PDP
IB Authorization & Evaluation
How to write a good PDP

I am often asked to review a school’s Programme Development Plan (PDP) before its evaluation visit. Over the years, I have read and discussed many PDPs, taken part in evaluation visits and trained programme...

30 August 2026
Evaluation: Preliminary Review
IB Authorization & Evaluation
Evaluation: Preliminary Review

The preliminary review is carried out by the IB and is a review of key documentation submitted by the school. It is the first stage of the IB evaluation process, taking place after the school has submitted...

20 August 2026
The IB in 10 slides
IB World School
The IB in 10 slides Free

A quick introduction to IB philosophy using 10 slides. This set of slides is part of the '10 slides' series intended to introduce teachers and students to key aspects of an IB Education. They can be used...

25 August 2018
IB Authorization & Evaluation
IB Authorization & Evaluation
IB Authorization & Evaluation

A new Guide to evaluation (2020) informs all IB evaluations which take place from September 2021. Evaluations are grounded in the revised Programme standards and practices (2020). Schools who wish to...

04 November 2022

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