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  IB Authorization & Evaluation

  What is 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...

  9 January 2024
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  IB Authorization & Evaluation

  Writing a Programme Development Plan (PDP) Free

  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...

  13 December 2023
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  IB ATLs

  How to create an ATL toolkit Free

  An ATL toolkit serves two key functions: (a) it creates a consistent school culture around teaching and learning - by culture I mean it's our way of doing things; and (b) it provides staff with practical...

  22 November 2023
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  IB Programmes: PYP | MYP | DP | CP Free

  An introduction to the IB Mission and how to align it to your school mission.The IB Learner Profile and how it applies to all people in your school community.How does the IB Learner Profile link to learning?How...

  15 February 2024
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  IB Authorization & Evaluation

  What will we be asked on the evaluation visit?

  "My school is a multi-programme school (PYP-MYP and DP). Currently we are preparing for our IB evaluation visit. What are questions that we should expect from the visit team to our teachers?"This page...

  15 August 2023
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  IB Authorization & Evaluation

  IB Evaluation Crib Sheet Free

  The page also includes some questions framed by the IB to explore a schools' alignment to the four elements of the PSP (Purpose | Environment | Culture | Learning).IB evaluation is based on your journey...

  27 April 2023
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  IB ATLs

  IB Approaches to Teaching Free

  "Educators need to think of themselves as designers of learning...We are convinced that we need to move rapidly to the place where all learners feel connected and all learners are able to self-regulate...

  21 March 2021
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  IB World School

  Academic Integrity (Honesty) Policy Free

  The IB requires academic integrity / honesty to be embedded into the life of the school. The programme Standards and Practices state that "Teaching and learning promotes the understanding and practice...

  22 January 2024
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  IB Authorization & Evaluation

  Your IB evaluation guide for staff Free

  This page contains a PowerPoint that you can use to introduce the IB evaluation process to all key stakeholders.Please refer to the pages linked below for specific details on the stages of evaluation....

  11 May 2023
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  IB ATLs

  Parent workshop: Approaches to Learning Free

  How to introduce approaches to learning to teachers and parentsThis page is written as a presentation to introduce the importance of the IB approaches to learning to teachers and parents.

  11 February 2024
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  IB ATLs Free

  If the individual IB subject guides inform us about what to teach and learn the Approaches to Teaching and Learning Guide describes how to.This page is designed to help you understand the nature of the...

  4 July 2023
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  IB ATLs

  How to engage staff with approaches to learning? Free

  Whilst the IB approaches to teaching and learning are central to IB pedagogy they may not be foremost in the minds of colleagues who are more concerned about teaching their syllabus and preparing students...

  3 June 2023
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  Teaching and Learning

  Revision Strategies

  As students start preparing for their exams what help are you giving them? Is your advice consistent across all subjects? Is it based on research evidence?I write this page as my daughter plans her revision...

  26 February 2024
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  IB ATLs

  Establishing an ATL culture Free

  The IB approaches to learning are central to delivering on the IB mission. If IB schools are committed to nurturing compassionate lifelong learners who have a passion to change the world for the better...

  26 February 2024
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  IB Coordinators

  A quick guide for the IB coordinator Free

  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...

  22 January 2024
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  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 become...

  4 November 2022
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  IB Authorization & Evaluation

  How do we plan for programme evaluation? Free

  This page walks you through how to prepare for the evaluation.Schools are evaluated every five years after authorization. Schools may request a change of date (e.g. to align the dates of different programmes)...

  29 February 2024
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  IB ATLs

  Teaching is focused on conceptual understanding

  Concepts are the "glue that holds our mental world together." (Murphy GL (2002,The big book of concepts, MIT Press.)“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)

  22 November 2023
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  IB Authorization & Evaluation

  Evaluation - key ideas

  An introduction to IB evaluation that will help you explain the key ideas to colleagues.I have been involved in developing and delivering the training for the new Programme Leaders and Evaluation Leaders...

  27 April 2023
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  IB Coordinators

  Coordinator's Resource Free

  The IB Coordinator's Resource is the essential guide for the IB programme coordinator.The IB Coordinator's Resource (2020) is essentially a guide on how to develop the IB programme(s). The Handbook opens...

  16 June 2022