A quick guide for the IB coordinator
Where do I find help?
Being an IB coordinator can feel like you are wearing so many hats at once, with so many different people to support. This website gathers expertise from around the IB world, providing you with practical tips and tools.
Click on the following page links to give you ideas and practical tools.
What should be in my job description? Go to IB Coordinator - Job Description
What help can I get in implementing the programme standards and practices for programme authorisation and IB evaluation? Go to Coordinator's Resource
IB Standards and Practices relating to the Diploma Programme refer to five IB mandated policies. They are: Admissions Policy, Language Policy, Inclusion Policy, Assessment Policy and Academic Integrity Policy. These policies are important to both the authorization and five year evaluation processes since they are central to the implementation of the Diploma Programme. Go to the following pages to find out what you have to have in each policy and practical tips for bringing them alive in your school: Academic Integrity (Honesty) Policy | Admissions Policy | Assessment Policy | Inclusion Policy | Language Policy
This website contains many 'mini workshops' that help you introduce teachers new to the IB to the programme. Each of these workshops contain Powerpoints you can use to introduce, for example: The IB in 10 slides | IB Learner Profile in 10 slides | International Mindedness in 10 slides | Approaches to Teaching - in 10 slides | Approaches to Learning in 10 slides
Use Coordinator Notes (which can be found in the Programme Resource Centre of 'MyIB') - they also provide you with an overview of subject updates. It is a 'go to' to keep abreast of:
- DP curriculum development and review cycles - which tells you which subjects are being reviewed. This will help inform when you need to send colleagues on IB workshops.
- Subject updates: very useful for subject teachers. They also contain assessment information - including updates on question banks.
- The Core (Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, Creativity Activity Service) - and its assessment.
- Unversity recognition updates: very helpful for your school counsellor.
Why have them? What does a deadline schedule look like? How do I make sure all students are on board? IA two-yearly planner exemplars.
The school schedule or calendar should indicate a balanced approach to assessment deadlines for:
- internal assessments
- external assessments
- completion of CAS requirements
- extended essays.
Go to Timetabling
Mock examinations guidance (top tips for students and teachers): with a suggested template. Go to Mock examinations
The IB requires you to submit units of work when they come to evaluate your programme. What should be in a unit of work and how do we plan them together? Go to Unit Planning & How to plan an IB unit of work
How do I introduce the EE to students (and staff)? How do I train up EE supervisors so there is a high level of consistency? What are the administrative requirements I need to follow? The following pages will provide you with a step by step guide: Extended Essay in 10 slides | Introducing the Extended Essay | Preparing students for extended essay writing | EE Professional Development Activities
Every five years after a school is authorized to be an IB World School they are asked to carry out an evaluation of the Diploma Programme. Several pages on this website will take you through each of the steps you need to take in planning for a successful evaluation: What is IB Evaluation? | Your IB evaluation guide for staff | 2021 IB Evaluation Crib Sheet | Writing your school profile | How do we carry out professional inquiry? | Programme Development Plan (PDP) | Evaluation - resources for the new evaluation
The DP can often be in competition with other curriculum in the school. So how do I promote the Diploma Programme to parents and students? Go to How do you promote | market the IB? & Case Study - Why choose IB as opposed to the national programme?