2016 IBAP Conference Booklet Hyderabad

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Contents Welcome Message

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Our IB Mission

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Session One

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About the Conference

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Session Two

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The IB Learner Profile

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Session Three

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About International Baccalaureate (IB), Asia Pacific

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Session Four

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Session Five

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Session Six

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Session Seven

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Breakout Sessions

Regional Staff

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Schedule

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Overview Thursday

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Session Eight

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Friday

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Session Nine

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Saturday

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Breakout Presenter Bios

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Sponsors

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Venue Map

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Strand Speaker Profiles Keynote Speaker Marc Prensky

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Keynote Speaker Linda Lantieri, MA

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Keynote Speaker Helen Fisher, PhD

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Welcome to  Hyderabad

Dear Members of the IB community, It gives me great pleasure to give you a warm welcome to the 30th International Baccalaureate (IB) Asia Pacific Annual Regional Conference in Hyderabad.

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This year sees the conference return to India after nearly a decade and it is fitting that the location models a country in transition – the blend between the ancient and the modern. A location that showcases a dynamic India with an economy firmly in the 21st Century, underpinned by thousands of years of history, culture and trade with the world.

We are sure you will find the conference and location inspiring, enriching and energising.

Since our last time together, the IB has continued to go from strength to strength in terms of building relationships with schools, governments and extending our work with universities. In response to the demand from universities to recruit IB Diploma students, we have launched an online Student Registry that allows admission officers, schools and prospective students to be connected and demonstrate their wealth of learning and the value a university would offer them.

As always, we look forward to the collegiality and warmth of the IB community as we join together to be provoked, challenged and re-energised by a Mission we all embrace and which drives us forward.

Our innovative MYP eAssessments are now fully live and the uptake has been very encouraging as schools look to an authentic form of assessment that engages the students whilst reinforcing teaching and learning through the MYP framework. This conference will allow you to be orientated on this and other updates from across the IB whilst learning from one another and the great wealth of educators that have submitted breakout session.

With over five thousand authorized programmes globally, the IB is having an ever greater impact on the global educational landscape and is influencing the potential of education in working towards peace and understanding.

We would like to express our thanks to all of our sponsors and exhibitors for their support of this event. I would like to acknowledge our Gold Plus Sponsors: Cambridge University Press, Follett, Furnware, The Group of Eight (Go8), Pamoja Education and the University of Reading.

I look forward to reconnecting with many of you over the coming days and wish you a great conference and a wonderful time in Hyderabad.

Ian Chambers

Global Director Development

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Our IB mission The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

About the Conference International Baccalaureate速 Asia Pacific Annual Conference, 2016 Each year the International Baccalaureate速, Asia Pacific (Singapore Branch) presents the IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference. The Annual Conference provides an excellent opportunity for educational leaders and decision makers in schools, universities and governments to come together to share best practices around cultivating the way we are educating students and creating an education system that nurtures their abilities.

The IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference presents renowned speakers in the areas of education, society, environment, science and creativity, challenging and inspiring participants to rethink our current school systems and the way education is being taught.

Attracting over 1,000 educators, policy makers and IB practitioners from around the world, representing 29 countries from over 680 schools throughout the Asia Pacific and Australasian region, delegates will hear from three distinguished keynote speakers and break out into smaller sessions led by over 100 education experts from around the IB World.

The IB Asia Pacific Annual Conference is the largest gathering of IB educators

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in the Asia Pacific Region.The three day conference provides an opportunity for the members of the IB regional and global community to come together; challenge and examine their ideas and assumptions; become better informed about changes and developments within the IB and international education practices; and allow participants to engage in meaningful conversations with colleagues and IB staff. The conference provides a platform for delegates to share experiences and solve common issues. It is also a key networking opportunity for corporations that supply and assist the education industry.

Network with new colleagues, catch up with old friends, forge new alliances.

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About

International Baccalaureate (IB), Asia Pacific Founded in 1968, the International Baccalaureate (IB) is a not-for profit foundation, which offers four high quality and challenging education programmes for a worldwide community of schools. For more than 45 years, the IB programmes have gained a reputation for rigour and high academic standards, for preparing students for life in a globalized 21st century and for helping to develop citizens who will create a better, more peaceful world.

Currently, more than one million IB students attend over 4,300 schools in 147 countries.

In the Asia Pacific region the International Baccalaureate (IB) supports over 680 schools offering more than 980 programmes in 29 countries and territories.

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Contact International Baccalaureate (Singapore Branch)

600 North Bridge Road, Park View Square, 21-01 Singapore 188778 Phone: +65 6579 5000 Email: ibid@ibo.org

You will find IB World Schools in: Australia Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China Fiji Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea, Republic of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic Macao Malaysia

Mongolia Myanmar Nepal New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Singapore Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Timor-Leste

Vietnam

The largest concentration of IB World Schools can be found in Australia with over 160 schools, China/Hong Kong with over 140 schools and India where there are over 120 IB World Schools offering one or more IB programmes.

The IB in Asia Pacific has seen consistently high growth in the past ten years from just over 100 schools in 1999, to over 200 schools in 2004. That figure doubled to over 400 schools in 2009. By the close of 2015 the region boasted 685 IB World Schools.

Collaborating with educators and schools has been a unique strength of the IB since its beginnings. IB educators make an invaluable contribution in the development of IB programmes and supporting the IB community. In the Asia Pacific region, there are currently over 1,000 IB Educators (IBEs’) who contribute in various roles such as workshop leaders, site visitors and field representatives for the four IB programmes.

In Asia Pacific we continue to be committed to supporting the ongoing development of a worldwide professional learning community in the form of regional face-to-face workshops and resource-rich online environments for IB teachers. We strive to offer schools flexibility and responsiveness to their

professional development needs, tailored to school requirements. The IB Asia Pacific regional team trained over 20,000 IB teachers in 2015.

IB World Schools are critical in making the mission and values of the IB come alive in classrooms and communities. The IB Asia Pacific Global Centre provides ongoing support to IB World Schools in the Asia Pacific region in curriculum development, student assessment and pedagogical leadership. Regular, ongoing and rigorous evaluations of authorized IB schools are part of the IB’s and IB Asia Pacific’s commitment to keeping high quality, consistent academic standards around the world.

For more information please visit

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Regional staff

Ian Chambers

Kevin House

Rosalyn Goh

Monita Sen

Global Director Development

Regional Head of School Services, Asia Pacific

Regional Events Manager Asia Pacific

Regional School Services Manager Primary Years Programme

Over the past 12 years Ian has forged a successful career in education leadership and teaching. Before joining the International Baccalaureate Ian was Regional Manager, Asia Pacific for an international provider of international qualifications for 14–19 year olds where he also held the position of Regional Manager, South Asia based in New Delhi, India. Previously, Ian was a Curriculum Leader for Business and Enterprise in the UK and a teacher of Economics and Business Studies. During his career Ian has developed institutional partnerships with Central and State Governments as well as the British Council and regional boards.

Stefanie Leong

Stuart Jones

Head of Development, Asia Pacific

Head of Professional Development, Asia Pacific

Stefanie has over 14 years of experience in education management. She was previously the Senior School Development Manager, East Asia for a provider of International qualifications for 5-19 year olds where she developed excellent relationships with government, schools and universities from Singapore to Japan. Stefanie also worked in an Australian University prior to that.

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Kevin joined the IB after many years in international schools across Africa, Europe and Asia. He has spent much of this time as a school administrator in a number of IB World Schools in Asia Pacific, building up a first-hand understanding of the specific opportunities and requirements experienced in our exciting and diverse region. In addition to his school leadership roles, he has been a committed IB consultant, visiting team member and workshop leader. To further the development of exceptional IB World Schools, he will concentrate on continuing to improve the service aspects of School Services’ remit by focusing on the authorisation and evaluation processes.

Stuart worked in international education for 17 years prior to joining the IB. During his teaching career Stuart has gained experience in a variety of educational systems and administrative roles. As an administrator and DP coordinator in an IB school he helped to oversee the implementation and development of the programme, and subsequently took on a number of IB Educator roles in the Asia Pacific region. Before moving to his current role in the IB, Stuart worked for several years with the School Services team (Diploma) supporting schools in the authorization and evaluation processes.

Rosalyn is a seasoned events marketing professional with over 10 years’ experience working with international management consulting and marketing organizations.

Rosalyn combines strong event planning, event execution and client servicing skills to ensure the delivery of top caliber events. Having worked in various business environments in the US, Australia and New Zealand, Rosalyn possess strong client relationship management, partnerships, negotiation and communication skills. Rosalyn holds a Masters in communications with a specialization in events management.

Claire Forbes

Associate Regional Manager

Claire Forbes began working with the IB Asia Pacific Team in January 2013 as an Associate Manager for PYP. Her current role supports schools and educators in both the PYP and the DP as they work through the authorization and evaluation processes. Claire has more than 13 years’ experience working with the PYP, in schools in both Singapore and Hong Kong. She has worked in a variety of roles including grade level teacher, IT specialist, teacher-librarian and PYP coordinator. Claire is also an active member of the IB educator network, taking on regular roles as a workshop leader, school visitor and consultant. Claire is passionate about playbased education, not just for the early years!

Monita has over 12 years experience working with the PYP in a variety of roles including primary teacher, drama teacher, PYP coordinator, head of school, PYP workshop leader, school visitor, educational consultant, teacher-trainer and workshop developer.

Monita holds a Masters degree in Education and English Literature. Contact Monita regarding anything to do with the PYP authorization or evaluation process or if you have general questions regarding the Primary Years Programme.

Steven Wishart PYP Associate Manager Steven brings with him 19 years of educational experience, having worked in Australia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Singapore. Steven began his PYP journey more than ten years ago and has worked in a variety of roles including teaching, curriculum coordination and as a workshop leader. He designed the IB Learning Environment workshop and has presented throughout the Asia Pacific Region, Europe and the United States.

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Regional staff

Ashish Trivedi

Julian Jefferys

Melissa Fahlman

Tan Ming Kee

Regional School Services Manager Middle Years Programme

Regional School Services Manager Diploma Programme

Professional Development Manager, Asia Pacific

Schools Division Operations Manager

Ashish joined the International Baccalaureate organization as MYP Associate Regional Manager in August 2008. For the past 14 years he has taught in national and international schools in India, Indonesia and Japan as Head of Technology, MYP and Diploma Coordinator.

Ashish has been an MYP workshop leader and school visitor since 2004. He holds a Bachelors degree in Science and Masters degrees in Computer Education and Educational Leadership from universities in India and Australia.

Melissa joined the International Baccalaureate Organization as the Professional Development Manager at the end of August 2013. Prior to joining the IB, Melissa held various positions as an independent consultant, program manager for the public service in British Columbia, facilitator, and IB and public school teacher.

She holds a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA), as well as Bachelor of Education and Bachelor of Arts (English and History) degrees.

Ming Kee joined the International Baccalaureate in 2009 and has been in her current role since July 2011. Current responsibilities include managing all administration processes and systems related to authorization, evaluation and withdrawals of schools within the IB Asia Pacific regions. Prior to joining the IB, Ming Kee worked in DELL Global GV as software development manager and project manager with Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).

Ming Kee has 12 years of experience in project management and business analysis.

Avalokita Nanda

Gillian Presland

Dr Bradley Shrimpton

Sebastien Barnard

DP School Services Associate Manager

IB Educator Network Manager, Asia Pacific

Senior Research Manager

Regional Communications & Marketing Manager APAC

Bradley Shrimpton joined the International Baccalaureate as the Global Research Manager (AP) in 2012. Prior to commencing with the IB, Brad was as an academic coordinator and lecturer at the University of Melbourne where, over a 12 year period, he worked on a wide range of research and evaluation projects.

Bradley has received two national awards for his evaluation studies - the 2005 Australasian Evaluation Society ‘Community Development Award’, and 2007 Australasian Evaluation Society ‘Emerging New Talent Award’. He has been the author and coauthor of over 40 referred articles, book chapters and major reports.

Sebastien has over 17 years’ experience as a marketing communications, public relations and brand reputation management professional. Sebastien’s experience includes B2B, B2C and Public Sector marketing; understanding and working with the marketing and communication needs of leading MNCs’ and Government organisations. An IB Diploma graduate from UWCSEA and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Politics and Philosophy from The University of York, UK, Sebastien formerly held communication and marketing roles with the British Chamber of Commerce and various multinational corporations working throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Avalokita Nanda has a Bachelors degree in Education; and a Masters degree in Sociology specializing in Education and Women’s studies from the University of Pune in India. Over the 14 years she spent in schools, she has taught in all three IB programmes, putting into practice much she learnt from the early “Making the PYP happen”. Her previous educator roles with the IB include senior moderator and workshop leader for the MYP; and examiner, five year review Panel member and visiting team leader for the Diploma Programme.

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Over the last decade Julian has been advocating, explaining and working with the three International Baccalaureate Programmes.

He has worked in local and international school systems in the Asia Pacific region in a variety of leadership positions. Most recently, as the inaugural Diploma Coordinator at an independent school in Australia, Julian established and implemented the Diploma Programme. He holds a Masters in Educational Leadership specialising in the feasibility of schools intending to become IB World Schools.

Gill Presland joins the IBAP Regional Office, bringing over 20 years of educational experience. Gill began her teaching career as a secondary school teacher in Australia. She soon joined IB schools teaching throughout the PYP and MYP. Gill is an experienced MYP coordinator, a MYP curriculum developer and has designed professional development workshops for the IB. She is also an MYP Workshop Leader.

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Regional staff

Justin Sanders

Ana Jeremiah

Cheong Pei Wen

Priyamvada Taneja

Global Recognition

Schools Operations Associate

Development Associate Manager

Development Manager, India

Justin Sanders is Global Recognition Manager for the IB, and plays an active role in developing equitable postsecondary pathways for IB students. Prior to this role he served as research specialist for the IB. Before joining the IB, he was engaged in leadership development for US community college boards of trustees and CEOs, and served as an education volunteer with the US Peace Corps in Azerbaijan. Justin holds an MA in International Education from the George Washington University and a BA from the University of Arizona.

Provides direct support for the Development function’s work with schools, universities and governments through communication with stakeholders and monitoring of communications on online portals. Assumes the responsibility of deciding through research and analysis the recognition policies received would benefits IB students and to build relationships with Higher Education Institutions.

Priyamvada Taneja is currently the Development Manager for India based in New Delhi. Her work involves fostering the interests of the IB, its programmes and services in India. Prior to this, since 2010, she was working with universities and governments on recognition of the IB programmes with a particular emphasis on ensuring tertiary pathways for IB students in India. She has taught Theory of knowledge and was a long serving University Guidance Counsellor at The British School, New Delhi. With 15 years of experience of working in schools with young adults, she has attended and presented at IB workshops and conferences on university recognition and college counselling.

Deirdre Chang

Ishma Sharie Md Sharip

Ayumi Hoshino

Stella Jiang

Schools Operations Associate

Schools Operations Associate

Development Manager, Japan

Development Manager, China and Mongolia

Responsibilities: Front line support to authorisation and evaluation process of Diploma Programme which includes processing SIFs, application forms; coordinating visits between IB Educators and Schools; administer systems which includes IB Docs, IBAP Basecamp and IBIS. Main point of contact to advise IB coordinators and IB Educators about the administration side of authorisation and evaluation processes of DP.

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Responsibilities: Front line support to authorisation and evaluation process of Primary Years Programme which includes processing SIFs, application forms; coordinating visits between IB Educators and Schools; administer systems which includes IB Docs, IBAP Basecamp and IBIS. Main point of contact to advise IB coordinators and IB Educators about the administration side of authorisation and evaluation processes of PYP.

Responsibilities: Front line support to authorisation and evaluation process of Middle Years Programme which includes processing SIFs, application forms; coordinating visits between IB Educators and Schools; administer systems which includes IB Docs, IBAP Basecamp and IBIS. Main point of contact to advise IB coordinators and IB Educators about the administration side of authorisation and evaluation processes of MYP. Also assist in coordinating cross programme and synchronised visits.

Based in Tokyo, Ayumi Hoshino is the Development Manager for Japan. In her role, she will be working with schools interested in offering IB programmes and becoming IB World Schools. Ayumi is an experienced MYP Coordinator and MYP language B (English) teacher at Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary School (TGUISS) in Japan. She has taught English at Japanese local schools for over 25 years. Ayumi was a member of the IB Japanese translation team and is a workshop leader in Japanese language.

Based in Beijing, China, Stella Jiang will work with schools interested in becoming IB World Schools and extend the recognition of IB programmes in China and Mongolia with effect from 1 September 14. She holds a Master of Arts in Comparative Education from the Institute of Education, University of London. She has been involved in international education and assessment for more than 10 years working for the British Council for a number of years and most recently as Senior Schools Development Manager China and Hong Kong for a provider of international qualifications for 5-19 years old. Her broad experience in education fields has helped many schools in China adopt international programmes and she has built a solid reputation in the education community and with key decision makers.

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A Classroom Like No Other

Regional staff

Specialists in Educational Travel to Asia for High Schools.

Jessica Zhu

Marcia Behrenbruch

Development Manager, China and Mongolia

Development Manager, Australia and New Zealand

Based in Beijing, Jessica is the Development Associate Manager for China and Mongolia working alongside Stella Jiang. Jessica has extensive educational business management experiences, as well as teacher training for international and domestic education service organizations. Jessica has good working relationship with government, schools, organizations, education experts and investors.

Jessica has a Master of Communication degree from the Communication University of China. She is passionate about creating an interactive environment between Chinese and international education.

Faizol Musa Development Manager, South East Asia Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Faizol Musa works with schools interested in offering IB progammes, and key educational decision makers primarily in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Faizol began his career in education management at the British Council in Malaysia as the Acting Deputy Country Exams Director, where he also held the position of Examinations Services Manager. His last position was Schools Development Manager Indonesia for a provider of international qualifications for 5-19 year olds. He has built an excellent reputation and strong relationships with schools, pre-university colleges, universities, media and governments in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.

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Student Educational Adventures (SEA Travel)

Service learning & Social Justice Programs International Award trips Community Building Projects Cross-curriculum priority focused itineraries (Engagement with Asia) IB Curriculum Programs (CAS Activities) & History specific itineraries

Marcia Behrenbruch has over 25 years of experience as a teacher and school administrator living and working in Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Vietnam and Singapore.

Her research interests are inquiry learning, facilitating change in classroom practice and identifying factors that contribute to effective professional development. After three years as head of professional development for the PYP, she is now head of school services for Asia Pacific.

Student Educational Adventures (SEA Travel) is a dedicated student travel company who specialises in travel to the Asian region. All our trips are tailored to your specific needs and fully escorted by our own, full time tour leaders specifically trained to cater to the needs and requirements of high school teachers & students.

With offices in throughout Asia, we can arrange all aspects of your trip (including international flights & insurance) providing students and teachers with a most memorable experience in a safe travel environment. Naturally we can provide all appropriate risk assessments and references from other schools.

Our trips aren’t about passive learning – they’re about life experience and are specifically designed to ensure stimulating experiences for young, enquiring minds.

Student Educational Adventures is committed to strengthening community development in the region and we offer many and diverse trips with a focus on local engagement and programs specifically designed to adhere to IB curriculum criteria, CAS activities and service - learning programs.

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SCHEDULE

Wednesday 16 MARCH

IBAP Governance Seminar 09:00-15:30 | Meeting Room 1.01 Pre-Conference Special Session: Pre-Conference Special Session : Creating Pathways to Inclusion 09:00-12:00 | Meeting Room 1.02 Pre-Conference Special Session: Leadership, Wellbeing and Sustainability 09:00-15:30 | Meeting Room 1.03 Pre-Conference Special Session: Introduction to branding, the IB brand & promoting the IB to your communities 09:00-15:30 | Meeting Room 1.04

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Thursday 17 MARCH

Coordinators Forums (NEW): PYP, MYP, DP DP Coordinators Meeting (New): Room G.01 MYP Coordinators Meeting (New): Room G.02 PYP Coordinators Meeting (New): Room G.03 08:30-10:30 | 3 Meeting ROOM Coordinators Forums (EXPERIENCED): PYP, MYP, DP DP Coordinators Meeting (Experienced): Room G.04 MYP Coordinators Meeting (Experienced): Room G.05 PYP Coordinators Meeting (Experienced): Room G.06 08:30-10:30 | 3 Meeting ROOM

Pre-Conference Special Session: Promoting Diversity: Women and Leadership Workshop 09:00-15:30 | Meeting Room 1.05

Opening Performance: Sreenidhi International School Welcome Address - Siva Kumari, IB Director General Conference Overview - Stefanie Leong, Head of Regional Development Student Keynote Introduction 11:00-11:30 | Hall 4

Network Chairs Forum 17:00-18:30 | Meeting Room G.06

Keynote 1: Marc Prensky 11:30-12:30 | Hall 4 Lunch / Exhibition 12:30-14:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5 Breakout session One 14:30-15:30 Breakout session Two 15:45-16:45 Welcome Cocktail, evening performance: Canadian International School 18:00-20:00 | VERANDA

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SCHEDULE

Friday 18 MARCH

Welcome / Intros / Updates Opening Performance: Fountainhead School 09:00-09:30 | Hall 4 Keynote 2: Linda Lantieri 09:30-10:30 | Hall 4 Morning Tea / Exhibition 10:30-11:10 | Hall 1-3 & 5 Breakout Session Three 11:15-12:15 Lunch / Exhibition 12:15-14:00 | Hall 1-3 & 5 Breakout Session Four 14:15-15:15

SCHEDULE

SaturDAY 19 MARCH

Breakout Session SEVEN 09:00-10:00 Morning Tea / Exhibition 10:00-10:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5 Breakout Session EIGHT 10:45-11:45 Lunch / Exhibition 12:00-13:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5 Breakout Session nine 13:00-14:00 Afternoon Tea / Exhibition 14:00-14:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5

Breakout Session Five 15:30-16:30

Welcome / Intros / Updates Opening Performance: Oakridge International School Newton Campus 14:30-15:00 | Hall 4

Afternoon Tea / Exhibition 16:30-17:00 | Hall 1-3 & 5

Keynote 3: Dr Helen Fisher 15:00-15:45 | Hall 4

Breakout Session Six 17:15-18:15

Closing Address & Announcement of Venue for 2017 15:45-16:00 | Hall 4 Bus Pick up for DINNER 18:15-19:15 | HOTEL LOBBY Conference Gala Dinner @ Fort Grand (pre-dinner drinks at 1900hours) 19:00-23:15 | Venue

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MR G.01 MR G.02 MR G.03 MR G.04

International Certification for your School Community

MR G.05

Shape the International Baccalaureate with the IB Director General

MR G.06

Lunch / Exhibition 12:30-14:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5

Embedded Ownership: A constructivist approach to maximizing student curricular engagement

Developing a culture of Collegial Inquiry via professional learning circles The IB’s outreach efforts to the higher education community From coordination to leadership: moving beyond the tasks

MR 1.03

Keynote 1: Marc Prensky 11:30-12:30 | Hall 4

MYP eAssessment: What’s happening in the new on-screen examinations?

Monita Sen/Claire Forbes - International Baccalaureate Organization

Gareth Hegarty/Robert Harrison - International Baccalaureate Organization

Crystina Lewis/Lee Sterling III - International School of Tianjin

Peter Gittins - Council of International Schools

Dr Siva Kumari - International Baccalaureate Organization

Dr Rosemary Martin - Taylor’s Education Group

Paul Sanders - International Baccalaureate Organization

Judith Curtis/Teresa Tung - NIST International School

IB programme impact research - current and future studies

Dr Bradley Shrimpton/Dr Mary Hayden/Professor Jeff Thompson - International Baccalaureate Organization/University of Bath

MR 1.04

Opening Performance: Sreenidhi International School Welcome Address - Siva Kumari, IB Director General Conference Overview - Stefanie Leong, Head of Regional Development Student Keynote Introduction 11:00-11:30 | Hall 4

Breakout Session 1 14:30-15:30

Coordinators Forums (EXPERIENCED): PYP, MYP, DP DP Coordinators Meeting (Experienced): Room G.04 MYP Coordinators Meeting (Experienced): Room G.05 PYP Coordinators Meeting (Experienced): Room G.06 08:30-10:30 | 3 Meeting ROOM

Becoming a PYP School - from Candidacy to Authorization

The theory to practice embedding social and emotional learning

MR 1.05

Coordinators Forums (NEW): PYP, MYP, DP DP Coordinators Meeting (New): Room G.01 MYP Coordinators Meeting (New): Room G.02 PYP Coordinators Meeting (New): Room G.03 08:30-10:30 | 3 Meeting ROOM

Thursday 17 MARCH

MR 1.01

OVERVIEW

MR 1.02

Thursday 17 MARCH

Ways of knowing are critical in shaping our approach to interdisciplinary learning

MR 1.06

OVERVIEW

Unpacking critical thinking in DP subjects: a case study

Wendy Crow/Philippa Herron/Tim Salisbury - The Friends’ School

Kim Green/Jeremy Otto - International School Dhaka/Independent

Dr. Kate Lin - International Baccalaureate Organization

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Cartoon Education = Education for All

MR G.03

Review of the 2015 assessment sessions and outline current and future developments in DP assessment

MR G.04

Mindfulness in Education: Teaching with Body, Mind and Heart Affecting educational change in the IB Asia Pacific region and beyond

FriDAY 18 MARCH

Welcome / Intros / Updates Opening Performance: Fountainhead School 09:00-09:30 | Hall 4 Keynote 2: Linda Lantieri 09:30-10:30 | Hall 4

Gary Goodwin - Canadian International School of Beijing

Richard Penrose/Paula Wilcock - International Baccalaureate Organization

MR 1.04

Bilingual Education: A New Model of Differentiated Learning

MR 1.05

Leading Change

MR 1.06

Academic integrity: making it work in schools

Addressing Your issues about teaching and Technology

Rachel Poff/Huali Xiong - Canadian International School Singapore

Mike Johnston - Compass Education

Antony Mayrhofer - St Paul’s Grammar School

Marc Prensky

MR G.01 MR G.02 MR G.03 MR G.04 MR G.05

Elizabeth K. Y Loh/Loretta C. W. Tam/ Wen-Yun Lin - The University of Hong Kong/National Taipei University of Education

Information session on the process of Application for Candidacy Planning your IB Professional Development

MR 1.01

Developing International Mindedness Through Online Collaborative Learning: A Case Study of an Webbased Bilingual Student Magazine

The Mindful School Leader: Cultivating Full Presence

MR 1.02

Sarah Mason - Claremont Evaluation Center

DP Academic Update

MR 1.03

Making evaluation work for you: Maximizing the benefits of evaluation in the IB context

Malcolm McKenzie/Lucy Stonehill - Keystone Academy/BridgeU

Breakout Session 3 11:15-12:15

MR 1.01

Alison Smith/Yi-Chun Chen - International Baccalaureate Organization

Robert Harrison - International Baccalaureate Organization James Monk/Jenny Gillett - International Baccalaureate Organization Linda Lantieri - The Inner Resilience Program

Pamela Bender/Priyamvada Taneja - International Baccalaureate Organization Stuart Jones/Melissa Fahlman/Sue Richards - International Baccalaureate Organization

Higher education admissions session I - India

Arjun Puri/Mike Knowles/B.S.Satyanarayana/Maya Dodd - Jindal Global University (JGU)/Ansal University/BML Munjal University/FLAME University

Inside the Ombudsman’s Office Indumati Sen - Ombudsman

Preservice Teachers’ Reflection on IB as One of the Global Curriculum System

Wen-Yun Lin/Elizabeth Ka-Yee Loh/Warangkana Lin - National Taipei University of Education/The University of Hong Kong/I-Shou University

MR 1.04

Educators’ feedback on IB online professional development courses: extending your PD experience beyond geographic borders

MYP eAssessment: How Do We Help our Students Prepare?

JoAn Radojkovich/Andrea Strachan - Canadian International School (Singapore)

Constructing meaning together through language learning

MR 1.06

Andrew Macdonald/Ian Chambers - International Baccalaureate Organization

Rediscovering Kindergarten: Redefining the landscape of Early Learning within a PYP context

MR G.06

Morning Tea / Exhibition 10:30-11:10 | Hall 1-3 & 5

Krysten Fort-Catanese - Phuket International Academy (PIA)

How technology and big data are changing higher education decisions for the globally minded IB student

MR 1.03

OVERVIEW

Monita Sen/Claire Forbes - International Baccalaureate Organization

MR 1.02

MR G.06

Ensuring Quality Implementation – Supporting PYP School’s Self Study and Evaluation

MR G.05

Thursday 17 MARCH

HALL 3

Breakout Session 2 15:45-16:45

OVERVIEW

Making the Connection: The mathematics and art of the Harmonographs

Cecile Doyen - International Baccalaureate Organization Pierre Lacoste - International School of Asia, Karuizawa

Welcome Cocktail, evening performance: Canadian International School 18:00-20:00 | VERANDA

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MR 1.04

Playful inquiry in early learning communities: A provocation Interdisciplinarianism: Thinking inside and outside the box Diploma Programme - From Candidacy to Authorisation

Sara Colville - Flinders University, EMS

Sue Richards/Rupal Arora - International Baccalaureate Organization

Bernard Kerr - Binus School Simprug Indonesia

Julian Jefferys/Avi Nanda - International Baccalaureate Organization

MR G.01

MR 1.03

Developing and Promoting International Mindedness

John Nicholls - Nord Anglia Education

MR G.02

MR 1.02

12 Ways To Become A Resilient Leader

Stefanie Leong - International Baccalaureate Organization

MR G.03

MR 1.01

Asia Pacific regional recognition updates

Gill Presland/Margie Lope/Dalit Halevi Shaul/Juner Garcia - International Baccalaureate Organization

MR G.04

MR G.06

Global IBEN: Who, What, Why, How, and When

Jane Altemen - NIST International School Bangkok Thailand

MR G.05

MR G.05

50 Activities to Teach Scientific Thinking to Grades 1 to 12

MR 1.05

Dr Sarah Manlove/Sarah Mason - International Baccalaureate Organization/Claremont Evaluation Center

The new phase: Implementing the CP in a variety of contexts

Conversation with the IB Academic, Assessment and External Academic Relations Officers

MR G.06

How does IB Research inform curriculum development and implementation?

Breakout Session 5 15:30-16:30

Mark Lewis - Carey Baptist Grammar School

Diploma Programme Core Update

Great teachers are made not born!

Higher education admissions session II

A Sense of Accomplishment at Huijia - Localization of IB Education

MR 1.03

Ashish Trivedi - International Baccalaureate Organization

MYP Evaluation: Getting it right!

Angela Meikle/Trish McNair - Western Academy of Beijing

Ashish Trivedi - International Baccalaureate Organization

James Monk/Jenny Gillet - International Baccalaureate Organization

Avalokita Nanda - International Baccalaureate Organization

David Hawley/Paula Wilcock/John Bader - International Baccalaureate Organization

Benjamin Barrington-Higgs/Sue Gough - Newington College - Lindfield Paul Teulon/Lee Gee Teo/Alison Jenkins - King’s College London/SIM Global Education/ UNSW Australia

Michael M Yi - Beijing Huijia Private School

Unpacking the Meaning of International Mindedness: A Case Study of K-12 International Baccalaureate School

Dr. Warangkana Lin /Chen Cheng Chun/Elizabeth K. Y Loh - I-Shou University/National Kaohsiung Normal University/The University of Hong Kong

MR 1.04

MR G.03

International mindedness - the black box for the IB Practitioner

Dr Michelle Cafini - Rivercrest Christian College

Beyond Foods & Festivals: Unpacking International Mindedness Across the IB Continuum

Living the language policy in a PYP school

MR 1.05

MR G.01 MR G.02

MYP Authorization: What it takes?

MR G.04

Differentiation in the PYP classroom

MR 1.06

Breakout Session 4 14:15-15:15

Lunch / Exhibition 12:15-14:00 | Hall 1-3 & 5

FriDAY 18 MARCH

MR 1.01

OVERVIEW

MR 1.02

FriDAY 18 MARCH

Providing Access to MYP Assessment Criteria for All Learners

MR 1.06

OVERVIEW

The Diploma Programme process of Evaluation

Carolyn Thistlethwaite - Trinity Lutheran College

Caroline Rennie/Jodi Kittle - Chadwick International

Julian Jefferys - International Baccalaureate Organization Afternoon Tea / Exhibition 16:30-17:00 | Hall 1-3 & 5

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Holly Bowen Reardon/Katie Knight - Western Academy of Beijing

Robert Harrison/Gareth Hegarty - International Baccalaureate Organization

Language A other than English courses in the IB Diploma Programme: the cases of French and Hindi A at UWCSEA East (Singapore) Laurie Kraaijeveld - UWCSEA East

MR G.01 MR G.03

MR G.02

MYP eAssessment: Is It Right for My School?

Breakout Session 7 09:00-10:00

Chen-Cheng Chun/Ya-Chen Cheng/Wen-Yun Lin - National Kaohsiung Normal University

MR G.04

MR 1.04

Projecting Units of Inquiry

Minhaj Arastu - Focus High School

MR G.05

MR 1.03

A Multi-site Case Study on IB Chinese Teachers’ Perspective of Chinese as a Global/Local Language

Stuart Easter/John Spinks - Edinburgh University/The University of Hong Kong

Nicholas Forde - The ISF Academy, Hong Kong

Universal Design for Learning: A framework for teaching and learning in the inclusive classroom

MR G.06

MR 1.02

Equity and access to IB education, in Hyderabad and beyond

Richard Bruford/Renee Rehfeldt - Suzhou Singapore International School

From principles into practice: the pedagogical leadership role of the IB Diploma Programme coordinator in schools Selecting the right Career Related Study Course

MR 1.01

MR 1.01

Higher education admissions session III

Marcia Behrenburch - International Baccalaureate Organization

Mary Condon - Milagro Educational Consulting LLC

Kelly Creamer/Cheong Pei Wen - International Baccalaureate Organization

Dr. Kala Parasuram - International Baccalaureate Organization

IB educator certificates: A panel discussion from the university and student perspective

Kate Kuhn/Dr. Mary Hayden/Priyamvada Taneja - International Baccalaureate Organization

University Admissions

Paula Sanderson/Sara Alsayyed - University of Reading/Erasmus University Rotterdam/University of Toronto

MR 1.02

MR G.06

Three Practical Ways to Cultivate Professional Learning in your school, and beyond

James Monk/Richard Penrose - International Baccalaureate Organization

Sean Rankin/Pamela Bender/Erin Albright/Wendy Hedges - International Baccalaureate Organization

Crafting quality MYP inquiry statements/DP concept statements

Saturday 19 MARCH

Ronnie Pratt - Trinity Grammar Junior School

Developing collaboration in a diverse community

MR 1.03

MR G.05

Receive tailored services to enhance your IB programme(s)

Dr Mary Robyn - St Paul’s Grammar School

Inquiry and concept based learning in the Visual Arts

IB educators as researchers: how universities can support them

MR 1.04

MR G.04

CP in an Australian Context

Nicky Bourgeois/Beth Queeney-Dressler - NIST International School

Governing an IB World School - the key responsibilities

MR 1.05

MR G.03

Current and future directions in the design of DP curriculum and assessment

OVERVIEW

MR 1.06

MR G.01 MR G.02

Welcoming new students

MR 1.05

FriDAY 18 MARCH

Causation: Conceptual Co-Teaching Relationships

MR 1.06

Breakout Session 6 17:15-18:15

OVERVIEW

Darlene Fisher - ECI Schools

Mary Hayden/Jeff Thompson - University of Bath

Don Walkley - Australian Institute for School Governance

Curriculum Connections: Making connections between IB Programmes and your local, state, or national curriculum requirements Sean Rankin - International Baccalaureate Organization

Ethical Practice in the Diploma Programme

Kevin House/Julian Jeffery - International Baccalaureate Organization

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MR 1.01

Higher education admissions session IV

MR 1.02

Developing IB Leaders for Diverse Communities

MR 1.03

Transdisciplinary Theme and the Exhibition

MR 1.04

My School: Improving the authorization and evaluation journey with technology

MR 1.06

Christer Diane De La Cruz - International Baccalaureate Organization Stuart Easter/John Spinks - King’s College London/Edinburgh University/Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad

Dr Gerard Calnin/Sue Richards - The University of Melbourne/International Baccalaureate Organisation

Iain Riley - Shanghai United International School

Pamela Bender/Lyndsay J. Agans - International Baccalaureate Organization

Partnerships Between IB World Schools and Universities: Collaborating to Host IB World Student Conferences Ross Duran - International Baccalaureate Organization

Showcasing IB Alumni

Siva Kumari - International Baccalaureate Organization Lunch / Presentation Sessions / Exhibition 12:00-13:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5

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MR G.02

MR G.06

Innovative online learning

Jane Drake - International Baccalaureate Organization

MR G.03

MR G.05

Insights into International Mindedness

Tee Siok Hoon/Kavita Jaisi - Fairview International School, Kuala Lumpur

MR G.04

MR G.04

Exploration of concepts and international-mindedness through expeditions

Celina Garza - International Baccalaureate Organization

The future of CAS-a personal view Creating Online Professional Development for IBDP teachers

MR G.05

MR G.03

Lessons learned from the academic honesty survey

Regina Webb - C. A. Lindsay Middle School, Hampton City Schools

Shaping your environment - how to design your learning spaces based on your pedagogy

Affordable, flexible and accessible UK degrees - discover the University of Reading Malaysia

MR 1.01

MR G.02

The Teacher in Mirror: Connect Writing to Apps to Get the “Fairest” Writing

Rene Ren/Ally Wu - Wai International School

Breakout Session 9 13:00-14:00

MR G.01

Mathematics in PYP Schools in China

MR 1.05

Breakout Session 8 10:45-11:45

Morning Tea / Exhibition 10:00-10:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5

Saturday 19 MARCH

Associations of IB World Schools (KOREA) Networking Information session for all schools

MR 1.02

OVERVIEW

Associations of IB World Schools (INDIA) Networking Information session for all schools

MR 1.03

Saturday 19 MARCH

Associations of IB World Schools (KOREA) Networking Information session for all schools

MR 1.04

OVERVIEW

Associations of IB World Schools (KOREA) Networking Information session for all schools

Grant van der Kruk - Furnware

Cambridge University Press

Melbourne Graduate School of Education - The University of Melbourne

Paula Sanderson - University of Reading Malaysia

Afternoon Tea / Exhibition 14:00-14:30 | Hall 1-3 & 5 Welcome / Intros / Updates Opening Performance: Oakridge International School Newton Campus 14:30-15:00 | Hall 4 Keynote 3: Dr Helen Fisher 15:00-15:45 | Hall 4 Closing Address & Announcement of Venue for 2017 15:45-16:00 | Hall 4 Bus Pick up for DINNER 18:15-19:15 | HOTEL LOBBY Conference Gala Dinner @ Fort Grand (pre-dinner drinks at 1900hours) 19:00-23:15 | Venue

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STRAND / SESSION # Breakout Session 1 1430-1530

PYP

MYP

Monita Sen/Claire Forbes International Baccalaureate Organization Becoming a PYP School - from Candidacy to Authorization

Gareth Hegarty/Robert Harrison International Baccalaureate Organization MYP eAssessment: What’s happening in the new on-screen examinations?

Meeting Room G.01

Meeting Room G.02

DP Crystina Lewis/Lee Sterling III International School of Tianjin Embedded Ownership: A constructivist approach to maximizing student curricular engagement

Coninuum Peter Gittins Council of International Schools International Certification for your School Community Meeting Room G.04

Professional Development / Adult Learning

University Admissions

Dr Rosemary Martin Taylor’s Education Group Developing a culture of Collegial Inquiry via professional learning circles

Paul Sanders International Baccalaureate Organization The IB’s outreach efforts to the higher education community

Meeting Room G.06

Meeting Room 1.01

Leadership / Governance Judith Curtis/Teresa Tung NIST International School From coordination to leadership: moving beyond the tasks Meeting Room 1.02

Researching the IB Dr Bradley Shrimpton/Dr Mary Hayden/Professor Jeff Thompson International Baccalaureate Organization/University of Bath IB programme impact research - current and future studies Meeting Room 1.03

Meeting Room G.03

BREAK OUT SESSION 2 1545-1645

Wendy Crow/Philippa Herron/Tim Salisbury The Friends’ School The theory to practice embedding social and emotional learning

Kim Green International School Dhaka Ways of knowing are critical in shaping our approach to interdisciplinary learning

Dr. Kate Lin International Baccalaureate Organization Unpacking critical thinking in DP subjects: a case study

Meeting Room 1.04

Meeting Room 1.05

Meeting Room 1.06

Monita Sen/Claire Forbes International Baccalaureate Organization Ensuring Quality Implementation – Supporting PYP School’s Self Study and Evaluation

Gary Goodwin Canadian International School of Beijing The theory to Cartoon Education = Education for All

Richard Penrose/Paula Wilcock International Baccalaureate Organization Review of the 2015 assessment sessions and outline current and future developments in DP assessment

Meeting Room G.02

Meeting Room G.01

Dr Siva Kumari Shape the International Baccalaureate with the IB Director General Meeting Room G.05

Krysten Fort-Catanese Phuket International Academy (PIA) Mindfulness in Education: Teaching with Body, Mind and Heart Meeting Room G.04

Meeting Room G.03

Alison Smith/Yi-Chun Chen International Baccalaureate Organization Educators’ feedback on IB online professional development courses: extending your PD experience beyond geographic borders

Malcolm McKenzie/Lucy Stonehill Keystone Academy/BridgeU How technology and big data are changing higher education decisions for the globally minded IB student

Meeting Room G.06

Meeting Room 1.01

Sarah Mason Claremont Evaluation Center Making evaluation work for you: Maximizing the benefits of evaluation in the IB context Meeting Room 1.02

Elizabeth K. Y Loh/Loretta C. W. Tam/Wen-Yun Lin The University of Hong Kong/ National Taipei University of Education Developing International Mindedness Through Online Collaborative Learning: A Case Study of an Web-based Bilingual Student Magazine Meeting Room 1.03

Rachel Poff/Huali Xiong Canadian International School Singapore Bilingual Education: A New Model of Differentiated Learning Meeting Room 1.04

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Mike Johnston Compass Education Leading Change Meeting Room 1.05

Antony Mayrhofer St Paul’s Grammar School Academic integrity: making it work in schools Meeting Room 1.06

Andrew Macdonald/Ian Chambers International Baccalaureate Organization Affecting educational change in the IB Asia Pacific region and beyond Meeting Room G.05

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STRAND / SESSION # BREAKOUT SESSION 3 1115-1215

PYP

MYP

DP

Coninuum

JoAn Radojkovich/ Andrea Strachan Canadian International School (Singapore) Rediscovering Kindergarten: Redefining the landscape of Early Learning within a PYP context

Robert Harrison International Baccalaureate Organization MYP eAssessment: How Do We Help our Students Prepare?

James Monk/Jenny Gillett International Baccalaureate Organization DP Academic Update

Pamela Bender/ Priyamvada Taneja International Baccalaureate Organization Information session on the process of Application for Candidacy

Meeting Room G.02

Meeting Room G.03

Meeting Room G.05

Professional Development / Adult Learning Stuart Jones/Melissa Fahlman/Sue Richards International Baccalaureate Organization Planning your IB Professional Development Meeting Room G.06

Meeting Room G.01 Pierre Lacoste International School of Asia, Karuizawa Making the Connection: The mathematics and art of the Harmonographs

Meeting Room 1.04

Dr Michelle Cafini Rivercrest Christian College Differentiation in the PYP classroom Meeting Room G.01

Arjun Puri/Mike Knowles/ B.S.Satyanarayana/Maya Dodd O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)/Ansal University/Shiv Nadar University/FLAME University Higher education admissions session I - India

Leadership / Governance Linda Lantieri MA, The Inner Resilience Program The Mindful School Leader: Cultivating Full Presence Meeting Room G.04

Researching the IB Wen-Yun Lin/Elizabeth Ka-Yee Loh/Warangkana Lin National Taipei University of Education/The University of Hong Kong/I-Shou University Preservice Teachers’ Reflection on IB as One of the Global Curriculum System Meeting Room 1.03

Meeting Room 1.01

Cecile Doyen International Baccalaureate Organization Constructing meaning together through language learning

BREAKOUT SESSION 4 1415-1515

University Admissions

Indumati Sen LL.M., Ombudsman Inside the Ombudsman’s Office Meeting Room 1.02

Meeting Room 1.06 Ashish Trivedi International Baccalaureate Organization MYP Authorization: What it takes?

Meeting Room G.02

Mark Lewis Carey Baptist Grammar School International mindedness - the black box for the IB Practitioner Meeting Room G.03

Dr Sarah Manlove/Sarah Mason International Baccalaureate Organization/Claremont Evaluation Center How does IB Research inform curriculum development and implementation?

Gill Presland/Margie Lope/ Dalit Halevi Shauli/Juner Garcia International Baccalaureate Organization Global IBEN: Who, What, Why, How, and When Meeting Room G.06

Stefanie Leong International Baccalaureate Organization Asia Pacific regional recognition updates Meeting Room 1.01

John Nicholls Nord Anglia Education 12 Ways To Become A Resilient Leader Meeting Room 1.02

Sara Colville Flinders University, EMS Developing and Promoting International Mindedness Meeting Room 1.03

Meeting Room G.04 Sue Richards/Rupal Arora International Baccalaureate Organization Playful inquiry in early learning communities: A provocation Meeting Room 1.04

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Bernard Kerr Binus School Simprug Indonesia Interdisciplinarianism: Thinking inside and outside the box

Julian Jefferys/Avi Nanda International Baccalaureate Organization Diploma Programme - From Candidacy to Authorisation

Jane Altemen NIST International School Bangkok Thailand 50 Activities to Teach Scientific Thinking to Grades 1 to 12

Meeting Room 1.05

Meeting Room 1.06

Meeting Room G.05

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STRAND / SESSION # BREAKOUT SESSION 5 1530 - 1630

PYP Carolyn Thistlethwaite Trinity Lutheran College Living the language policy in a PYP school Meeting Room 1.04

MYP

DP

Ashish Trivedi International Baccalaureate Organization Beyond Foods & Festivals: Unpacking International Mindedness Across the IB Continuum

Glen Morgan Queensland Academy Creative Industries Positive Education Using the principles of positive education in an IB classroom

Meeting Room G.02

Meeting Room G.03

CP Avalokita Nanda International Baccalaureate Organization The new phase: Implementing the CP in a variety of contexts Meeting Room G.04

Continuum Denise Perrault International Baccalaureate Organization Online resources: supporting teaching and learning with technology in IB schools

Professional Development / Adult Learning Benjamin BarringtonHiggs/Sue Gough Newington College Lindfield Great teachers are made not born!

Meeting Room G.06

University Admissions

Leadership / Governance

Paul Teulon/Lee Gee Teo/Alison Jenkins King’s College London/ SIM Global Education/ UNSW Australia Higher education admissions session II

Michael M Yi Beijing Huijia Private School A Sense of Accomplishment at Huijia Localization of IB Education

Meeting Room 1.01

Meeting Room 1.02

Meeting Room G.05

Researching the IB Dr. Warangkana Lin/ Chen Cheng Chun/ Elizabeth K. Y Loh I-Shou University/ National Kaohsiung Normal University/The University of Hong Kong Unpacking the Meaning of International Mindedness: A Case Study of K-12 International Baccalaureate School Meeting Room 1.03

Caroline Rennie/Jodi Kittle Chadwick International Providing Access to MYP Assessment Criteria for All Learners Meeting Room 1.05

David Hawley/Paula Wilcock/John Bader International Baccalaureate Organization CONVERSATION WITH THE IB ACADEMIC, ASSESSMENT AND EXTERNAL ACADEMIC RELATIONS OFFICERS

Julian Jefferys International Baccalaureate Organization The Diploma Programme process of Evaluation Meeting Room 1.06

Meeting Room G.05

BREAKOUT SESSION 6 1715-1815

Nicky Bourgeois/Beth Queeney-Dressler NIST International School Causation: Conceptual Co-Teaching Relationships

Dr Mary Robyn St Paul’s Grammar School Welcoming new students Meeting Room G.02

Meeting Room G.01

James Monk/Richard Penrose International Baccalaureate Organization Current and future directions in the design of DP curriculum and assessment Meeting Room G.03

Holly Bowen Reardon/ Katie Knight Western Academy of Beijing Projecting Units of Inquiry

Robert Harrison/Gareth Hegarty International Baccalaureate Organization MYP eAssessment: Is It Right for My School?

Meeting Room 1.04

Meeting Room 1.05

Marcia Behrenburch International Baccalaureate Organization CP in an Australian Context Meeting Room G.04

Sean Rankin/Pamela Bender/Erin Albright/ Wendy Hedges International Baccalaureate Organization Receive tailored services to enhance your IB programme(s)

Richard Bruford/Renee Rehfeldt Suzhou Singapore International School Three Practical Ways to Cultivate Professional Learning in your school, and beyond

Meeting Room G.05

Meeting Room G.06

Stuart Easter/John Spinks Edinburgh University/ The University of Hong Kong Higher education admissions session III

Minhaj Arastu Focus High School Equity and access to IB education, in Hyderabad and beyond Meeting Room 1.02

Holly Bowen Reardon Western Academy of Beijing Projecting Units of Inquiry Meeting Room 1.03

Meeting Room 1.01

Laurie Kraaijeveld UWCSEA East Language A other than English courses in the IB Diploma Programme: the cases of French and Hindi A at UWCSEA East (Singapore) Meeting Room 1.06

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STRAND / SESSION # BREAKOUT SESSION 7 0900-1000

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MYP

DP

CP

Continuum

Professional Development / Adult Learning

Ronnie Pratt Trinity Grammar Junior School Inquiry and concept based learning in the Visual Arts

Mary Condon Milagro Educational Consulting LLC Crafting quality MYP inquiry statements/ DP concept statements

Nicholas Forde The ISF Academy, Hong Kong From principles into practice: the pedagogical leadership role of the IB Diploma Programme coordinator in schools

Kelly Creamer International Baccalaureate Organization Selecting the right Career Related Study Course

Dr. Kala Parasuram International Baccalaureate Organization Universal Design for Learning: A framework for teaching and learning in the inclusive classroom

Kate Kuhn/Dr. Mary Hayden/Priyamvada Taneja International Baccalaureate Organization IB educator certificates: A panel discussion from the university and student perspective

Meeting Room G.03

Meeting Room G.05

Meeting Room G.06

Kevin House/Julian Jefferys International Baccalaureate Organization Ethical Practice in the Diploma Programme

Sean Rankin International Baccalaureate Organization Curriculum Connections: Making connections between IB Programmes and your local, state, or national curriculum requirements

Meeting Room G.01

Meeting Room G.02

Meeting Room 1.06

Meeting Room G.04

University Admissions

Leadership / Governance

Paula Sanderson/Sara Alsayyed University of Reading/ University of Toronto Higher education admissions session IV

Darlene Fisher ECI Schools Developing collaboration in a diverse community Meeting Room 1.02

Meeting Room 1.01

Researching the IB Mary Hayden/Jeff Thompson University of Bath IB educators as researchers: how universities can support them Meeting Room 1.03

Don Walkley Australian Institute for School Governance Governing an IB World School - the key responsibilities Meeting Room 1.04

Meeting Room 1.05

BREAKOUT SESSION 8 1045-1145

Rene Ren/Ally Wu Shen Wai International School Mathematics in PYP Schools in China Meeting Room G.01

Regina Webb C. A. Lindsay Middle School, Hampton City Schools The Teacher in Mirror: Connect Writing to Apps to Get the “Fairest�

Writing

Celina Garza International Baccalaureate Organization Lessons learned from the academic honesty survey Meeting Room G.03

Meeting Room G.02

Tee Siok Hoon/Kavita Jaisi Fairview International School, Kuala Lumpur/ Fairview International School, Subang Exploration of concepts and internationalmindedness through expeditions

Analourdes Herrera/ Christer Diane De La Cruz International Baccalaureate Organization Innovative online learning Meeting Room G.06

Stuart Easter/John Spinks/Alexander Yee Edinburgh University/ The University of Hong Kong/Australian National University Higher education admissions session IV

Dr Gerard Calnin/Sue Richards The University of Melbourne/International Baccalaureate Organisation Developing IB Leaders for Diverse Communities

Meeting Room 1.01

Meeting Room 1.02

Meeting Room G.04 Iain Riley Shanghai United International School Transdisciplinary Theme and the Exhibition Meeting Room 1.03

Ross Duran International Baccalaureate Organization Partnerships Between IB World Schools and Universities: Collaborating to Host IB World Student Conferences

Jane Drake International Baccalaureate Organization Insights into International Mindedness

Siva Kumari International Baccalaureate Organization Showcasing IB Alumni

Meeting Room G.05

Meeting Room 1.06

Meeting Room 1.05 Pamela Bender/Lyndsay J. Agans International Baccalaureate Organization My School: Improving the authorization and evaluation journey with technology Meeting Room 1.04

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BREAKOUT SESSION 9 1300-1400

Grant van der Kruk Furnware Shaping your environment - how to design your learning spaces based on your pedagogy

Associations of IB World Schools (KOREA) Networking Information session for all schools

Meeting Room G.02 Cambridge University Press The future of CAS-a personal view Meeting Room G.03 Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Creating Online Professional Development for IBDP teachers

Associations of IB World Schools (India) Networking Information session for all schools

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Associations of IB World Schools (Australia) Networking Information session for all schools

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Associations of IB World Schools (China) Networking Information session for all schools

Meeting Room G.05

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Marc Prensky Keynote Speaker | Thursday 17 March

Marc Prensky

Keynote Abstract

Internationally Acclaimed Thought Leader and “Practical Visionary”; Founder, The Global Future Education and Foundation Institute; and Author Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and innovator in the field of education.

He is considered one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between learning and technology. Marc offers deep experience and insight into educating today’s youth and into using technology - including social media, virtual worlds, programming, games and apps — in powerful ways for learning.

Marc Prensky is a true and unusual “outside the box” thinker, offering deep insight into how we must update our perspectives—in education, business

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and many other fields—for today’s and tomorrow’s world. Marc challenges audiences—from teachers to executives to doctors—to go beyond buzzwords such as “creativity” and “innovation,” and fundamentally rethink what we teach, all while integrating technology in new and powerful ways. Inventor of the terms “digital native,” “digital immigrant” and more recently “digital wisdom,” Marc is a “practical visionary”—a forward-thinking innovator with ideas that are generally years ahead of the rest of the world AND a host of practical suggestions for where to begin today.

Teaching And Training In The 21St Century

The concepts of “education”, “teaching” and “training” are going through profound changes in our time—and not just because of technology. In the past, our educational goals evolved from “imitating” to “learning.” But to deal with our turbulent times, it is now necessary, says Marc Prensky, to adopt the far more far-reaching and useful goal of “becoming.” In our turbulent third millennium, with its coming deep exploration of both outer and virtual space, we need all our students and workers to become capable, good people who improve the world they live in. To succeed going forward,

says Prensky, all students and all workers will need to master, in all their complex facets, the core skills of Effective Thinking, Effective Action, Effective Relationships and Effective Accomplishment—strongly supported by technology. In this original and insightful talk, Prensky shows audiences how such a “new core” can be integrated into our teaching and training, using a new methodology of “accomplishment-based education.”

Prensky also shows how to avoid letting the “luster” of the new technologies mask the real progress we need in education and training.

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Linda Lantieri, MA Keynote Speaker | Friday 18 March

Linda Lantieri, MA

Director of The Inner Resilience Program and Senior Program Advisor of Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) Linda Lantieri, MA has been in the field in education for over 40 years in a variety of capacities: classroom teacher, assistant principal, director of a middle school in East Harlem, and faculty member at Hunter College in New York City. Currently she serves as the Director of The Inner Resilience Program whose mission is to cultivate the inner lives of students, teachers and schools by integrating social and emotional learning with contemplative practice. In 1985, she co-founded the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP), a research- based K-8 social

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and emotional learning program that has been implemented in over 400 schools. Linda is also one of the founding board members of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). She is the co-author of Waging Peace in Our Schools (Beacon Press, 1996) editor of Schools with Spirit: Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and Teachers (Beacon Press, 2001), and author of Building Emotional Intelligence: Techniques to Cultivate Inner Strength in Children (Sounds True, 2008).

Keynote Abstract Cultivating The Social, Emotional And Inner Life Of Educators And Students This presentation will address how adults and children can actively cultivate the pro-social and mental qualities that nurture social and emotional learning for oneself and others. We will discuss how the processes of mindfulness, emotional balance, and relationship building contribute towards educating both children’s hearts and minds as a regular part of their school lives. By making social and emotional learning (SEL)

and mindful awareness practices an integral part of a child’s educational experience, research has found that we can successfully address the deeply intertwined academic, social, and emotional needs of students. As we build inner strength and greater resiliency in both adults and children, we are better able to meet the challenges and opportunities we face in the high-stress environments and uncertain times in which we live.

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Helen Fisher, PhD Keynote Speaker | Saturday 19 March

Helen Fisher, PhD

Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University, and Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute

A neuroscientist, biological anthropologist and author, Dr Helen Fisher is a leading expert on the biology of human personality and a pioneer in examining the neurochemistry of leadership and innovation. Her ground-breaking research in the field of business chemistry has helped determine how biological personality styles can be used to build teams and corporate boards, to advertise, and to succeed at work. On the subject, Dr Fisher says: “The more we come to understand the neuroscience of

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personality, the better we will be able to make rewarding partnerships, build better work teams, and create better relationships between men and women, teachers and students, parents and children, doctors and patients, and colleagues and clients.” She has written five bestsellers on the brain science behind human social behavior.

2009’s Why Him? Why Her? explained how the brain’s chemical systems encourage people to find partners who complement their thinking and behaviour.

Keynote Abstract The Biology Of Leadership

Does Barack Obama think like Abraham Lincoln? What do George Washington and Mitt Romney have in common? How about Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs, or Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump?

Some 50% of who we are stems from our temperament, our individual biology, and different types of people naturally lead in very different

ways. Using data collected from her questionnaire, which has been taken by 14 million people in 40 countries, as well as her knowledge of genetics and neuroscience, Dr. Helen Fisher discusses four styles of thinking and behaving based on specific brain systems and shows how each style is predisposed to think and lead.

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SESSIONS 1 IB programme impact research - current and future studies Dr Bradley Shrimpton

Senior Research Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Dr Mary Hayden

Head of Department University of Bath

This annual overview from the IB Research Department will report findings from recent programme impact studies conducted across the Asia Pacific region exploring the qualities and characteristics that distinguish IB schools and IB students.

Results from recent projects including a study of the alignment of the PYP/MYP and the Indian ICSE and CISCE, PYP outcomes in New Zealand and research on the Learner Profile attributes ‘Caring’ and ‘Reflective’ will be shared with attendees. The session will feature as special guests Dr Mary Hayden and Professor Jeff Thompson, from the University of Bath, who will discuss a fascinating study they are undertaking concerning the impact of CAS on Diploma students.

Professor Jeff Thompson Emeritus Professor University of Bath

Themes Amogh Luxminarayanan (17) | Indus International School | India

Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: Continuum

Embedded Ownership: A constructivist approach to maximizing student curricular engagement Crystina Lewis

DP Geography/MYP Individuals and Societies International School of Tianjin

Lee Sterling III

College Counsellor/TOK Teacher International School of Tianjin

Embedded Ownership is a curricular structure that maximizes intrinsic student engagement by conveying ownership of a students’ learning to the student. For example, for geography, while learning about physical features and their effects on ecological systems, students will create their own landmass. That landmass follows them through their own creation of population, culture and eventually civilization. Students pay attention in class because the knowledge gained will have direct benefit to their nation. Come and see how Embedded Ownership can invigorate your student base in any content area. Handouts will be provided.

Developing a culture of Collegial Inquiry via professional learning circles Dr Rosemary Martin

Director of Teaching and Learning Development Taylor’s Education Group

Themes Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Themes Inquiry / Concept Based Learning

Meeting Room G.06 Strand: PD

This paper describes a model of teacher professional learning and development that is consistent with contemporary research into teacher professional learning and appropriate for all schools that offer ATL in an IB curriculum. Drawing on recent literature (e.g. Cunningham, Darling Hammond, Fullan, Hargreaves, Hattie, Robinson, Sahlberg, Sagor, Shirley, and Timperley) it suggests that in order to meet the range of learning needs of today’s students, and prepare them for happy and rewarding futures in a rapidly changing global environment, we need teachers who are knowledgeable, enthusiastic, innovative and attentive to the diverse needs of all of the learners in their classes. Engagement in on-going, collegial, inquiry based, professional learning that is focused on positive outcomes for learners, provides a catalyst for such development.

Meeting Room G.03 Strand: DP

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 Unpacking critical thinking in DP subjects: a case study Dr. Kate Lin

Director of IB Office Kang Chiao International School East China Campus

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: DP

ThursdAY | 14:30-15:30 Clear understanding and analysis of what constitutes critical thinking in Diploma Programme (DP) subjects appear to be influential in developing and cultivating critical thinking abilities and dispositions of students from multicultural backgrounds.

Situating a case study in a bilingual IB World School in China, qualitative data are collected through focus group interviews and a series of workshops. This presentation sets up to explore qualitative perspectives on critical thinking values, concepts and applications among Western and Chinese DP teaching staff, to explicate how the fundamental elements of the “Theory of Knowledge” (TOK) course are understood and integrated in different DP subjects and consequently to discuss possible cross cultural issues between Western and Chinese epistemologies, pedagogical strategies and implications for collaborative curriculum planning to support critical thinking in a school context where the majority of DP students are Chinese.

SESSIONS 1 From coordination to leadership: moving beyond the tasks Judith Curtis

Head of Secondary NIST International School

Teresa Tung

Too often IB coordinators are seen as administrators whose job is to perform official duties and answer for the IB. But to have true impact, IB coordinators need to be leaders for learning in their schools. This session will explore what makes for effective leadership, focusing on the importance of building trust. Based on research and grounded in practical school settings, this session will offer an opportunity to explore strategies that can be applied to common challenges and conversations.

Deputy Head of Secondary, Curriculum (MYP) NIST International School

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

MYP eAssessment: What’s happening in the new on-screen examinations?

Gareth Hegarty

Head of MYP Assessment International Baccalaureate Organization

Robert Harrison

Head of MYP Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes ICT and Education

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

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This session will introduce participants to the new on-screen examinations available for the MYP from May 2016. It will look in detail at specific questions and features of the exams, discuss the academic structures that underpin them and the unique opportunity that the on-screen approach offers to create authentically MYP assessments. This session will introduce participants to these efficient two-hour examinations that use criteria which develop critical and creative thinking, rich media and interactive simulations as background resources and source material, and dynamic response tools that go far beyond selected response and extended writing. What do they look like? How do they work? When might they begin to influence DP exams? Ask more questions and find answers here.

Ways of knowing are critical in shaping our approach to interdisciplinary learning Kim Green

Head of Secondary International School Dhaka

Jeremy Otto

Lead Educator Globally for the IB MYP Arts Curriculum and Projects Independent

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Are you ready to think creatively to meet the global trends that will inform education into 2030? As our world becomes more Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (Education 2030 Trends Data, OECD) ‘education that empowers people to integrate disciplines in novel and creative way to understand complex issues and ideas’ (Fostering interdisciplinary teaching and learning in the MYP, IB: 2014 ) is critical in developing learners with the skills and tools required for 2030. This breakout will provoke you to re-think how you can use the continuum connections between PYP-MYP-DP/CP to frame interdisciplinary understandings and learning. We will challenge participants to consider the OCED trends for education in 2030, learn from each other, engage in play and think creatively to explore how ‘ways of knowing’, Concepts and ATL can frame the learning experience for MYP students.

Meeting Room 1.05 Strand: MYP

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 Becoming a PYP School - from Candidacy to Authorization Monita Sen

PYP Regional Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

ThursdAY | 14:30-15:30 This is an information session for new and interested schools working towards becoming an authorised PYP school. It will include details on timelines and support systems available to schools during candidacy, as well as tips and strategies leading up to school authorization. This is a good opportunity for new schools to clarify the process and have their questions answered from the team in the regional office.

Claire Forbes

SESSIONS 1 International Certification for your School Community Peter Gittins

School Support and Evaluation Officer Council of International Schools

Themes

School Services Associate Manager International Baccalaureate Organisation

Culture / International Mindedness

Find out how the CIS International Certification framework enables schools to reflect, take action and move forward with whole-school development projects, focused on students and their outcomes. The presentation will share experiences of schools in the pilot phase related to the definition and completion of projects focused on the community’s values on international education, the translation of these values into authentic learning across the community, developing intercultural understanding, values, and a range of skills for the students.

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: Continuum

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: PYP

The IB’s outreach efforts to the higher education community Paul Sanders

Head Global Recognition International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Inclusive Education

Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

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This interactive session will highlight organization-wide initiatives related to improving higher education pathways for IB students. We will recap past activities and their impact and outcomes as well as discuss current initiatives and future strategies. As schools are often the ones the higher education community turns to first with questions about IB programmes, this session will also gather feedback from participants on current pain points and areas for the IB to focus on. This session will also cover: 1) the IB Student Registry, a new service to connect students to the world’s leading universities and to facilitate communication between college counsellor and admission officials, 2) recognition updates from other countries (UK, US, Canada, etc.), 3) services, supports and communications to universities, and 4) the role of research and data in programme advocacy.

Shape the International Baccalaureate with the IB Director General

Dr. Siva Kumari seeks strategic input from the IB Head’s community.

Dr. Siva Kumari

Director General International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 1 The theory to practice embedding social and emotional learning Wendy Crow

Deputy Head, Curriculum Leader and PYP Coordinator The Friends’ School

ThursdAY | 14:30-15:30

ThursDAY | 15:45-16:45

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Schools are becoming increasingly aware of the need to embed social and emotional learning into the curriculum. This presentation will look at the school wide processes for ‘buy in’ by all stakeholders, and how effective social and emotional learning can be explicitly embedded within a program of inquiry.

Philippa Herron

Classroom teacher, English Curriculum Leader The Friends’ School

Tim Salisbury

Classroom teacher, Mathematics Curriculum Leader The Friends’ School

Themes

Olivia Baenziger (17) | St Leonards College | Australia

Social Emotional Learning

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: PYP

Educators’ feedback on IB online professional development courses: extending your PD experience beyond geographic borders Alison Smith

International Baccalaureate Organization

IB online workshops are designed to promote an exchange of knowledge between IB teachers living and working around the world. Over the past few years, thousands of feedback surveys have been collected following IB educators’ participation in online PD courses. This session examines feedback from around the world to find similarities, differences, and trends in how teachers perceive their experience in IB online PD courses.

Particularly, we compare feedback by country and region of the IB educators. This feedback serves a valuable role in future developments for IB online professional development.

Yi-Chun Chen

International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.06 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2 Affecting educational change in the IB Asia Pacific region and beyond Andrew Macdonald

Chief Schools Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

ThursDAY FRIDAY | 15:45-16:45 14:00-15:00 The IB is working with a great diversity of schools and educators than at any point in the history of the organisation. Continuing to focus on positive educational change, the IB continues to develop its approaches to extend access to more students.

The presenters will discuss the opportunities, challenges and responses the IB is making to growth in the IB Mission across the world.

Elizabeth K. Y. Loh

Ian Chambers

Loretta C. W. Tam

Post-doctoral Fellow of the Centre for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research, the Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Continuum

Antony Mayrhofer

Director of Learning Services & Diploma Programme Coordinator St Paul’s Grammar School

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: DP

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Developing International Mindedness Through Online Collaborative Learning: A Case Study of an Web-based Bilingual Student Magazine Assistant Professor of Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong

Global Director Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Academic integrity: making it work in schools

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Wen-Yun Lin

Assistant Professor of the Graduate Program under the Department of the Language and Creative Writing National Taipei University of Education

Academic integrity is at the core of being a principled IB Learner. This presentation will present key elements of current IB Diploma (and MYP) documentation of what is required of schools to create a culture of academic integrity and discuss real school examples of how to ensure that what is written in these documents is translated into school experience. The presentation will provide an opportunity for participants to hear real school examples of and share what works and what does not work in a school context. The presentation does not replace the IB workshop “Academic Honesty in Practice“ but will encourage attendance at this workshop to further follow up this presentation.

This breakout session presents a case study of an online Chinese-English bilingual magazine as a hub of collaborative learning for developing students’ literacy skills and international mindedness. The interactive learning platform, CrossCultural Learners’ Magazine (CCLM), was launched in 2013 for showcasing written and multimedia works by adolescent CSL learners in Chinese and English while encouraging peer dialogue on youth life and cultural diversity. The authors will revisit the concept, rationale, design and functioning of this platform as a rich resource of authentic language materials and cross-cultural insights. The presentation will also cover how the online magazine may help enhance international mindedness as defined by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), i.e., multilingualism and global engagement, with reference to CCLM’s application of various Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and social learning theories by providing students with peer-written comprehensible input and promoting intercultural understanding through web publishing and social media.

Themes Culture / International Mindedness IB programme outcomes

Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2 Mindfulness in Education: Teaching with Body, Mind and Heart Krysten Fort-Catanese

Director of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness Phuket International Academy (PIA)

Themes Social Emotional Learning

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: Continuum

How technology and big data are changing higher education decisions for the globally minded IB student Malcolm McKenzie Head of School Keystone Academy

Lucy Stonehill CEO BridgeU

Themes ICT and Education

Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

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ThursDAY FRIDAY | 15:45-16:45 14:00-15:00 This breakout session will explore a whole school model of developing an ethos around Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness. There is a growing body of research demonstrating how training in mindfulness is a very effective way of alleviating stress, anxiety and depression as well as promoting our overall wellbeing. This session will offer an introduction to the field of mindfulness in education, with an emphasis on teacher self-care practices and classroom climate. As well as providing a school community with a shared language and toolkit of techniques, SEL and Mindfulness can also help us to develop a deeper sense of calm and space in our very busy school day, helping us to be more focused, creative, and emotionally balanced. We will look at some practices used at Phuket International Academy (PIA), a 3-Programme IB World School in Phuket, Thailand, including “Time-In”, Council, and the Peace Ladder.

Higher education is undergoing a dramatic revolution. The industry is experiencing massive growth (there will be 250 million university students by 2025); with the introduction of online courses, and viable alternatives to traditional education, post-secondary opportunities for students are increasingly more diverse. And, the barriers to international study are being lowered by the day! The traditional approaches to higher education preparation and careers guidance no longer work. In this session, we will explore the changing landscape of higher education, and discuss ways in which IB schools can adapt to meet the evolving needs of today’s globally-minded students.

SESSIONS 2 Leading Change Mike Johnston

K-12 Education for a Better World Compass Education

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

How do you ensure long lasting sustainable change? Have you ever had an initiative fade away and you are not sure why? Not sure where to start in implementing a great idea? Do you want to support middle level leaders in leading change? Change is a state of being in schools that thrive. Come learn together the theory of change and how to ensure you maximize your time in implementing new ideas.

Meeting Room 1.05 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

Ensuring Quality Implementation – Supporting PYP School’s Self Study and Evaluation Monita Sen

This is an information session for authorized and candidate PYP schools who are interested to know more about the self study and evaluation process. Information will be provided on timelines, requirements as well as an open forum to ask questions and share ideas on preparing for your self study and evaluation.

PYP Regional Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Claire Forbes

Associate Regional Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: PYP

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2 Cartoon Education = Education for All Gary Goodwin

Cartoon Education Canadian International School of Beijing

Themes Differentiated Learning

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

ThursDAY FRIDAY | 15:45-16:45 14:00-15:00 Pictures are worth a thousand words. Second language students know this, so how can we use the power of images to make the content of an MYP course accessible to all? Cartoons are the key to helping students access the information in your course. Students are used to viewing cartoons in the form of cartoon strips, manga, and graphic novels. With images and words combined, vocabulary and concepts are more easily acquired and remembered. Cartoonist-Educator, Gary Goodwin, has developed cartoons for the MYP classroom as well as researched graphic novels that can be used in the Language and Individuals and Societies classrooms. Learn about excellent graphic novels and learn how to create cartoons that will engage and assist your students in learning essential vocabulary and concepts.

SESSIONS 2 Review of the 2015 assessment sessions and outline current and future developments in DP assessment Richard Penrose

Paula Wilcock and Richard Penrose will describe the triumphs and challenges of the 2015 assessment sessions and the improvements being made to address the challenges. They will outline plans for introducing on-screen assessments to the Diploma Programme and enhanced reporting services to schools. A substantial part of the time will be devoted to Q & A on DP assessment issues.

Head of Diploma Programme Assessment International Baccalaureate Organization

Paula Wilcock

Chief Assessment Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Meeting Room G.03 Strand: DP

Bilingual Education: A New Model of Differentiated Learning Rachel Poff

PYP Coordinator Canadian International School Singapore

Huali Xiong

Head of Chinese Canadian International School

Themes Literacy, Language and Education

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: PYP

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The Canadian International School in Singapore has created a cutting edge, dynamic and highly effective bilingual program currently in place from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 4. The model is a continuum model based on Michael Halliday’s (1985) three strands of language and learning. It is not a translation model, but rather a completely bilingual model that allows learners to understand the same central idea while participating in intrinsically interesting, cognitively engaging and culturally connected activities in both languages. The program ensures that learning and language development is aligned and constructed within the framework of the inquiry model of the Primary Years Program. It also has unique features that we believe are key to developing language proficiency while building conceptual understanding for our students to learn not only about the languages but also through the languages.

Making evaluation work for you: Maximizing the benefits of evaluation in the IB context Sarah Mason

Evaluation Associate Claremont Evaluation Center

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

Some educational practitioners cringe when they hear the word ‘evaluation.’ Depending on past experiences, the word can bring to mind thoughts of extra work, endless documentation and intimidating people who fly in and make harsh judgments.

But it doesn’t have to be this way! Program evaluation is the systematic study of program operations and effectiveness.

Evaluation is conducted across the globe to improve the quality of educational programs at policy, organisational, and practice levels. Because of their focus on systematic learning, reflection and improvement, evaluations have great potential to empower—rather than frustrate—educational practitioners.

This presentation will provide IB practitioners with an overview of key concepts and practices in educational evaluation.

Participants will gain an understanding of what evaluation involves, strategies for implementing evaluation from startto-finish, tips on dealing with evaluators, and techniques for maximising the benefits of evaluation in their own school setting.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2 Addressing Your Issues about Teaching and Technology Marc Prensky

Internationally Acclaimed Thought Leader and “Practical Visionary”; Founder, The Global Future Education and Foundation Institute; and Author

Themes Leadership

ThursDAY FRIDAY | 14:00-15:00 15:45-16:45

FRIDAY | 11:15-12:15

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Very much participant-directed, this session/workshop offers a unique opportunity to share and discuss ideas, concerns and issues related to technology and education with Marc Prensky, the innovative educator who coined the phrase “digital natives.” Marc will apply the ideas outlined in his talk to the specific issues raised by workshop participants, offering in-depth information and providing individualized reflections and suggestions. Participants should bring to this session their deepest (often unstated) concerns about technology and curriculum, their hardest learning, teaching, curriculum, and administration problems, and, most importantly, their generally unspoken “YES—BUT” questions. Good practices and innovations will also be discussed.

Hall 3 Strand: Keynote Georgina Johnston (15) | Annesley College | Australia

Constructing meaning together through language learning Cecile Doyen

Senior Curriculum Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Literacy, Language and Education

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: PYP

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Learning together is inherently linked to learning language, communicating and developing literacy. Students need literacy as a basic foundation to be successful global citizens in a world that is increasingly technological, multimodal and multilingual.

Educators need to be confident in their pedagogical approach to support students as they develop their language skills to create new ways of constructing meaning through language, and this from the very early years on. Participants will explore ways in which the latest research on language and literacy in IB programmes can inform how students develop literacy skills through specific language interventions but also across the curriculum. Practical ideas and suggestions will be proposed to explore the PYP as a useful framework to implement classroom practices that are inclusive of students’ complex language profiles and to promote creative, flexible and innovative understandings of what it might mean to be literate both now and into the future.

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FRIDAY | 11:15-12:15

Inside the Ombudsman’s Office

Conflict exists in all types of organizational settings. If heard and managed well, it can lead to opportunities for learning, growth and positive change. More organizations are thinking creatively about methods to effectively address concerns, such as by integrating ombudsman and mediation resources for their internal and external stakeholders. The IB Office of the Ombudsman serves such a role for the IB community, and is structured to function independently, confidentially, informally and impartially. But, how does informal conflict resolution promote relational values such as dialogue, understanding, respect for diverse perspectives, fairness, and learning? The Ombudsman will lead a discussion on some of the most important tools and aspects of informal conflict management she employs in practice, and how they can be tailored to fit the needs of the context before her. Because conflict is inevitable to a certain degree, lessons on effective management can be applied in most settings.

Indumati Sen

Ombudsman International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

SESSIONS 3 Rediscovering Kindergarten: Redefining the landscape of Early Learning within a PYP context JoAn Radojkovich

Principal of Primary School Canadian International School (Singapore)

Andrea Strachan

Vice Principal of Primary Canadian International School (Singapore)

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

In this session we will share how the Canadian International School in Singapore reviewed and relaunched its Kindergarten Programme to highlight it as a unique learning opportunity within the context of the Primary Years Program (PYP). The physical reorganisation of classrooms and shared spaces to create a cohesive Kindergarten area within the school, along with a purpose-built Outdoor Discovery Center will be explored.

The rationale of dedicated early childhood subject specialists, the process of reviewing and revising Kindergarten curriculum documents, targeting professional development for teachers, developing transition programs for students, establishing education sessions for parents and forums for educators to visit the school and exchange ideas about practices including research in early childhood education will be shared. This session will focus on how one school decided to highlight the importance of early childhood learning and rediscovered the magic of Kindergarten.

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: PYP

DP Academic Update James Monk

Head of Diploma Programme Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Jenny Gillett

Senior Curriculum Manager, Diploma Programme International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Meeting Room G.03 Strand: DP

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In this session, members of the DP development team will review changes to DP subjects that took effect for first teaching 2015 and changes that will take effect for first teaching in 2016 and 2017. Presenters will also discuss ongoing research activities that will inform an eventual review of the whole programme.

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about curriculum and teacher support, as well as to share ideas and thoughts with members of the team responsible for leading the curriculum reviews of DP subjects.

The Mindful School Leader: Cultivating Full Presence Linda Lantieri

Director and Senior Program Advisor of Collaborative for Academic Inner Resilience Program and Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

Many of us in schools today feel the intense pressure of living and working in uncertain times. We yearn for safe places and experiences that challenge us, in Parker Palmer’s words, “to live on the outside, the truth we know on the inside.” This workshop will address the benefits of developing mindfulness practices that strengthen leaders’ social and emotional capacities and help them be more fully present. We will explore how we can nurture our own sense of purpose and create opportunities for reflection and personal renewal for the adults and young people in our care. Using principles derived from modern brain research, participants will be introduced to calming and focusing practices from Linda Lantieri’s book Building Emotional Intelligence: Practices to Cultivate Inner Resilience in Children (Sounds True, 2008, 2014) that help people to stay emotionally balanced and deal with stress more effectively.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3 Information session on the process of Application for Candidacy Pamela Bender

Global Head of Pre-Authorization International Baccalaureate Organization

FRIDAY | 11:15-12:15 The main purpose of this session is to inform schools that are interested to learn more on the Application for Candidacy process. The session will be lead by the Global Head of PreAuthorisation and Development and Recognition Manager, India. The session will cover areas such as requirements for Application for Candidacy, application timeline, fees, Professional Development, required official documents issued by government and so forth. There will also be opportunities for questions on the entire Authorisation process.

Priyamvada Taneja

SESSIONS 3 MYP eAssessment: How Do We Help our Students Prepare?

Robert Harrison

Head of MYP Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Development and Recognition Manager, India International Baccalaureate Organisation

The best preparation for MYP eAssessment is effective teaching and learning in the MYP. New MYP on-screen examinations and ePortfolios are closely connected with the programme’s approaches to teaching and learning, so students already understand important elements of eAssessment—including concepts, contexts, command terms and criteria. But teachers and students will want to be prepared for the academic and personal demands of external assessment that leads to IBvalidated grades and recognized MYP qualifications. Find out more about the importance of self-management, affective skills, familiarization, cognitive load, interoperability, visual texts, prerelease material, predicted grades, recognition, and awards. And what happens when the tests are over… but school is NOT?

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Continuum

Making the Connection: The mathematics and art of the Harmonographs Pierre Lacoste

Mathematics and Physics Teacher International School of Asia, Karuizawa

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: DP

How can we bring mathematics to life? The risk of disengagement in mathematics for many students is high because it is often presented in a dry, abstract manner. Using inquiry, modelling and technology in our approach to teaching and learning, students can feel engaged. Hands-on building projects that develop real engineering problem solving skills can reveal the beauty in mathematics along with deep insight and connections both within the subject and with other areas of knowledge. A case study is presented where students construct, use and finally model a Harmonograph to create their own mathematical art. Real skills that are developed are (i) hands on construction and engineering, which encourages inquiry.

Students can also adopt a ‘design innovation’ approach by creating their own variants. (ii) modelling through the use of software such as Geogebra.

Planning your IB Professional Development Stuart Jones

Head of Professional Development: IB Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

This session is for anyone involved with organising or evaluating the IB Professional Development within their school. The presentation will identify the various opportunities available to schools, face-to-face and online, where to find further information and how to make requests for particular needs. It will also explore how to get the most out of the professional development, working with teachers pre-and post-workshop, and where to get help and give feedback.

Melissa Fahlman

Professional Development Manager: IB Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Sue Richards

Head of Global PYP Professional Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Meeting Room G.06 Strand: Professional Learning Communities/Life Long Learning

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 3 Higher education admissions session I - India Arjun Puri

Deputy Director, Admissions and Outreach O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)

Mike Knowles

Director, The Creative Hub Ansal University

FRIDAY | 11:15-12:15 This interactive panel discussion will cover the ins and outs of admission into Indian universities for DP students. The panel will begin with an introduction of the undergraduate programmes at several Indian universities and explore what it means to “University ready” in the Indian context. The panellists will be discussing the knowledge, skills and attitudes students need to succeed in university and life beyond in the 21st century highlighting what each of these universities offer on their campus.

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Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

Preservice Teachers’ Reflection on IB as One of the Global Curriculum System Wen-Yun Lin

Assistant Professor of the Graduate Program under the Department of the Language and Creative Writing National Taipei University of Education

Elizabeth Ka-Yee Loh

Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong

Warangkana Lin

Dean of Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs I-Shou University

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

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This teacher research explores 13 preservice teachers’ responses on the ten guiding principles of the IB curriculum. The preservice teachers read articles and related information from the IBO webpage, they also read Journal articles and attend IB teacher’s presentations and sit in classes to watch how teachers practice IB curriculum. Data collected from preservice teachers’ written reflection, interview and discussion among preservice teachers, teachers and teacher educators. The research findings show how the preservice teachers perceive the IBO as one of the global curriculum systems in terms of the connection or discussion between theory and practice.

@HaeseMaths

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SESSIONS 4 Interdisciplinarianism: Thinking inside and outside the box Bernard Kerr

MYP Coordinator Binus School Simprug Indonesia

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

True interdisciplinary learning does not acknowledge boundaries between disciplines and ways of thinking. The challenge in developing purposeful and relevant MYP IDU’s is to develop teacher creativity and learning without boundaries and providing space for them to design and orchestrate true exploratory inquiry based learning opportunities for their students. A way of achieving this is by providing a range of Interdisciplinary combinations throughout the 5 years of the programme, timetabling IDU’s as a subject embedded in the timetable and forming collaborative teams of both teachers and students dedicated to developing creative responses to contextual conceptual challenges.

Meeting Room 1.05 Strand: MYP

Samuel He (10) | Beijing Biss international | China

MYP Authorization: What it takes?

Ashish Trivedi

MYP School Services Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

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This session is for current candidate schools or schools that are exploring the possibility of implementing the Middle Years Programme (MYP). Seeking authorization to become an IB World School offering the MYP is both a rewarding and challenging journey. Schools engage in reviewing their current curriculum, resources, policies, structures, systems and procedures to achieve an alignment with the MYP framework.

The journey often involves managing a Change and getting priorities right. The equation of change, according to Dr. Mary Lippit (1987), includes: vision, skills, incentives, resources and an action plan. An imbalance of any sort in how these factors are managed in a school can make the authorization journey an arduous one. This session provides participants an opportunity to discuss the requirements for MYP authorization and how to meet those in a way that is meaningful, realistic, productive and rewarding.

Differentiation in the PYP classroom Dr Michelle Cafini

Head of College Rivercrest Christian College

Themes Differentiated Learning

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: PYP

In differentiated classrooms learning experiences are relevant, challenging, engaging and meaningful for all students. Teachers in differentiated classrooms understand the importance of helping students to take increasing responsibility for their learning and growth. In a differentiated classroom students develop skills that equip them to be life-long learners.

Differentiation provides students with multiple approaches to what they learn, how they learn and how they demonstrate what they have learned. This workshop will explore differentiation in a Primary Years Programme classroom. It will provide participants with an understanding of the key elements of high quality differentiation, as well as with strategies and tools to implement in the classroom.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 4 How does IB Research inform curriculum development and implementation?

Dr Sarah Manlove

Research Manager - Programme Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Sarah Mason

Researcher Claremont Evaluation Center

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

FRIDAY | 14:15-15:15 In this presentation, the IB Research Department will provide an overview of current programme development research studies being undertaken to support the review of curricula across the IB’s programmes and to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning. Among the studies that will be discussed with attendees is research examining factors affecting the uptake of arts education in the DP and a global alignment project of the MYP mathematics skills framework. The session will feature as a special guest Sarah Mason, from Claremont Graduate University, who will describe the large-scale program evaluation Claremont is undertaking of the revised Middle Years Programme. Sarah will inform participants about the evaluation’s activities, progress-to-date, and initial findings. Her presentation will also outline opportunities to be involved in the evaluation and how school leaders and staff can benefit from evaluation activities and findings.

SESSIONS 4 50 Activities to Teach Scientific Thinking to Grades 1 to 12 Jane Altemen

Teacher MYP and DP Science NIST International School Bangkok Thailand

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: PYP

Science is organized curiosity. To spark inquiry, we must provide students with opportunities to be curious. Then we must teach them how to organize that curiosity. To organize that curiosity we use scientific thinking. Scientific thinking can be broken down into discrete skills, each to be introduced then practiced. This workshop sends you away with activities that: Teach students the difference between a scientific question and a non-scientific question. Teach students how a hypothesis is more than a guess. Teach them how to observe, how to draw a conclusion, how to evaluate the fairness of a test. An elementary science curriculum that focuses on these critical thinking skills will prepare students well for middle school where they can then apply these habits to explore concepts and content.

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: Continuum

Global IBEN: Who, What, Why, How, and When Gill Presland

IB Educator Network Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Margie Lope

Global IBEN Head International Baccalaureate Organization

Dalit Halevi Shauli / Juner Garcia

IBA IBEN Manager/IBAEM IBEN Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Come along to meet the Global IB team and some background on the current work and future plans. The session will be interactive and feedback from the audience will be solicited on future plans for the Educator Network. There will also be a brief question and answer session at the end. It is a great opportunity to learn more about how IBEN works, why it is such a vital part of the IB, how valuable IBEN can be for the school community, where IBEN is going, and how to support and provide feedback to the IBEN team.

12 Ways To Become A Resilient Leader John Nicholls

Assistant Director, Nord Anglia University (Asia) Nord Anglia Education

Based on the experience of coaching hundreds of school leaders facing professional and personal challenges, this session will share twelve techniques to help you strengthen your resilience. With each strategy presented, you will be given the chance to reflect on what it means for you and what steps you can take. By the end of the session, you will have your own personal action plan to take home with you.

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

Themes Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Meeting Room G.06 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 4 Diploma Programme - From Candidacy to Authorisation Julian Jefferys

DP School Services Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Avalokita Nanda

FRIDAY | 14:15-15:15 This session will outline, to interested or candidate schools, the process that a school goes through in order to get authorised to offer the Diploma Programme. It will explain the key steps of the process and the support that the IB offers. In particular, the following things will be discussed: The Application for Candidacy, the consultant, the consultant visit and reports, the Application for Authorisation and the Verification Visit. Support will also be provided in the areas of professional development and the requirements, policy development and creating an action plan.

DP Associate Manager, School Services, AP International Baccalaureate Organisation

SESSIONS 4 Developing and Promoting International Mindedness Sara Colville

Researcher, IB Administrator, CAS and EE Coordinator, IB Teacher Flinders University, EMS

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

How do IB schools create “a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect”(IB Mission Statement)? This presentation stems from a current National University research project titled ‘Developing and Promoting International Mindedness: the International Baccalaureate and Middle Years Programme schools in Australia’. The study explores how IB MYP schools promote and develop international mindedness. It investigates ways in which schools mission, vision and values align with international mindedness in the IB mission statement, and seeks to answer the former question through the perspective of school leaders. With a focus on international mindedness, this interactive breakout session provides school educators with a deeper understanding of this concept and offers school leaders an insight into how other IB schools are developing and promoting it.

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: DP

International mindedness - the black box for the IB Practitioner Mark Lewis

Faculty Head, IBEN workshop leader IB Teacher Carey Baptist Grammar School

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.03 Strand: DP

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The session will explore a framework for developing a practical approach to teaching and learning of intercultural understanding, including the use of “Intercultural Connections”.

Similar in concept to TOK Connections the presenters will demonstrate Intercultural Connections that have been developed in two IB subjects at Carey Grammar. The approach while practical in nature will draw on a more theoretical framework through the consideration of Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. Other strategies to enhance international mindedness in our students and reflection on our own personal bias will also be considered from an Australian perspective. The ultimate intention of the session is to inspire IB teachers and present additional thoughts and tools that can aid inclusion of intercultural understanding in IB teaching practice.

Asia Pacific regional recognition updates Stefanie Leong

Head of Development & Recognition Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

As the IB grows and continues to increase access to its programmes, it is critical to build pathways into universities in ever-widening markets. This session will cover in-depth the IB’s ongoing progress in improving university recognition of IB programmes in the Asia Pacific region. It will include individual updates from Australia, India, Southeast Asia, China and HK, Japan and Korea, as well as plans for further development in these regions. Participants will learn about upcoming opportunities for learning and making contributions, as well as have the opportunity to ask questions of and provide suggestions to regional recognition staff.

Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

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FRIDAY | 14:15-15:15

Playful inquiry in early learning communities: A provocation

Are you interested in building a learning community through play? In this play-based session, we will explore the role of play in inquiry and as an approach to creating learning communities in your setting. We will share theories and research that support playful engagements for life -long learning. Together we will reflect on the image of child, image of teacher, relationships and learning communities in your schools. Take away for participants: • Play and inquiry : perspective of early and primary educators (theories/research) • Image of a learner in our communities (Agency) • Play is for all life-long learners (PD pathways)

Sue Richards

Head of Global PYP PD International Baccalaureate Organization

Rupal Arora

Product Manager, PYP International Baccalaureate Organisation

FRIDAY | 15:30-16:30

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Themes Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: PYP

Deki Pelmo (18) | Indus International School | India

Beyond Foods & Festivals: Unpacking International Mindedness Across the IB Continuum Angela Meikle

PYP Curriculum Coordinator Western Academy of Beijing

Trish McNair

Middle School Curriculum Coordinator Western Academy of Beijing

Join us for a hands-on, interactive workshop that will take you through a process of developing a visual definition of international-mindedness. Find out ways in which to unpack and construct meaning about this multi-faceted concept. We will introduce participants to the collaborative and inclusive design processes used at a three programme IB school in Asia Pacific, and explore how communities are able to have a voice and play an active role in the conception, design and implementation of a definition that is unique and reflective of your school community. Throughout, participants are encouraged to join the conversation and share their own concept of international-mindedness, and explore how they can embed it further in their own school culture.

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: Continuum

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FRIDAY | 15:30-16:30

MYP Evaluation: Getting it right!

This session is for current MYP authorized schools currently engaged in the self-study and evaluation processes. Schools carrying out a self-study engage in reflecting on and formally assessing the quality of their programme implementation. The entire school community including school board, teaching and non-teaching staff, parents, students and leadership team is involved in this process. One of the major areas of self-study that concerns schools is gathering the right evidence from the right people at the right time to make judgements about the programme quality. Equally important is to identify, based on a shared understanding of the programme standards and practices, the successes as well as the areas for further development so that the school can continually develop the programme. This session provides participants the opportunity to share and discuss effective strategies for conducting a meaningful self-study to evaluate their MYP.

Ashish Trivedi

MYP School Services Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

The new phase: Implementing the CP in a variety of contexts Avalokita Nanda

DP/CP Associate Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: CP

The CP incorporates the vision and educational principles of the IB into a unique programme specifically developed for students who wish to engage in career and technical education.

Each school creates its own distinctive version of the CP . The purpose of the session to inform existing DP schools of changes in the CP curriculum and the possibilities it offers for students within IB programmes. It also provides information for school who do not currently offer the DP for the possibilities that the CP offers as pathway to careers and higher education. The presentation will share different models of the CP as it has been articulated globally and also provide information on key areas of implementation.

SESSIONS 5 Great teachers are made not born!

Benjamin Barrington-Higgs Head of Campus Newington College - Lindfield

Sue Gough

PYP Coordinator & Teacher Librarian Newington College - Lindfield

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room G.06 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

Providing Access to MYP Assessment Criteria for All Learners Caroline Rennie

MYP Curriculum Coordinator Chadwick International

Jodi Kittle

Student Support Team Coordinator and Learning Specialist Chadwick International

Themes Inclusive Education

Meeting Room 1.05 Strand: MYP

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Great teachers are made not born. This presentation examines how effective schools create the structures and environments where all teachers are constantly developing their professional practice in order to build capacity and excel in the areas of quality teaching and learning. School leaders are vital to the development of the learning culture of their schools. This presentation will examine and practically demonstrate how effective structures in terms of teacher appraisal, leadership walkthrough protocols, collaborative planning techniques, peer observation the use of video for personal reflection, goal setting and reflective conversations can dramatically improve teacher capacity and create a community of learners who are constantly reflecting and improving their teaching practice.

This presentation is of value for school leaders, teachers in leadership roles and teachers who want to understand how schools can effectively facilitate the continued growth of highly effective educators.

It is difficult to be well-versed in inclusion practice, fluent in IB MYP Standards and Practices, and understand how this translates into assessment and reporting practices. Inclusion in a community of learning is possible and productive, if assessment is well tailored to gauge growth. For diverse learners, many classroom outcomes are obtainable if thoughtfully approached. We must ask what does a task specific clarification look like? Which standards and benchmarks should be met? When is it appropriate to modify, or when can accommodations allow for the same task? How do we ensure mother tongue is supported, and the highest levels of achievement are still accessible for second language students?

Come explore the role of the Principals, MYPCs and learning specialists in both how they can collaborate with each other and teachers to fairly meet the needs of all students, as well as ensure these reflect language, inclusion and assessment policies.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 5 Living the language policy in a PYP school Carolyn Thistlethwaite

Deputy Head of Junior Years / PYP Coordinator Trinity Lutheran College

Themes Literacy, Language and Education

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: PYP

FRIDAY | 15:30-16:30 Students learn language by using language in authentic contexts. Students need to engage with learning language, learning about language and learning through language.

Involving staff in the development of the language policy has seen a focus on a coherent approach to language teaching and a shift in practice to authentic learning experiences.

Forming a committee to review and rewrite our language policy along with an action plan to implement the policy ensured that it became lived in our school. Our focus on language learning concentrated on curriculum coherence, clarity and connections to our wider community. We invigorated our mother tongue languages in the school, inspired more children to be independent and engaged readers and wrote curriculum documents to support our teaching of language. Learn how to take your language policy and make it come alive in your school.

SESSIONS 5 Unpacking the Meaning of International Mindedness: A Case Study of K-12 International Baccalaureate School Dr. Warangkana Lin

Dean of Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs I-Shou University

Chen Cheng Chun

Director of Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/ Foreign Language National Kaohsiung Normal University

Elizabeth K. Y Loh

Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong

This study examines a process of defining the term “international mindedness” in an IB (International Baccalaureate) K-12 school. This process is part of the revision of school mission statement in which the term “international mindedness” plays an important aspect. With the consensus among the school leadership team, the term “international mindedness” was defined in relevance to two major notions: (1) cultural sensitivity and (2) global competence. In accordance with the predefined meaning, the questionnaire was distributed to the school community to assess an understanding of the term “international mindedness” in the context of this case school.

The participants include school administrators, teachers, students, and parents. The findings from the quantitative study were resonated by the interviews. This study contributes to illuminating how IB schools can make use of research to raise an awareness of the term “international mindedness” as well as to support the development of school mission statement.

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

Diploma Programme Core Update James Monk

Head of Diploma Programme Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Jenny Gillett

DP core update: This session will discuss recent and upcoming changes to the three components of the DP core. It is an opportunity to ask questions and share feedback with members of the team responsible for leading the curriculum reviews in the DP core.

The Diploma Programme process of Evaluation Julian Jefferys

DP School Services Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes

Senior Curriculum Strand Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Curriculum Planning Implementation

Themes

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: DP

Curriculum Planning Implementation

This session will examine what is required by schools in the lead up to, and at the time of, their five year evaluation. The session will outline the planning that is required at the outset of the process up to two years in advance and then look at how the reading is performed and the way that the report is generated.

The notion of having a visit as part of the evaluation will be explored as well as the standards and practices. Finally, possible outcomes or support mechanisms following on from the process will be considered.

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: DP

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 5 Higher education admissions session II Paul Teulon

Director of Admissions and Registry Services King’s College London

FRIDAY | 15:30-16:30 This is one of the three interactive sessions bringing together a range of prestigious institutions of higher education from around the region and world. During each session three universities will highlight their educational programs, admissions considerations and how they value IB students. Time will be allocated for audience members to ask questions of and to provide feedback to each of the university representatives.

Lee Gee Teo

Assistant Director Recruitment SIM Global Education

SESSIONS 5 Conversation with the IB Academic, Assessment and External Academic Relations Officers David Hawley

Chief Academic Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

This session will be an opportunity to meet the IB’s new Chief Assessment Officer, Paula Wilcock, along with the Chief Academic Officer, David Hawley and the Chief External Academic Relations Officer, John Bader. After brief introductory comments and an overview of IB-wide developments from each officer, conference attendees will have an opportunity to engage in an open discussion on any area of interest across all IB programmes. This is meant to be a highly interactive session, not a presentation. Come and join the conversation.

Paula Wilcock

Chief Assessment Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

Alison Jenkins

Deputy Director, Marketing and Recruitment UNSW Australia

John Bader

Chief External Academic Relations Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

A Sense of Accomplishment at Huijia - Localization of IB Education Michael M Yi

Principal, Secondary School Beijing Huijia Private School

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

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The paper demonstrates from the point of view of an investor and governor the development of a “localized” IB Education at Huijia Education Group. The presentation will explain why an IB education was chosen during the process of educational internationalization, and the challenges, difficulties and obstacles Huijia faced in the implementation of an IB education and share the successful initiatives and experience of Huijia IB education. The IB is recognized as the leader in international education, but in order to take root and grow up in different countries and regions, it must be based on localization; this does not mean lowering of standards or giving up norms, but to align with the integration of the local cultural backgrounds into international education. One of the key to success is the training of local IB teaching staff.

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Continuum

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SESSIONS 6 Welcoming new students Dr Mary Robyn

MYP Coordinator St Paul’s Grammar School

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

It is important that new students who have not previously attended an IB World School, quickly feel welcomed and empowered to learn, rather than being overwhelmed by International Baccalaureate jargon. Induction should target not only students but also their parents, in order that the school can facilitate understanding the IB programme(s) and promotion of meaningful international-mindedness. Carefully followed procedures upon the arrival of new students are a valuable part of the requirement that each school has a system in place to guide and counsel students through the programme(s). This session will model a variety of induction tools which help new individuals and larger groups to appreciate the learner profile, approaches to learning skills, global contexts and concepts.

Although the focus is upon the MYP, consideration will be given to the wider context of the PYP, DP and CP. Furthermore, the strategies can be adapted for professional development of new teachers.

Lanyue Sheng (17) | Tianjin Experimental High School | China

A Multi-site Case Study on IB Chinese Teachers’ Perspective of Chinese as a Global/Local Language Chen-Cheng Chun

Director of Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/ Foreign Language National Kaohsiung Normal University

Ya-Chen Cheng

Chinese Teacher and Counsellor

Wen-Yun Lin

Assistant Professor of the Graduate Program under the Department of the Language and Creative Writing National Taipei University of Education

School language policy and teacher’s language perspective have a great influence on language practice in the classroom.

However, in the Mandarin Chinese speaking regions in Asia, only few studies are related to Chinese language policy or Chinese language teaching of IB schools are found in literature.

The purpose of this research study is to examine IB Chinese teachers’ language ideology from their school-based language policy and perspectives of Chinese language, globally and locally. The study regions include IB schools in Kaohsiung, Hong Kong and Beijing. Thirty-eight IB Chinese teachers are invited to participate in this case study. Data sources are from documents, interviews, and surveys. Data analysis focuses on synthesizing their similarities and differences among each case school. We expect this presentation would provide participants a better understanding of Chinese language’s global and local practice and help to fulfil the Chinese research gap in IB schools of Asia.

Projecting Units of Inquiry Holly Bowen Reardon

Head of Early Childhood Education Western Academy of Beijin

Katie Knight

Early Years Teacher Western Academy of Beijing

Inquiry teachers must bring an inquiry stance to everything they do- including planning. In this session we will explore the distinct differences of planning verses projecting a unit of inquiry. Projecting allows for co-construction of units, by listening to the passion, needs and ideas of our students, which leads to the development of agency and urgency in curriculum.

Together we will explore planning protocols that allow teachers to project a unit of inquiry as well as stories of units that have been co-constructed with teachers and students.

Themes Inquiry / Concept Based Learning

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: PYP

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 6 Current and future directions in the design of DP curriculum and assessment James Monk

Head of Diploma Programme Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Richard Penrose

Head of Diploma Programme Assessment International Baccalaureate Organisation

FRIDAY | 17:15-18:15 In this session, the heads of Diploma Programme development and assessment will discuss how their teams are working together to refine and advance DP curricula and assessments in ways that are consistent with the changing nature of the DP and our evolving understanding of the needs of students as regards their readiness for university and life beyond. The session will focus attention on approaches to learning in the DP (thinking, communication, social, self-management and research skills) and on the alignment of curriculum developments and assessment technologies for the future, including onscreen assessment. What are we doing today to address these areas and how might we build upon this work in the future?

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their ideas about curriculum and assessment design, especially concerning these two topics.

SESSIONS 6 CP in an Australian Context

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Marcia Behrenbruch

Development and Recognition Manager, Australasia International Baccalaureate Organization

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: CP

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Meeting Room G.03 Strand: DP

Language A other than English courses in the IB Diploma Programme: the cases of French and Hindi A at UWCSEA East (Singapore) Laurie Kraaijeveld

Head of High School Languages/ French A and B Teacher/ IBEN workshop leader UWCSEA East

Themes Literacy, Language and Education

Through the case studies of French and Hindi A: Literature courses as offered at UWCSEA East (Singapore), this session will consider student’s entitlement to mother tongue learning within the international school setting, and the practicalities that this entails at IB Diploma Programme level. Various aspects of running Language A courses other than English will be dealt with, including programme vision, placement, communication with parents and students, challenges and benefits as well as teaching approach. Participants will find out that maintaining ethical standards, challenging misconceptions, enlisting support as well as cultivating a school’s growth mind-set are crucial to the process of setting up and growing Language A courses other than English in international schools.

Equity and access to IB education, in Hyderabad and beyond Minhaj Arastu

Principal Focus High School

Themes Inclusive Education

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

In India, the IB is highly regarded, but also seen as elitist and exclusive. This paper shares our school’s experiences with making the PYP more accessible. Our school was founded 2 years ago to bring high quality IB education to the Old City of Hyderabad. We earned an IB Grant (USD 22,000) aiming to be authorized in 2016. We increased access in several ways. We kept fees moderate at USD 325/year. We are geographically accessible, being a neighbourhood school located in the heart of the city. We are socially accessible because we are coeducational, secular, and we support students with special needs. Finally, we are professionally accessible because our internship programme supports implementation within our school and beyond. If we value equity and access to education then we must discuss strategies and experiments that can be replicated and sustained. This paper shares experiences with relevance to the host city and beyond.

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: DP

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 6 Causation: Conceptual Co-Teaching Relationships Nicky Bourgeois

Year 5 Classroom Teacher NIST International School

Beth Queeney-Dressler

Year 5 EAL Teacher/Elementary EAL and Language Coordinator NIST International School

Themes Inquiry / Concept Based Learning

FRIDAY | 17:15-18:15 We all know that concepts drive the PYP framework. We have all read the theory. We all have a conceptually driven written curriculum with learning outcomes but, how does this all come together in practice? Nicky and Beth will share their story of developing a successful Conceptual Co-teaching relationship.

This practical, interactive session will illuminate the value in teaching conceptually. The presenters will demonstrate the elements required to implement Conceptual Co-teaching and give examples of how it works. Nicky and Beth will explain how they foster a conceptually based teaching and learning environment that maintains the integrity of concepts while causing learning outcomes to materialize as the consequence.

In addition, they will share examples of intentional teaching that still maintains the integrity of the written curriculum.

Richard Bruford

Vice-Principal Suzhou Singapore International School

Renee Rehfeldt

Teaching and Learning Coordinator Suzhou Singapore International School

Themes Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

MYP eAssessment: Is It Right for My School?

Robert Harrison

Head of MYP Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Gareth Hegarty

Head of MYP Assessment International Baccalaureate Organisation

MYP eAssessment provides schools with authentic on-screen examinations and ePortfolios for technologically literate 16 year olds. This new, optional service provides IB-validated grades that represent globally-consistent, internationally-recognized and quality-assured credentials. For MYP students, eAssessments provide a global recognition of academic and personal achievement. They help students understand the demands of the Diploma Programme (DP), and provide valuable feedback on teaching and learning. What do you need to consider in terms of technology, teaching, timing, costs access, planning, benefits, impact and results? Begin your inquiry here.

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room 1.05 Strand: MYP

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: PYP

Three Practical Ways to Cultivate Professional Learning in your school, and beyond

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The professional growth of teachers is paramount to school improvement and supporting student learning. School leaders play a vital role in establishing and cultivating the professional development opportunities for their teachers that promote a learning culture in their school. This session illustrates how the professional growth of teachers can be enhanced by establishing your school as a learning hub through: 1) Fostering the growth of the face-to-face networking opportunities, sharing the collective responsibility to improve teaching and learning for all students; 2) Strengthening in-house professional learning through teacher-led skill shares and courses; 3) Providing guidance and support to help teachers digitally enhance their professional learning networks.

Receive tailored services to enhance your IB programme(s) Sean Rankin

Global Head of School Enhancement Services International Baccalaureate Organization

Pamela Bender and Erin Albright

Global Head of Pre-Authorization Services / Global Head of PostAuthorization Services International Baccalaureate Organisation

Let school enhancement services strengthen your IB programme(s). In this interactive presentation you will have the opportunity to learn about, discuss and inform a variety of School Enhancement Services. These services support the implementation and further development of IB Programmes.

IB staff and educators will present the results, developed materials and mainstream launch plans for a range of globally piloted services; Building Quality Curriculum (PYP and MYP), Curriculum Connections (PYP, MYP and DP), Optimizing Assessment Analysis (DP) and Strengthening Groups of Schools Leadership (all programmes). IB staff will seek suggestions on future extensions and new service initiatives; such as PostAuthorization Consultancy.

Wendy Hedges

Global Manager of PostAuthorization Services International Baccalaureate Organisation

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Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 6 Higher education admissions session III Stuart Easter

International Officer Edinburgh University

John Spinks

FRIDAY | 17:15-18:15

Saturday | 09:00-10:00

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This is one of the three interactive sessions bringing together a range of prestigious institutions of higher education from around the region and world. During each session three universities will highlight their educational programs, admissions considerations and how they value IB students. Time will be allocated for audience members to ask questions of and to provide feedback to each of the university representatives.

Director of Undergraduate Admissions and International Student Exchange The University of Hong Kong

Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

Eshika Fyzee (18) | Indus International School | India

Developing collaboration in a diverse community Darlene Fisher IB Educator ECI Schools

Themes Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

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The IB expects a high level of collaboration in leadership and among teachers. Collaboration can be a challenge to implement in some schools because of the different expectations of leadership styles present among the diverse community.

In this session, different cultural expectations of leadership and collaboration will be explored. This is done in order to understand why some models of distributed leadership and collaboration are not always equally successful in all schools.

Understanding different expectations of staff can be the major factor in a leaders ability to create the organisational culture they wish - and with collaboration being a major part of any IB school’s expected way of working, the effective development of positive collaboration at all levels in a school is of the utmost importance. It is therefore important to develop appropriate models for each school context. A variety of ways of developing a positive and sustainable culture of collaboration will then be explored using case studies and input from the participants.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 7 Governing an IB World School - the key responsibilities Donald M Walkley

Executive Director Australian Institute for School Governance

Themes

Saturday | 09:00-10:00 Attention to school governance & governing is emerging (globally) as a critical success factor for school improvement and development. To ensure that governing processes of an IB World School are effective, owners, principals & school boards/councils will be guided during the workshop to consider six key school governing responsibilities - identity, relationships, student achievement, strategy, policy, and risk. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to reflect on current approaches and practices in school governance & governing.

SESSIONS 7 IB educator certificates: A panel discussion from the university and student perspective Kate Kuhn

Global Professional Development Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Dr. Mary Hayden

Head of Education Department University of Bath

Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Priyamvada Taneja

Head of Education Department Recognition and Development Manager, India, AP International Baccalaureate Organisation

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

This engaging and interactive session will inform both universities and students about the IB educator certificates and how they can build capacity for teachers in IB World Schools, encourage best practice in teaching and learning and help internationalize university programs. Panel participants include Dr. Mary Hayden and Professor Jeff Thompson from the University of Bath, Dr. Gerard Calnin from University of Melbourne, IB development manager Priyamvada Taneja, and a graduate from an IB-recognized university who received an IB certificate in teaching and learning and now teaches in an IB World School in the Asia Pacific region. This facilitated panel will encourage universities to become recognized to offer the certificates and inspire educators to continue their lifelong learning goals by enrolling in a recognized course of study leading to one of the certificates.

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Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Meeting Room G.06 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

Universal Design for Learning: A framework for teaching and learning in the inclusive classroom Dr. Kala Parasuram

Assessment Access and Inclusion Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Inclusive Education

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Continuum

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This session will introduce participants to the philosophy and fundamentals of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and discuss how it can be effectively used in the classroom. UDL is an approach to teaching and learning that provides equal opportunities for learning to all students. It is a set of principles that acknowledges diversity and provides a blueprint that meets the complex needs of the inclusive classroom. UDL provides a framework for pedagogy and creation of teaching methods, materials, and assessments that are flexible and thus suitable for all students. UDL calls for educators to provide multiple means of representation to give learners various ways of acquiring information and knowledge, to offer multiple means for learners to engage with the learning content and to support multiple means of expression to provide learners flexible opportunities for demonstrating their knowledge.

Selecting a Career Related Study Course Kelly Creamer

CP Product Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

This session will provide useful information on the criteria for choosing a career-related study (CRS) course. Schools that are interested in offering the IB Career-related Programme (CP) will get to find out more about the guidelines to choosing a CRS course. Information on career-related study course provider that is partnering with the IB will also be shared during the session.

Cheong Pei Wen

Development & Recognition Associate Manager

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: CP

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 7 Ethical Practice in the Diploma Programme Kevin House

Saturday | 09:00-10:00 This session will examine ethical practice in the Diploma Programme. In particular it will focus on issues like overseeing the internal assessment, the development of predicted grades and coordination of the exam sessions.

Head of School Services, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

SESSIONS 7 From principles into practice: the pedagogical leadership role of the IB Diploma Programme coordinator in schools.

Nicholas Forde

Julian Jefferys

Deputy Principal The ISF Academy, Hong Kong

DP Manager, School Services, AP International Baccalaureate Organisation

Themes Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room G.03 Strand: DP

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: DP

Crafting quality MYP inquiry statements/DP concept statements Mary Condon

Director Milagro Educational Consulting LLC

Themes Inquiry / Concept Based Learning

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

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Writing good MYP inquiry statements is a time-consuming and, sometimes, even painful process. This session offers a streamlined, effective strategy for developing quality inquiry statements for use with the MYP unit planner or DP concept statements. Following a brief introduction to this proven approach, which is based on the structure of knowledge model of H Lynn Erickson, participants will practice the process with others and then apply it to one of their own units. Coordinators and heads of school will find this session useful as a school-wide training tool; teachers will uncover a time-saving technique that promotes quality instruction and assessment.

Inquiry and concept based learning in the Visual Arts Ronnie Pratt

Junior School Single Subject Teacher Visual Arts Trinity Grammar Junior School

Themes Inquiry / Concept Based Learning

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: PYP

The importance of the DPC (Diploma Programme coordinator) and his/ her pedagogical leadership in schools implementing the Diploma Programme is emphasised in a number of key IB documents. Whilst there is a wide range of research related to leadership within schools, there is a relative paucity of research related to IBD implementation. The presentation seeks to use the findings of a MA dissertation on the pedagogical leadership role of the DPC, by focusing on the experiences and challenges faced by DPC within Hong Kong schools. It considers the term pedagogical leadership, as well as the nature and scope of the role of the DPC. The research reveals the multi faceted role of the DPC, and that school context matters in how the role is developed, very often blending informal and formal styles of leadership. It concludes that pedagogical leadership and ‘setting direction’ are critical to the success of programme implementation.

The Visual Arts provide an ‘authentic’ and creative context for inquiry and concept based learning. This presentation provides explanations of effective strategies for engagement with different forms of inquiry leading to the development of conceptual understanding. A range of approaches, selected from my Visual Arts stand-alone and collaborative programmes are presented as examples of how inquiry can be designed to encourage students to engage with, and direct their own learning. The scaffold I have designed for self directed work provides students with a strong conceptual base for the development of their work. Examples of systems for the monitoring of individual progress with self-directed work are offered as possible systems to use when tracking the work in progress. A range of exhibition possibilities for the display of work in a community setting, traditional gallery displays and online exhibitions using the digital I-see virtual interactive gallery are also discussed. This presentation is suitable for PYP and MYP teachers.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 7 Curriculum Connections: Making connections between IB Programmes and your local, state, or national curriculum requirements Sean Rankin

Global Head of School Enhancement Services International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Saturday | 09:00-10:00 How to effectively plan for and implement multiple curriculum requirements is a long standing concern of interested, candidate and authorized IB schools in countries with local, state, or national curriculum requirements. In this interactive presentation you will have the opportunity to learn about, discuss and inform a variety of regional and global initiatives currently underway to support schools in connecting their local, state, or national curriculum requirements to those of the IB programmes. IB staff and Curriculum Connections service providers will present materials developed for the Curriculum Connections service, feedback gathered from schools and educators involved in this initiative, and future plans for the service. IB staff will also seek suggestions on further extensions and new initiatives related to implementing multiple curriculum requirements.

Paula Sanderson

Chief Operating Officer and Registrar University of Reading

Sara Alsayyed

IB educators as researchers: how universities can support them Mary Hayden

University professor University of Bath, UK

Jeff Thompson

University professor University of Bath, UK

Themes Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

IB educators participate in research in different ways. Ongoing school-based research, for instance, may be part of their everyday roles as reflective practitioners. This presentation will focus on more formalised types of research undertaken with the support of universities, drawing on the University of Bath as a case study of one university with experience over many years of supporting IB educators in different ways. Reference will be made to the university’s collaboration with the IB in supporting recipients of the Jeff Thompson Research Award, and in engaging with those working towards one or more of the IB Educator Certificates. The presentation will also highlight examples of IB-focused dissertations and theses completed as part of study towards masters and doctoral qualifications more generally, illustrating how research can play a central role in informing an IB educator’s practice while at the same time enhancing their curriculum vitae/resume.

Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

Meeting Room 1.05 Strand: Continuum

Higher education admissions session IV

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This is one of the three interactive sessions bringing together a range of prestigious institutions of higher education from around the region and world. During each session three universities will highlight their educational programs, admissions considerations and how they value IB students. Time will be allocated for audience members to ask questions of and to provide feedback to each of the university representatives.

Associate Director, International Recruitment University of Toronto

Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

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SESSIONS 8 Lessons learned from the academic honesty survey Celina Garza

Academic honesty manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Meeting Room G.03 Strand: DP

As part of students’ ATL skill development, IB programmes must foster an understanding of academic honesty and provide an encouraging learning environment where the ideas and work of others are explored. However IB students should receive guidance to understand how knowledge is built and their own role in advancing knowledge construction. IB World Schools are expected to support students’ grasp that the fundamental values of academic honesty come first – while they become conversant with the technical aspects of citing and referencing.

But is this approach effective? IB students growing in the internet era face the challenge to wisely use the available resources while having the pressure to succeed. The preliminary results of the academic honesty survey will be shared with the our educators; trends in the perception and understanding of academic honesty among IB students, IB teachers and DP programme coordinators will be discussed as well as the way forward.

Joshua Lesicar (7) | Prince Alfred College | Australia

Innovative online learning Analourdes Herrera

Online PD Development Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Christer Diane De La Cruz

Online PD Development Specialist International Baccalaureate Organization

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Joint this interactive session with Analourdes and Christer! It will include a (a) virtual tour of IB Online Professional Development products and services available for teachers, workshop leaders and schools worldwide, (b) a showcase of emerging trends in e-learning and learning design and (c) a participatory discussion on the needs and interests of teachers, workshop leaders and schools’ needs in the Asia/Pacific Region.

Developing IB Leaders for Diverse Communities Dr Gerard Calnin

Senior Research Fellow The University of Melbourne

Sue Richards

Global Head of Professional Development International Baccalaureate Organisation

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Professional Learning Communities / Life Long Learning

School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room G.06 Strand: Professional Development/Adult Learning

Meeting Room 1.02 Strand: Leadership/ Governance

School leaders face increasingly complex challenges with growing student and teacher mobility in a globalised community with its cultural and religious diversity. Given the complex landscape of schools within this global community, the IB has been asking the question: what does leadership look like in different countries and cultures? What cultural considerations need to be taken into account when preparing development programs for existing and aspirant principals and leaders? The IB has recently developed a Leadership Development Framework to support the needs of school leaders and aspiring leaders.

The framework draws on the IB’s inquiry approach to learning within a global context and aims to provide participants with the skills and capabilities to operate effectively in schools across the network. This presentation will explore the IB Leadership Development Framework and share the contemporary research which has informed its thinking and programs.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 8 Student Ownership, Transdisciplinary Themes and the Exhibition - The Journey Iain Riley

Assistant Head and Head of Pastoral and Academic Tracking Shanghai United International School

Saturday 10:45-11:45 FRIDAY | |15:10-16:10 The breakout session would show how allowing students ownership and empowering them from Primary Reception to Grade 5 really allows them to understand the inquiry cycle and the five essential elements. The culmination of this journey finally leads to the Grade 5 Exhibition were students are able to chose the Transdisciplinary theme, central idea, lines of inquiry, concepts and produce meaningful action. Examples from Primary reception up to Grade 5 will show the development of the students and their understanding of the full inquiry process.

SESSIONS 8 My School: Improving the authorization and evaluation journey with technology Pamela Bender

Global Head of Pre-Authorization International Baccalaureate Organization

Lyndsay J. Agans

Project Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Approaches to Teaching & Learning

Themes Meeting Room 1.03 Strand: PYP

ICT and Education

In what ways can technology facilitate an improved experience in the journey through authorization and evaluation?

Specifically, this session seeks to capture feedback from participants on the new system for school authorization and evaluation. Through a focus group participants will be able to dialogue and offer insights and feedback on their experience of the new (and improved) system. In this session members of IB’s Global School Services and Project Office teams will share information on the evolution of the system as well as facilitating a discussion of the new authorization and evaluation platform. Topics covered will include: - Understanding the concepts behind the dynamic approach of the new school information system which will improve schools’ experiences during authorization, evaluation, and in between - Exploring the potential of the use of ICT design in supporting a more formative approach to evaluation and assessment - Discussion of the user experience of the new system.

Meeting Room 1.04 Strand: Continuum

Insights into International Mindedness Jane Drake

Head of curriculum innovation and alignment International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Continuum

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This session will present examples from two exciting pieces of research: “Exploring International Mindedness: A Portraiture Approach” a collaborative research project which builds on efforts by Project Zero and the International Baccalaureate to define, nurture and evidence International Mindedness.

At this session you will have the opportunity to see a pilot student portrait designed to engage educators across regions in a meaningful dialogue about their conceptualizations of International Mindedness and the learner profile and to explore its use as a tool to deepen educators’ conversations about student development, international mindedness and learner profile qualities. “Developing International Mindedness: IB community voices” Hear the initial outcomes of our global survey of teachers, students, alumni and school leaders which captured the shared personal experiences of developing International Mindedness, and aims to generate a definition that is derived from and representative of the IB community.

The Teacher in Mirror: Connect Writing to Apps to Get the “Fairest” Writing Regina Webb

English/Language Arts Teacher C. A. Lindsay Middle School, Hampton City Schools

Themes Differentiated Learning

“Mirror, mirror on the wall. How do I get my students to write with awe?” “It is quite easy,” explained the reflector with the most southern drawl. “Teaching with apps and a sprinkle of the web, Will keep all the notions right in their head. Writing will come easy, and not a chore. And you, my dear, will not be a bore. Listen my teacher, and you shall hear, How to engage your students to write most clear.” In other words, step into my presentation to learn about apps and online programs that surely produce the “fairest” writing skills for the digital, global student. This presentation includes strategies, educational games, technology, and innovative ways for multidisciplinary writing.

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: MYP

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 8 Mathematics in PYP Schools in China Rene Ren

Chinese Coordinator Shen Wai International School

Ally Wu

School Director Shen Wai International School

Themes Curriculum Planning Implementation

Saturday 10:45-11:45 FRIDAY | |15:10-16:10 There have been an increasing number of PYP schools in China with students predominantly from China, where a lot of the stake holders see these students’ core competence lies in mathematics. Therefore, mathematics program has been one of the most heated topics. How can we develop a rigorous inquiry-based mathematics program that both aligns with the IB philosophy and strives for academic excellence? What are the things we can adopt from the Chinese traditional mathematics education and move forward? What pedagogies can be used?

How to balance conceptual and procedural understanding in mathematics? In the presentation we would share our exploration and practice.

Meeting Room G.01 Strand: PYP

SESSIONS 8 Exploration of concepts and internationalmindedness through expeditions Tee Siok Hoon

Deputy Principal and MYP Coordinator Fairview International School, Kuala Lumpur

Kavita Jaisi

Principal Fairview International School, Subang

International-mindedness is an overrated ‘buzz’ word in IB circles, but how do we excite our students develop this and think critically beyond the classroom? This session explores how Fairview’s concept-based service learning promotes international-mindedness among students. From exploring the “culture” in Nepal, to the pain of “survival” in a minus 35 degrees temperature in Harbin, from exploring past “conflict” in Vietnam and “appreciation” of the world cultural heritage in Zhangjiajie Geopark, Fairview’s biannual expeditions offer vast opportunities to its students to experience in-situ conceptual learning. The locations are carefully selected to allow students to explore the issues and challenges that the host countries face and how they could make a positive difference to the people through their Service and Action activities.

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: Continuum

Partnerships Between IB World Schools and Universities: Collaborating to Host IB World Student Conferences Ross Duran

IB World Student Conference Coordinator International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room 1.05 Strand: DP

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IB world schools and IB world school associations have created partnerships with universities in all three IB regions since 2012 to host eleven IB World Student Conferences. These conferences, based on the spirit of open-minded inquiry, result in a valuable experience in international mindedness for DP students. They also help to form closer bonds between IB world schools and universities, and provide an opportunity for universities to showcase their campus to prospective students. This session will explain the concept of IB world student conferences and the process by which universities and IB world schools form partnerships and work with the IBO to host the conferences.

Higher education admissions session IV Stuart Easter

International Officer Edinburgh University

John Spinks

This is one of the three interactive sessions bringing together a range of prestigious institutions of higher education from around the region and world. During each session three universities will highlight their educational programs, admissions considerations and how they value IB students. Time will be allocated for audience members to ask questions of and to provide feedback to each of the university representatives.

Director of Undergraduate Admissions and International Student Exchange The University of Hong Kong

Alexander Yee

Manager of International Student Recruitment Australian National University

Meeting Room 1.01 Strand: University Admissions

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 8 Showcasing IB Alumni

Saturday 10:45-11:45 FRIDAY | |15:10-16:10

Saturday | 13:00-14:00

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Siva Kumari

International Baccalaureate Organization

Themes School Leadership, Planning & Governance (for Heads of School)

Meeting Room 1.06 Strand: University Admissions

Yuuichi Nohara (14) | Gakugei University International | Japan

Shaping your environment - how to design your learning spaces based on your pedagogy Grant van der Kruk

Furnware Cambridge University Press

Meeting Room G.02 Strand: Gold Plus Sponsors

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Transitioning into Modern Learning Environments is a big challenge with immense benefits and some very positive outcomes for schools. Grant van der Kruk from Furnware will facilitate a discussion on learning space design matching pedagogy. In this interactive forum, Grant will be joined by Principals who will share their experiences in turning their visions for learning and teaching into physical reality. Woven throughout their presentation will be the process with which they saw this vision materialise. Furnware is committed to the consultative processes with each principal about their use of the space and challenging them on the most ideal flexible space solutions.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS 9 The future of CAS-a personal view Cambridge University Press Meeting Room G.03 Strand: Gold Plus Sponsors

Saturday 13:00-14:00 FRIDAY | |15:10-16:10 The new CAS Guide builds on previous guides, clarifying terms, giving greater explanation and introducing some new models. It helps to strengthen the claim of the IB that Diploma Programme that it is facilitating holistic education. The Guide does this by linking CAS more explicitly with TOK and the Extended Essay reinforcing the coherence of the core. There is in this CAS guide makes a conscious link between the academic subjects through a form of experiential education-service learning. It uses a model of CAS stages that really reflects good practice in CAS. This model is a further development of model of experiential learning evident in earlier guides.

SESSIONS 9 Affordable, flexible and accessible UK degrees discover the University of Reading Malaysia Paula Sanderson

University of Reading Malaysia

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.05 Strand: Gold Plus Sponsors

Creating Online Professional Development for IBDP teachers Dr Nicky Dulfer

International Baccalaureate Course Co-ordinator Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

The University of Reading (UoR) is ranked in the top 1% globally with a long established reputation for the quality of its teaching and research. Its first overseas campus is located in EduCity, a multiversity campus in Iskandar Malaysia. UoRM offers its students the best of both worlds - a world-class degree with guaranteed UK study experience at a state-ofthe-art campus with unrivalled learning and leisure facilities.

UoRM offers degrees at approximately half the cost of studying in the UK, which means that getting a world-class degree is more affordable, flexible and accessible than ever before. In partnership with the triple accredited Henley Business School, UoRM offers programmes at Foundation, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Level in Business, Finance, Psychology, Pharmacy, Construction and Property. We offer a range of discounts for high performing students, with 100% scholarships available for the brightest and best students.

The University of Melbourne has been educating teachers for the International Baccalaureate for the past four years using an online approach. This new pedagogical approach has presented new challenges and opportunities for both students and teachers. Students who have undertaken the course during this time have come from a range of countries and academic backgrounds. Teaching online has involved the building of an international reciprocal learning community which investigates notions of internationalism, pragmatism and idealism. In this presentation some of the challenges, advantages and opportunities involved in this way of teaching will be discussed.

Themes Culture / International Mindedness

Meeting Room G.04 Strand: Gold Plus Sponsors

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Breakout session Presenter bios Alexander Yee

Andrea Strachan

Manager of International Student Recruitment at the Australian National University (ANU), Alexander Yee has extensive experience in the international higher education sector spanning over nearly a decade. During this time, he has worked across both international admissions and international recruitment roles at a number of leading Australian universities; developing and implementing student recruitment strategies that increase international engagement and attract outstanding international students to these institutions. Together with his practical experience, he holds undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in international business and marketing, which allow him to effectively contribute to the higher education sector and to successfully lead his team of international Regional Manager’s within the international office at the ANU.

Andrea Strachan has studied and worked in international schools for over twenty years in places that include Bermuda, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Singapore and the United Kingdom. She is the Primary School Vice Principal at CIS. She holds a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and is a doctoral candidate (Curriculum and Teaching) at Singapore’s National Institute of Education.

Manager of International Student Recruitment Australian National University

Alison Jenkins

Deputy Director, Marketing and Recruitment UNSW Australia

Alison has called UNSW home for the past five years. Her role at involves extensive travel and leading the International Recruitment and Communications teams working across India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, the Middle East and Africa.

Alison is the current Chair of the Group of Eight Recruitment Group and established the Schools Engagement program in India and Sri Lanka in 2013. Prior to UNSW, Alison worked in various external relations and student facing roles in the Business School at the University of Melbourne.

It was here that she also graduated with honours in Anthropology and Education. She has since completed further studies in Marketing with a particular interest in digital marketing.

Alison Smith

International Baccalaureate Organization

Alison Smith is Research Survey Specialist at the International Baccalaureate (IB). In this role, she coordinates all surveys and questionnaires from the IB, serving as an expert in design, data collection, and reporting of findings. Prior to this role, Alison worked in IB Americas regional school services. She is completing a MS degree in Educational Psychology from George Mason University, Virginia, USA. Ally Wu

School Director Shen Wai International School

Ally Wu is the School Director of Shen Wai International School and the founding principal of Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Branch School. In her 27 years experience as an educator, she has been awarded as the Top Ten Youth Teachers of Shenzhen (2000), and the Top 10 Principals of Shenzhen (2012).

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Vice Principal of Primary Canadian International School (Singapore)

Andrew Macdonald

Chief Schools Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

Andrew has helped lead mission-driven organizations in North America, Europe and Australia, covering literacy improvement, computer-based assessment and online learning. He has significant cross-functional experience in marketing, business development, logistics, HR, IT, academic services, finance, and customer service. Before joining the IB, Andrew was Senior Vice President (Operations) for a literacy training organization, where he was noted as a transformational leader, moving the organization to a full-scale automated enterprise system.

Angela Meikle

PYP Curriculum Coordinator Western Academy of Beijing

Angela Meikle hails from California in the United States. She is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme workshop leader, visiting team leader and member, consultant, building quality curriculum school reviewer and has contributed to various IB curriculum initiatives such as developing sample planners and online courses for publication. She is the PYP network chair for the Northern China IB network. She has been at the Western Academy of Beijing for the past ten years, and is currently the IB PYP Curriculum Coordinator. Angela holds a Masters of Arts in Education; Administration and Supervision.

Antony Mayrhofer

Director of Learning Services & Diploma Programme Coordinator St Paul’s Grammar School

Antony Mayrhofer is the Director of Learning Services (P-12), Diploma Programme Co-ordinator and Head of Theory of Knowledge at St Paul’s Grammar School, Penrith, Sydney, Australia. He has had an interest in International Education since 1984 when he completed a trainee teacher practicum in a local non-government school in Mumbai, India. Antony completed a five-year term as Deputy Chief Examiner of Biology in the Diploma Programme for the IB in 2007 and as such was, and continues to be involved in curriculum design and assessment for the IB. Antony has been an examiner in Diploma Biology since 1995 and a moderator of Biology Internal Assessment since 1997. He was Principal examiner for Biology in the May exam session from 2003 until 2013 and continues to be a Senior moderator of Internal Assessment. He has written examinations for the IB in Biology that have assessed students since 2003.

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Breakout session Presenter bios Analourdes Herrera

Avalokita Nanda

Analourdes Herrera, originally from San Diego, California, joined the IB in 2011. She holds a Master of Science (Msc) in Public Management and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in International Politics, Trade and Culture. With more than 11 years working in the field of e-learning and capacity building in international organizations, including the United Nations, Analourdes is passionate about innovation in learning design and the neuroscience of learning.

Avalokita Nanda (Avi for short) is the School Services Associate Manager Diploma Programme and also the contact person for the CP in IB Asia Pacific. Before she joined the IB in 2012, she was a member of the SLT and Diploma Programme Coordinator at Mercedes-Benz International School, Pune India from 1998-2010. As a long standing staff member at the school, she has had experience in programme development and delivery in three IB programmes. She was a senior moderator for Humanities in the MYP from 2006-2009 and an examiner for History in the Diploma Programme until 2011. She was also the CP contact person for IBAEM and IBAP in 2011. Avi has a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Masters Degree in Sociology from Pune University, India. She was a lecturer at Fergusson College , Pune, from 1994-1998. She is currently completing her Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.

Online PD Development Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Arjun Puri

Deputy Director, Admissions and Outreach O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)

Arjun graduated from the University of St Andrews in 2007 and worked as a banker with Merrill Lynch International Bank for 5 years. Before moving back to India in 2011 he joined ITC’s rural development and farmer empowerment program. His research took him to the remotest parts of the country to aid rural farmers. He then took over as the Strategy Head at Collegify, a leading consultancy in the high-school mentoring and study abroad sector. Arjun now works with the OP Jindal Global University as Deputy Director for Admissions and Outreach, and the Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities as the Head of Admissions and Institution Building. He recently launched his first book writes for publications including The Citizen and Wisden India.

Ashish Trivedi

MYP School Services Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

In his current role as MYP School Services Manager for Asia Pacific, Ashish supports the implementation of the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), ages 11‐16, in schools across the Asia Pacific region. He works with schools and governments to facilitate the authorization and evaluation of the MYP ensuring the programme is accessible in various local contexts. With over 20 years of experience in the field of international education, starting as a teacher, Ashish has led many curriculum development initiatives, teacher training and school improvement projects.

He has carried out school authorization and evaluation visits and teacher training workshops on behalf of the IB throughout the region. Ashish holds a Bachelors degree in Science and Masters degrees in Computer Education and Educational Leadership from universities in India and Australia.

He is currently pursuing his PhD in International Education at the National Institute of Education, Singapore.

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DP/CP Associate Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Prof. B.S.Satyanarayana

Professor, Literary and Cultural Studies BML Munjal University

Prof. B.S.Satyanarayana is currently working as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of BML Munjal University (BMU), India.He holds a Ph.D in Electrical Engg from Cambridge University UK ( a first in the area of vacuum nanoelectronics at Cambridge Univ. UK). He has over 30 years of experience working in Industry, R&D institutions, Academics and Government Policy in India, UK and Japan and with other international partners. This includes establishing new entrepreneurial ventures, setting up new labs in Academic, R&D & industrial environment, change management, defining new government policies and defining new pedagogy in academic environment.

Benjamin Barrington-Higgs Head of Campus Newington College - Lindfield

Benjamin Barrington-Higgs - PYP workshop Leader, PYP School Consultant, PYP School Visit Team Leader, Principal Newington College (Lindfield Campus) Benjamin is currently working as an elementary Principal at Newington College. He is an experienced inquiry practitioner as PYP workshop leader, PYP School Consultant, and PYP School Visit Team Leader. He brings a significant array of attributes and insights into all areas of school improvement and specifically ways to improve the teaching and learning pedagogy in the classroom.

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Caroline Rennie

Bernard Kerr initially studied at the Western Australian Secondary Teachers’ college and commenced teaching in the remote Pilbara area of Western Australia with a Diploma of Teaching.

Subsequently he has been awarded Bachelor’s degrees in Education and Arts and a Master’s degree in Visual Arts , specialising in ceramics. He has taught in a number of Government schools, Secondary Colleges, Technical Colleges in Australia and the United Kingdom. He has also lectured in Arts Education and Visual Arts at Edith Cowan and Curtin universities in Perth, Western Australia. He regularly delivers workshops for the International Baccalaureate in Visual Arts, The MYP Programme and Theory of Knowledge. He was Curriculum Leader for the Arts and Coordinator for Theory of Knowledge at Scotch College in Perth, Western Australia. Since August 2014 he has been MYP Coordinator and Middle School Director of Teaching and Learning at Binus International School Simprug, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Caroline started teaching the MYP in 1998 at International School Suva and became an IB educator in 2002. She has been fortunate to serve in roles, such as, MYP workshop leader, senior moderator, school visit team leader, consultant, field rep and has been a member of teams reviewing language guides and creating teacher support material. Caroline is currently serving as a MYP School Services Lead Educator. Her day job is implementing the MYP at Chadwick International.

MYP Coordinator Binus School Simprug Indonesia

Beth Queeney-Dressler

Year 5 EAL Teacher/Elementary EAL and Language Coordinator NIST International School

Beth Queeney-Dressler is an EAL teacher and the Elementary EAL and Language Coordinator at NIST International School. Beth is a workshop leader and visiting team leader, and has been part of IBPYP curriculum development and review. Beth has 20 years of experience as a language specialist and has worked at schools in the United States, Czech Republic, Thailand, Ukraine, Malaysia and Australia. Beth holds a Master’s Degree in TESOL. She tweets at @bqdressler.

Dr Bradley Shrimpton

Senior Research Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Dr Bradley Shrimpton is Senior Research Manager for the International Baccalaureate Organization.

His responsibilities include the design, commissioning and management of IB research projects, which currently includes studies in the Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, South East Asian countries and Australasia. Brad has been the author or co-author of more than 50 referred articles, book chapters and research reports. He has received two Australasian Evaluation Society awards for Excellence in Program Evaluation. Professor Jeff Thompson is widely known throughout the IB community, having been involved with the IB since its very earliest days in a number of roles, including Academic Director and Chair of the Board of Examiners. Among other things he is currently, Chair, Examinations Appeal Board (England, Wales, N. Ireland), Director, International Board, United World Colleges and Chair, Alliance for International Education.

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MYP Curriculum Coordinator Chadwick International

Carolyn Thistlethwaite

Deputy Head of Junior Years / PYP Coordinator Trinity Lutheran College

Carolyn Thistlethwaite is a Deputy Head of Junior School, PYP Coordinator and holds a Masters of Education in Learning Innovation. As an IBEN educator, consultant, workshop leader and visiting team leader, she is passionate about professional development and sharing experiences and knowledge with her peers and colleagues. She has been involved in the PYP for 11 years and recently held the position of Chair of the PYP South East QLD Network in Australia for 2 years.

Her strength is building and developing key relationships with staff in the pursuit of educational excellence in teaching and learning.

Cecile Doyen

Senior Curriculum Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Cécile Doyen, a US national and native of Belgium, joined the IB in The Hague in 2011 in the capacity of online workshops specialist with the Global Professional Development team. Prior to joining the Global Professional Development team, she owned a small business, through which she provided consulting services in e-learning and ICT integration in learning solutions to international educators. In 2012, Cécile started leading curriculum management for the PYP Development department. She has over 10 years experience in the IB community as a PYP teacher, language teacher, administrator and workshop leader. She brings to the community a strong knowledge base of effective pedagogical practices and years of experience as a professional in the field of early years education and bilingual education. Cécile holds master’s degrees in Early Childhood Education (USA) and in Instructional Design (France).

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Dalit Halevi Shauli

Celina Garza is the Manager for Academic Honesty based at the IB Assessment Centre. Celina holds a bachelor’s in Biology and a doctorate in Agricultural Sciences. For over 20 years, Celina worked as a research scientist at university level and has experienced in all aspects of academia. Prior to joining the IB in August 2010, Celina was the Diploma Programme Coordinator at an IB World School in Mexico. Thanks to her education in Europe, experience in Latin America and the US, Celina has an awareness of international educational issues. She has held several presentations at the IB Conferences and other academic events, conducted IB workshops and produced academic honesty materials for schools. More recently, Celina is organizing the academic honesty competition inviting MYP, DP and IBCP students to create short films and posters; she is testing a new software that allows the cross-reference of students’ work.

Dalit Halevi currently serves as the IBEN Manager in IBA as of August 2014. Dalit started her career in the IB at a continuum school in Puebla, Mexico. She taught DP Psychology, TOK, and coordinated the programme for 10 years. She holds a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership. Dalit has served in a diversity of IB Educator roles over the past years, as Examiner, Workshop Leader, Site Visitor and Consultant. Dalit has a passion for mentoring others and volunteering in activities which involve marriage counselling and mentorship of youth.

Chen-Cheng Chun

Dr. Chen-Cheng Chun is currently working as a director of Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language in National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. He is the founder of The International School Chinese Language Education Conference and Workshop, which will be held in the University of Hong Kong in December, 2015. He has been researching IB/AP Chinese acquisition planning and bilingual education in international schools in Kaohsiung, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Bangkok since 2009.

Darlene Fisher has worked for 30 years as a teacher and leader in schools in Australia, Oman, Thailand, India, Turkey, UK and the USA, including 15 years in IB schools including many IB educator roles. She is currently a doctoral student at Bath University focusing on educational leadership in an international context. Darlene is currently working at ECIS with responsibility for developing educational programmes to support teachers and school leaders. In her consulting role she also supports IB schools in their processes of authorisation. Darlene was also involved in the development of the Leadership Pathways PD for new and experienced Heads of IB schools. She has been involved in building schools from a year to 10 years old and completing their development into IB world schools in 4 countries in Asia and Europe. She continues her studies and consulting while sharing connects between research with best practice.

Claire Forbes

David Hawley

Claire Forbes began working with the IB Asia Pacific Team in January 2013 as an Associate Manager for PYP. Her current role supports schools and educators in both the PYP and the DP as they work through the authorization and evaluation processes. Claire has more than 13 years experience working with the PYP, in schools in both Singapore and Hong Kong. She has worked in a variety of roles including grade level teacher, IT specialist, teacher-librarian and PYP coordinator. Claire is also an active member of the IB educator network, taking on regular roles as a workshop leader, school visitor and consultant. Claire is passionate about play-based education, not just for the early years!

David Hawley joined the IB in 2016 as Chief Academic Officer. Prior to joining the IB, he served as Head at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific in Victoria, BC, Canada, which is one of 15 United World Colleges (UWCs). Prior to that, David worked for ten years as the Head of Atlanta International School, five years as Principal at Frankfurt International School and three years as the Principal at Lincoln School in Costa Rica. He also taught at schools in Venezuela and Guatemala.

After graduating from Framingham State University with a degree in Biology and Earth Sciences he subsequently earned two degrees from Harvard University; a Masters Degree in Educational Technology and a Doctorate in Administration, Planning and Social Policy.

Academic Honesty Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Director of Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language National Kaohsiung Normal University

School Services Associate Manager International Baccalaureate Organisation

Crystina Lewis

DP Geography/MYP Individuals and Societies International School of Tianjin

Crystina Lewis has had a varied educational career, from teaching pre-K through fifth grade via an art gallery to teaching Political Science at the Lone Star College in Texas. Currently, she teaches DP Geography and MYP Integrated Humanities at the International School of Tianjin. She holds both an MA and a BA in Political Science from the University of Houston, and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies.

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IBA IBEN Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Darlene Fisher IB Educator ECI Schools

Chief Academic Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

Denise Perrault

Head of online learning International Baccalaureate Organization

Denise Perrault joined the IB in February 2011 as the Head of Online Learning. Her department focuses on providing leadership in international education in teaching and learning with technology including blended and online learning. Her department is dedicated to sharing expertise and proven innovations to enhance an IB education and facilitating and collaborating with communities of practice around teaching and learning with technology.

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Breakout session Presenter bios Donald M Walkley

Gareth Hegarty

Don has been a teacher and principal in a number of schools in two states of Australia, as well as Papua New Guinea. For the past nine years he has been a school governance specialist consultant working across government, Catholic and independent schools across Australia and overseas. As Executive Director of the institute for School Governance Don is a member of the Global Alliance for School Governance and has undertake research into school governance in twelve countries.

Gareth Hegarty is leading the new MYP Assessment team in Cardiff as they develop the new assessment provision for the MYP including the exciting on-screen examinations. Previously Gareth led assessment in individuals and societies, the arts and the core of the Diploma Programme of the IB and was the subject manager for chemistry. Gareth joined the IB after 10 years of teaching and leadership in schools in the UK, the Netherlands and Russia. Gareth holds an Honours degree in Chemistry, a PGCE and MA in Education from the University of Wales.

Executive Director Australian Institute for School Governance

Elizabeth K. Y. Loh

Assistant Professor of Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong

Elizabeth Ka-Yee Loh is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. She is the principal investigator of a number of projects, including “Supporting the learning and teaching of Chinese language for non-Chinese speaking students in secondary schools” (SCOLAR 2016-2018) (HK$8.78M), “The role of orthographic knowledge in Chinese character learning amongst Hong Kong ethnic minority students” (RGC General Research Fund 2015-2017) (HK$0.61M), and “Tradition and innovation: Supporting the learning and teaching of Chinese as a second language for secondary schools students (2013-2015)” (HKSAR Government HK$8.29M)”.

She is part of the research team awarded the Richard M. Wolf Memorial Award (IEA, 2007) and the Faculty of Education Knowledge Exchange Award (HKU, 2014). She teaches courses in the MEd (TCSL) [leading to IB Teacher Award] program, and the major focus of her current research is teaching and learning of Chinese as a second language. She has published more than 42 refereed journal articles and book chapters, as well as 3 academic books.

Erin Albright

Global Head of Post-Authorization Services International Baccalaureate Organisation

Erin McVadon Albright has worked for the International Baccalaureate since 2010. She currently leads the Post-Authorization Services team in the Global School Services department responsible for the design of the programme evaluation process and the development of new services to support schools. Prior to joining the IB, Erin served as Diploma Programme coordinator and taught Theory of Knowledge, social anthropology and history in two schools implementing large, inclusive IB programmes. She filled a number of IB Educator roles including assistant examiner, school site visitor, workshop leader, and consultant to a wide range of IB schools. She earned her bachelor’s degree from St. John’s College, Maryland, and her master’s degree from Brown University both in the U.S.

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Head of MYP Assessment International Baccalaureate Organization

Gary Goodwin

Cartoon Education Canadian International School of Beijing

Gary Goodwin is an award-winning Cartoonist-Educator from Canada who is teaching Individuals and Societies at the Canadian International School of Beijing. He has created cartoons to help his students learn about different concepts and events. Gary is currently working on creating a comic book that explains the French Revolution for his second language learners. Samples of his work can be seen at: cartooneducation.tumblr.com.

Dr Gerard Calnin

Senior Research Fellow The University of Melbourne

Dr Gerard Calnin is a Senior Research Fellow in the Graduate School of Education at The University of Melbourne. His research interests include the areas of school leadership, teacher evaluation and school effectiveness. He has recently consulted to the IB on the development of a leadership framework and is the Asia Pacific representative for the IB’s Educator Certificates. Prior to working at the University, Gerard held leadership roles in p-12 schooling and at the system level; he was also an international research fellow in the USA and UK. Gill Presland

IB Educator Network Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Gill Presland has been with the IBAP Regional Office for 3 years in the role of Regional IB Educator Network Manager. Gill began her teaching career as a secondary school teacher in Australia.

She soon joined IB schools teaching throughout the PYP and MYP across various school in Asia.

Gill bought with her to the Organisation over 20 years of educational experience. She was an experienced MYP coordinator, a MYP curriculum developer, MYP IBEN Workshop Leader, and also designed professional development workshops for the IB.

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Breakout session Presenter bios Grant van der Kruk

Ian Chambers

In 2009, Grant established Furnware’s Australian operation, building it up to be one of the most prominent educational furniture companies. Grant now manages the development of Furnware business in Singapore and South East Asia. Having assisted hundreds of schools making the transition from structured spaces to modern learning environments, Grant is heavily relied upon for his expertise and to create individual processes to help schools achieve the best spaces possible.

He feels particularly connected to education and schools, where his greatest satisfaction is “seeing children’s eyes light up in their new learning space, where it becomes a place where they want to be every day.”

Ian has forged a successful career in education leadership and teaching over the past 15 years. As Director, IB Asia Pacific since February 2011, Ian oversaw the work of professional development, authorisation and evaluation of schools, recognition and the IB Educator Network (IBEN). Before joining the IB, Ian was Regional Manager, Asia Pacific for a provider of international qualifications for 14 – 19 year olds where he also held the position of Regional Manager, South Asia based in New Delhi, India. Under his leadership in Asia Pacific, IB programmes are being implemented in increasingly diverse schools across the region. In 2016 Ian took up his role of Global Director Development.

Holly Bowen Reardon

Indumati Sen

Holly is originally from North Carolina in the United States. She has been working in early childhood education and advocacy in the USA and Asia for over 15 years. Before joining WAB as the Head of Early Childhood Education, She was a professional development specialist with the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), where she trained teachers and administrators in Early Childhood pedagogy. Holly is an active workshop leader and workshop developer for the IB.

Indumati Sen joined the IB as the ombudsman in January of 2011. She serves the IB global community in the AP, AEM, and Americas regions. Indu provides assistance to both internal and external stakeholders as a confidential channel that listens to IB-related concerns, as a facilitator and mediator. She also provides upward feedback to the IB on broad-based issues. As a professional ombudsman and mediator, she practices and leads the Office of the Ombudsman under internationally recognized standards of practice, and has served on the Director on the Boards of the International Ombudsman Association and Certified Organizational Ombudsman Practitioners.

Prior to the IB, she served as the Director of the Office of the Ombudsman at the University of California, Riverside. Indu earned her LL.M. in international Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University School of Law. She has a legal background in education, employment and labour law.

Business Development Manager – Singapore & SE Asia Furnware

Head of Early Childhood Education Western Academy of Beijing

Huali Xiong

Head of Chinese Canadian International School

Huali Xiong is the head of the K to 12 Chinese program at the Canadian International School in Singapore. She holds a BA in English Xiamen University and a MS in Multidisciplinary Studies from the University of New York. Huali has been a language teacher and a presenter at various international conferences. Her areas of research include: “Differentiated Instruction in a Chinese Classroom”; “Cultural Integration in a Chinese Curriculum”, and “What Does it Take to be an Inquiry Chinese Language Teacher”. Huali also authored a series of books for primary students - Big Apple Chinese.

Iain Riley

Assistant Head and Head of Pastoral and Academic Tracking Shanghai United International School

Iain Riley has worked at IB schools in Turkey and Egypt and has been in Shanghai since 2010. He has been a teacher for over 10 years and is currently Assistant Head and Head of Pastoral and Academic Tracking and was previously Grade 5 Coordinator. He has a BA and a PGCE from Scotland, his Masters in Education from England. Iain has completed a number of IB courses and has also completed the IBE Facilitators training course. He has been published twice on the IB Sharing Blog.

In addition to teaching the PYP, he has also taught the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence and the English National Curriculum. Iain enjoys sharing his knowledge with others and has led sharing sessions as part of the Shanghai Network and has also been invited to other school out with Shanghai to share his knowledge.

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Global Director Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Ombudsman International Baccalaureate Organization

James Monk

Head of Diploma Programme Development International Baccalaureate Organization

James Monk works in the DP development team in The Hague as head of DP development. He previously worked as head of curriculum for DP languages (groups 1 and 2). James has been with the IB since September 2011. After teaching for 12 years, mostly in UK schools, Richard Penrose left a head of biology and psychology role to join the IB as subject manager for psychology, anthropology and ITGS in 2003. Encounters with remarkable IB diploma graduates motivated his efforts to become involved with the IB and its mission in the first place and the impact of IB programmes still keeps him going today. He became head of Diploma Programme assessment in 2009.

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Jane Altemen

Jeremy Otto

Jane Altemen has been a teacher and administrator since 1988 in her native Canada, the Middle East, Europe, and now South-East Asia. In the classroom she teaches IBDP Chemistry and MYP Science, and runs science clubs for PYP students. She is an MYP Consultant, an MYP Visiting Schools Team Leader, and Workshop Leader. With a degree in Neuroscience, Jane’s teaching practice is dominated by Brain-Based Learning, coupled with Visible Thinking Routines, and the Understanding by Design paradigm.

Jeremy is currently based in Brisbane Australia after living and working in an international school in Hong Kong for the last 9 years. He is a trained Drama Teacher completing his degrees in Creative Industries Drama and Secondary Education. Jeremy currently is the Lead Educator globally for the MYP Arts Curriculum and Projects. He has also been an MYP Coordinator, Head of Arts and Drama teacher. Jeremy has engaged with the IB in a variety of different contexts, including being an MYP moderator, curriculum developer, teacher support materials and workshop developer, workshop leader, MYP reader and school team visitor. His work also extends to the International Schools Theatre Association (ISTA) having hosted Drama festivals and working with ISTA as a Teacher-Artist and Rep.

Teacher MYP and DP Science NIST International School Bangkok Thailand

Jane Drake

Head of curriculum innovation and alignment International Baccalaureate Organization

Jane Drake is the Head of curriculum innovation and alignment for the IB. A member of the Continuum team based in the Academic division in The Hague, Jane’s role is to develop frameworks for innovation across programmes to enhance the continuum of education. Jane is an educator with experience of curriculum design and implementation from K-12. Jane has experience in IB, UK and international schools including two new school start-ups, and led the authorisation process for IBDP and IBCP. Jane is deeply committed to the value of holistic education. Originally a research scientist, Jane has a BSc medical biochemistry with PGCE and NPQH. She is currently a part-time research student (MA Ed) with research interests in the development of global competencies and international mindedness.

Professor Jeff Thompson University Professor University of Bath, UK

Professor Jeff Thompson PhD is a professor in the Department of Education at the University of Bath and a member of the Internationalisation and Globalisation of Education research cluster.

Having been involved with the IB as an examiner from its earliest days, Professor Thompson has held numerous positions with the IB including Chair of the IB Examining Board, Academic Director, Director of International Education and Director of Research. For both Thompson, IB programmes, international schools and international education are the central focus of their research, their teaching and their research supervision at masters and doctoral level, as well as the focus of their academic and professional publications.

Lead Educator Globally for the IB MYP Arts Curriculum and Projects Independent

JoAn Radojkovich

Principal of Primary School Canadian International School (Singapore)

JoAn Radojkovich is an experienced international educator and administrator that has worked as a teacher, a Global Curriculum Manager with IBAP, and as a principal for over 18 years. She has worked in contexts that include start-up schools, independent schools, universities, NGOs and consulting work with governments and ministries of education. JoAn is currently the Primary School Principal at Canadian International School (CIS) in Singapore where she leads a multilingual PYP programme for over 1,500 students. She has a Master’s degree (Hons) in Education and plans to embark on a Ph.D. through Auckland University.

Jodi Kittle

Student Support Team Coordinator and Learning Specialist Chadwick International

Jodi’s central “WHY”, the reason she comes to school, is “even our most vulnerable have the right and ability to learn, and need a voice.” As a Student Support Team Coordinator and Learning Specialist, Jodi spends her day being that voice: advocating for students and educating teachers (and herself ) about the importance of inclusion. Jodi is in her 3rd decade as an educator, and is currently at Chadwick International.

Jenny Gillett

Senior Curriculum Manager, Diploma Programme International Baccalaureate Organisation

Jenny Gillett works in the DP development team in The Hague as curriculum manager for history, philosophy and theory of knowledge. She also has responsibility for approaches to teaching in learning in the DP. Jenny has been with the IB since September 2010. Angela Rivière works in the DP Development team in The Hague as curriculum manager for the extended essay, the world studies extended essay, and social and cultural anthropology. Angela has been with the IB since August 2011.

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Judith Curtis

John began his career in education as a History teacher in Fairfax County (Virginia, USA) schools. He later served as a professor of Political Science and as Washington (DC) Director for the UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy. He held various deanships at Johns Hopkins University, including Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs. He was also Executive Director for the Colonial Academic Alliance, a coalition of ten US universities. John has devoted most of his career to promoting international exchange and education. He spent his childhood in France, where he attended what is now the International School of Paris, an IB World School, and studied as a Fulbright Scholar to India. A graduate of Yale University (BA in History) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA and Ph.D. in Political Science), he is the author of Deans List: 11 Habits of Highly Successful College Students, which helps students navigate the transition to college.

Judith is the Head of Secondary at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand. She has been in international education as an administrator, department head and teacher for over twenty years, and has had connections with the IB as both a teacher and an examiner. Her previous posts have been at schools in Tokyo, Singapore and Moscow, where she was not only focused on student achievement, but was also extensively involved in community building. Originally from the UK, Judith holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Durham University, a P.G.C.E. from the University of Bath, a Master of Arts in International Education from Oxford Brookes University and a Master of Arts in Educational Research from Durham University.

Chief External Academic Relations Officer International Baccalaureate Organization

John Nicholls

Assistant Director, Nord Anglia University (Asia) Nord Anglia Education

John Nicholls is Assistant Director of Nord Anglia University, responsible for training local and international teachers in the Asia region. He holds a Masters degree in Coaching and Mentoring Practice, and has run teaching, coaching and leadership workshops in nineteen countries across four continents. John led the award winning Norfolk Wellbeing Programme, working to improve subjective wellbeing for over 28,000 school employees. As part of this role, he ran the Head teacher Support service, offering confidential professional and personal support to school leaders by telephone or face-to-face sessions. He was also an adviser & consultant for the UK’s national Work life Support organisation. As well as being a Head teacher, class teacher and Leadership Development Advisor for the National College of School Leadership, John was the IBEN Manager for the AEM region for four years, based in Geneva and then The Hague.

John Spinks

Director of Undergraduate Admissions and International Student Exchange The University of Hong Kong

Prof. John A. Spinks is currently Senior Advisor to the President, and Director of Undergraduate Admissions and International Student Exchange at The University of Hong Kong. In this role, he has responsibilities for student admission to the University, local and international student recruitment, and international student exchanges and collaboration. He has led more than 100 promotional missions to countries throughout Asia and beyond, working with leading schools as well as universities and Ministries of Education. Applications for undergraduate study at HKU now average around 50,000 per annum, with around half of these from outside the HK educational system.

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Head of Secondary NIST International School

Julian Jefferys

DP School Services Manager, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Over the last decade Julian has been advocating, explaining and working with the three International Baccalaureate Programmes. He has worked in local and international school systems in the Asia Pacific region in a variety of leadership positions. Most recently, as the inaugural Diploma Coordinator at an independent school in Australia, Julian established and implemented the Diploma Programme. He holds a Masters in Educational Leadership specialising in the feasibility of schools intending to become IB World Schools.

Juner Garcia

IBAEM IBEN Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Juner Bueno Garcia currently works as the IBEN Manager for IB AEM region since February 2015. He started his career with the IB in 2009 as Programme Manager for projects that seeks to enhance access of students to IB education regardless of their personal circumstances. As Business Development Manager, he lead the development, planning and implementation of IB’s strategic initiatives to promote IB education in Japan, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. Juner is a humanitarian aid worker by profession and has work experiences in Afghanistan, Nepal and countries in Asia and Africa.

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Breakout session Presenter bios Dr. Kala Parasuram

Katie Knight

Dr. Kala Parasuram is the IB’s Assessment Access and Inclusion manager. A member of the School Delivery team in the Assessment division in Cardiff, Kala’s role is to lead the IB in promoting access and inclusion; enabling equal opportunity for all students to IB Assessments across the continuum of programmes. An educator with a specialization in inclusive education, she has a Ph.D. in Education, an MA in Special Education and an MA in Movement Therapy. Kala has past experience as a teacher, university lecturer, head of research, teacher trainer and inclusive education consultant in schools, universities and not-for-profit organisations in UK, USA and India. She has also served as an invited panel member to draft state and national policy in inclusive education in India and as an invited expert to the Department of Education in UK to examine accessibility of national examinations. She is a member of the Access Consultation Forum of Ofqual (Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator), UK.

Katie Knight is an experienced early childhood teacher, and has taught in the UK, Malawi and China.

She is passionate about education and is an IBEN workshop leader. During her free time Katie enjoys walking her dogs, and spending quality time with her husband and two children. She loves a long walk up a mountain followed by a campfire with family and friends. Katie is currently teaching at the Western Academy of Beijing.

Assessment Access and Inclusion Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Kate Kuhn

Global Professional Development Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Kate Kuhn is Global Professional Development Manager in the IB Global Centre, Bethesda. She is responsible for implementing the IB educator and leadership certificates in universities and institutions worldwide.

Dr. Kate Lin

Director of IB Office Kang Chiao International School East China Campus

As the director of IB Office at Kang Chiao International School East China Campus, Kate has successfully led the authorization process and oversees the development of school-based DP curriculum, teachers’ recruitment and professional development as well as student admissions and planning for their individualized learning experiences. Before joining the school, Kate used to work with the International Baccalaureate Organisation as a research manager for programme development since 2009. Her main responsibilities included conceptualizing and commissioning projects relating to pedagogical and learning approaches of the IB educational philosophies and initiatives, approaches to curriculum design as well as dispositions and competences of global citizens in the 21st century within the IB programmes. In addition, she also delivered educational research training to our curriculum developers through the development of online modules and workshops in collaboration with internal and external expertise.

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Early Years Teacher Western Academy of Beijing

Kavita Jaisi

Principal Fairview International School, Subang

Kavita Jaisi has 11 years of teaching experience. She is a Principal, an MYP teacher and a seasoned expedition trip leader. Kavita holds an MBA and a MA in Education. She is also a Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction trainer having completed her accreditation with Dr Lynn Erickson.

Kelly Creamer

CP Product Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Kelly Creamer, Product Manager, Career-related Programme (CP), joining the International Baccalaureate in April 2015. Kelly is excited to facilitate the IB Career-related Programme (CP) to our IB World Schools on a global scale, aligning both an IB education with career exploration and study. Prior to joining the IB, Kelly modernized the development and implementation of corporatesponsored educational programs in classrooms throughout North America - enhancing educational curriculum and learning standards to over 20,000 teachers. Kelly has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

Kevin House

Head of School Services, Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Kevin House joined the International Baccalaureate® (IB) after many years in international schools across Africa, Europe and Asia. He has spent much of this time as a school administrator in a number of IB World Schools in Asia Pacific, building up a first-hand understanding of the specific opportunities and requirements experienced in our exciting and diverse region. In addition to his school leadership roles, he has been a committed IB consultant, visiting team member and workshop leader. To further the development of exceptional IB World Schools, he will concentrate on continuing to improve the service aspects of School Services’ remit by focussing on the authorisation and evaluation processes.

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Breakout session Presenter bios Kim Green

Lee Gee Teo

Kim Green is the currently the Head of Secondary at International School of Dhaka and previously was the Secondary Principal of Vientiane International School. She holds Masters in Educational Leadership (UK), Bachelor Degrees in both Education and Social Science (NZ) and Diploma’s in both Teaching (NZ) and Management (Aust.). In 2014 she published ‘Re-thinking Leadership Development in Schools’ a book that shares her research of an effective framework for leadership development in schools. Kim has 19 years of teaching experience that includes working with New Zealand, Nevada- USA and International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum. Kim has taught in the IBDP and IBMYP - Geography, History, Humanities and Theory of Knowledge. Kim has held roles as a moderator, workshop leader and national curriculum writer in New Zealand. She is currently a member of IBEN and holds roles as a IB Workshop Leader and IB and CIS School Team Visit Leader / Member and IB MYP Consultant.

Teo Lee Gee has more than 25 years of experience in higher education. She joined the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) in 1989 where she was responsible for organizing senior management programs and conferences. In 2004, she successfully launched SIM’s first full-time American degree program - Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) with the University at Buffalo. Lee Gee was promoted to Assistant Director of Recruitment in 2013 where she is responsible for the recruitment of students for SIM’s wide range of high-quality overseas degree programs made available through its partnership with established international universities from the UK, US and Australia.

Head of Secondary International School Dhaka

Krysten Fort-Catanese

Director of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness Phuket International Academy (PIA)

Krysten Fort-Catanese is the Director of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Mindfulness at Phuket International Academy (PIA), a 3-Programme IB World School in Phuket, Thailand. Krysten has been a classroom teacher for 20 years and since 2009, has brought social and emotional learning and secular mindfulness practices to PIA, including Mindfulness in Schools Project’s “.b for Teens” and “Paws b” curricula. Krysten has trained in Compassionate Communication and in developing Council practice in schools. In 2010, she completed the Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher Training (CEBTT), an adult mindfulness certification course, with Dr. Paul Ekman and Dr. B. Alan Wallace at the Thanyapura Mind Centre. At PIA, Krysten also leads courses for both teachers and parents, emphasizing the role of the adults towards creating a school culture around kindness, curiosity, and resilience. Krysten is an international presenter and currently develops and facilitates workshops and self-care retreats for educators.

Laurie Kraaijeveld

Head of High School Languages/ French A and B Teacher/ IBEN workshop leader UWCSEA East

Head of High School Languages at UWCSEA East (Singapore), Laurie holds an MA in AngloAmerican Studies from Bordeaux University, France. A qualified ESL (BA, Fontys University, The Netherlands) and French (MA, Liège University, Belgium) teacher, she has taught French in all three IB programmes as well as worked as a DP examiner and workshop leader. Originally from France and a firm believer that there is no age limit for (language) learning, only limiting beliefs, she learned her “father tongue”, Dutch, at the age of 26, when she moved to the Netherlands to train as a teacher. Passionate about cultural and linguistic diversity, Laurie has been leading mother tongue programmes at UWC Maastricht (the Netherlands) and UWCSEA East for the past 6 years, supporting students, parents, teachers and tutors with over 40 Language A: Literature courses, from Zulu to Tibetan and Armenian.

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Assistant Director Recruitment SIM Global Education

Lee Sterling III

College Counsellor/TOK Teacher International School of Tianjin

Lee Sterling III currently acts as a College Counsellor/TOK teacher for the International School of Tianjin. Prior to that he taught in Houston, Texas for 11 years. He has taught Theatre, GT, English, Social Studies, ESL, AP Psychology and AVID/College Path in his teaching career. He is a current reader for the AP Psychology exam. From 2008 until 2014, he taught as an adjunct psychology professor at Lone Star College. He has a B.A. in History and English, a M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction and he is ABD for a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. Mr. Sterling has been a past presenter at U.S. National and Texas State conferences primarily focusing on the socio-emotional issues and secondary teaching strategies within the IB, AP, and GT population.

Lucy Stonehill CEO BridgeU

Ms. Stonehill is the co-founder and CEO of BridgeU, named as one of the Edtech 20 companies (most innovative and fast-growing edtech business in Europe). BridgeU is a platform for schools that provides comprehensive university preparation and application management. Lucy has built two companies in the field of international education, and is often asked to speak about her experiences, both as an entrepreneur and as an expert in the fields of education technology and international education. Lucy has been described as a ‘visionary’ by Forbes, and was named “Techpreneur of the Year” in 2015 by the House of Commons.

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Margie Lope

Lyndsay J. Agans is the project manager for “My School” in Schools Division. Prior to joining IB in 2014 Lyndsay oversaw major educational technology projects funded by entities such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Defence University, and the Australian National University.

Pamela Bender joined the International Baccalaureate in 2012 as Head of Pre-authorization Services, Global School Services. She oversees, develops, directs, and improves global processes and services for individual and groups of schools engaged in becoming IB World Schools. She have previously served as Executive Vice President for Partner and Community Engagement at America’s Promise Alliance, where she was responsible for dropout prevention campaign leadership, recruitment and mobilization of over 400 partner organizations, and community-based initiatives.

She also served as Director, Non-profit Sector Programs & Practice at Independent Sector, an advocacy organization and as Director, Special Literacy Programs for Reading Is Fundamental, a children’s literacy organization.

Marjorie Lope currently serves as the Global Head of IBEN as of July 2015. Marjorie has worked in all IBEN roles including consultation on MYP Next Chapter and eAssessment, participation on the IB Americas Regional Council for 6 years, and presented at numerous IB conferences. She has worked with the Academic, Assessment and Schools Division and thus has first-hand experience of how her role as an IBEN was approached by our various departments and will be able to provide that “outside in” approach. Marjorie has a Ph.D. in Policy and Leadership with a focus on international education. She did her doctoral research on the perceptions of international mindedness among teachers and students in the MYP.

Malcolm McKenzie

Mark Lewis has been teaching the Diploma Programme for 11 years. He has been an Assistant Examiner for DP Business Management and a workshop leader for both DP Business Management and Approaches to Teaching and Learning, he is a member of the IB Educator Network (IBEN) Asia Pacific. Mark is Head of Learning - Business at Carey Baptist Grammar School Kew, Victoria, Australia.

Mark is a passionate IB practitioner teaching both DP Business management and DP Economics and associated Extended Essays. Mark also has interests in teaching for cultural understanding, thinking skills and approaches to Positive Education programmes.

Project Manager International Baccalaureate Organisation

Head of School Keystone Academy

Mr. McKenzie holds degrees at Universities of Cape Town, Oxford and Lancaster. He was the first Bicentennial Fellow at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. Mr. McKenzie started his academic career as a university lecturer, but moved into school teaching, and school leading, nearly 30 years ago. He has been Principal of four schools, Maru-a-Pula School in Botswana, The United World College of the Atlantic in Wales, The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, U.S. and Keystone Academy, Beijing. Mr. McKenzie has also served on the Board of the Round Square Association, which numbers approximately 100 schools worldwide. He was a co-founder of the Global Connections Foundation in 1997 and is now Director of the Keystone confederation of schools.

Marcia Behrenburch

Head of School Services, AP International Baccalaureate

Marcia Behrenbruch has over 25 years of experience as a teacher and school administrator living and working in Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Vietnam and Singapore. Her research interests are inquiry learning, facilitating change in classroom practice and identifying factors that contribute to effective professional development. She currently works in the IB office in Singapore. After three years as head of professional development for the PYP, she is now head of school services for Asia Pacific.

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Global IBEN Head International Baccalaureate Organization

Mark Lewis

Faculty Head, IBEN workshop leader IB Teacher Carey Baptist Grammar School

Mary Condon

Director Milagro Educational Consulting LLC

Mary E Condon, MA, a National Board Certified Teacher in the US, taught Spanish for 35 years at Park Center IB World School in Minnesota. An active member of the IBEN, she is currently a visitor, workshop leader and an examiner for IB, as well as for the Educational Testing Service in the US. Founder and director of Milagro Educational Consulting LLC, her focus is helping teachers experience success with sanity in curriculum development, 21st-century education, concept-based education and assessment . She is author of Success with Sanity: Planning for Effective Curriculum Implementation.

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Dr Mary Hayden

Michael M Yi

Dr. Mary Hayden is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Head of Department, as well as head of the Department’s International Education and Globalisation research cluster and Director of the Department’s Centre for the study of Education in an International Context (CEIC) at the University of Bath, which offers the IB educator certificates. Her research interests focus particularly on international schools and international education She is Editor of the Journal of Research in International Education, a member of the International Primary Curriculum and International Middle Years Curriculum Advisory Board, and a Trustee of the Alliance for International Education.

She is a well-published author in the field of international education.

Born and raised in China, Mr. Yi completed his undergraduate study in China before he went to the U.S. in 1987 , where he has since earned two master’s degrees in the US, first in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and the other in School Administrative Services. Michael Yi has been a school teacher, assessment specialist, and administrator in China, Hong Kong, and the U.S. for the past 30 plus years , most of which at secondary level . He served a total of twelve years as Assistant Principal of Curriculum at A.P. Giannini Middle School and as Assistant Principal of Administration and Student Support Services at Lowell High School respectively. Both San Franciscan schools have been California Distinguished Schools and/or U.S. National Blue Ribbon Schools for many times. Mr. Yi is currently the Principal of the Secondary School at Beijing Huijia Private School.

Head of Education Department University of Bath

Dr Mary Robyn

MYP Coordinator St Paul’s Grammar School

Having taught at various universities and schools, Mary Robyn (BA, MA, PhD) currently teaches language and literature (MYP and Diploma) and is the MYP coordinator at St Paul’s Grammar School in New South Wales, Australia. She has contributed to various IB projects including those which have focussed on assessment, the PYP/MYP/Diploma continuum, approaches to teaching and learning, and sign languages. Her IB roles have included being a senior moderator, a workshop leader (online and face-to-face), a visit team leader and a member of the MYP committee. She has worked in all three IB regions of the world. Her PhD dissertation provided on a Post-colonial assessment of rural teacher characters in novels.

Maya Dodd

FLAME University

Dr. Maya Dodd received her PhD. from Stanford University in Modern Thought and Literature.

Subsequently, she received post-doctoral fellowships at Princeton University and JNU, India. She also taught in the department of Anthropology at Princeton University and in English departments at Stanford and the University of Florida. Currently, she teaches Literary and Cultural Studies at FLAME and also founded FLAME’s Centre for South Asia.

Melissa Fahlman

Professional Development Manager: IB Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organisation

Principal, Secondary School Beijing Huijia Private School

Dr Michelle Cafini

Head of College Rivercrest Christian College

Dr Michelle Cafini has extensive experience working with staff to assist them to differentiate learning to ensure that students are engaged and challenged by significant, meaningful learning experiences. She has provided professional development internationally at conferences and in schools on differentiation. Dr Cafini has held the position of PYP co-ordinator in 2 schools and has a strong understanding of the PYP and the place of differentiation in PYP schools. She has been in leadership roles for the past 15 years in different school settings. She is currently the Head of College at Rivercrest Christian College in Victoria, Australia. Dr Cafini has 2 Masters Degrees (one in PYP) and a Doctorate of Education (in gifted education).

Mike Knowles

Director, The Creative Hub Ansal University

In his long career in both industry and education Mike has been an avid supporter of the crafts industry, arguing that the key to great Design Thinking is today’s new religion in making, this comes from his Ruskinite belief. After setting up the Royal Society of Arts Chapter, University of Arts Skills Academy, he set up the Sushant School of Design. His keen interest in IB stems from his 10 years’ service on the Board of The British School, New Delhi. Being very impressed with the IB programme, he used the principles of TOK in mind while setting up the Sushant School of Design.

Melissa Fahlman is the PD Manager for Asia Pacific and is responsible for the scheduling, operations and quality assurance of IB Professional Development in the Asia Pacific region. Melissa is responsible for supporting the professional growth of teachers and administrators in the region by ensuring that schools are provided with a variety of high-quality IB workshops across all subregions in the Asia-Pacific. Working primarily with school coordinators and workshop leaders, Melissa supports their information and registration needs in the workshop selection and delivery processes.

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Nicholas Forde

Mike Johnston helps lead schools towards greater sustainability and improved learning. He has empowered students, teachers and leaders in the places he has worked such as Canada, Scotland, Mexico, Russia, Qatar and Singapore to know they really can make a difference in the world. He has lead workshops and keynoted for teachers and administrators around the world on sustainability, global curriculum K-12 and how service learning should not just be what you do, but who you are as a school. As a member of the Compass Education team he is part of a growing community of passionate educators aiming to equip schools as learning communities to educate and act for a sustainable future. He has dedicated much of his time to not only ensuring students are properly prepared for the world’s most pressing issues but that they have the skills and desire to take action to make a difference. In pursuing his Doctorate in Organizational Systems Mike helps to inspire and lead schools through times of change.

Nicholas Forde studied History at the University of London and the University of Wales, Swansea. He has been a teacher, middle leader and senior leader in four schools in the UK, Middle East and Hong Kong. He was Head of History/Humanities at West Island School in Hong Kong from 2004 - 2009 before moving to become Diploma Programme Coordinator at The ISF Academy, Hong Kong to establish the IB Diploma Programme. He is an experienced IB educator network member through his work as a workshop leader, verification team leader and consultant. He is currently Deputy Principal, Secondary School at The ISF Academy, Hong Kong. He has recently completed the MA Education programme at University of Bath.

K-12 Education for a Better World Compass Education

Minhaj Arastu

Principal Focus High School

Minhaj Arastu studied History at Cornell University and earned a Master of Arts in Teaching degree at the University of South Carolina. He spent one year in between relearning Urdu through the Berkeley Urdu Language Programme in Lahore. He has 20 years of teaching and administrative experience. World History, Debate, and Theory of Knowledge are his favourite subjects. He helped start the IBDP at Oakridge International School in Hyderabad and served as an IBEN consultant and visiting team leader for 4 years. Hyderabad is his birthplace and he had a chance to contribute to the development of education the Old City by founding Focus High School, an IB PYP candidate school. The school received an IB Grant and aims to expand access to IB education in several campuses throughout the city.

Monita Sen

PYP Regional Manager International Baccalaureate Organization

Monita Sen joined the IB Asia Pacific team in Singapore in 2012 as the PYP Regional Manager.

Her role supports PYP schools and educators going through the process of authorization and evaluation. Monita has over 15 years experience working with the PYP in a variety of roles including both grade level and specialist teacher roles, as a PYP coordinator and head of school. She began her career as an early years teacher and has been involved in setting up early childhood centres in India. She has also been an active part of the IB Educator network as a PYP workshop leader, school visitor, consultant and workshop developer. Monita holds a Masters degree in Education and English Literature and is most interested in anything to do with education and creativity.

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Deputy Principal The ISF Academy, Hong Kong

Nicky Bourgeois

Year 5 Classroom Teacher NIST International School

Nicky Bourgeois is an Elementary Teacher at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand. She is an IB workshop leader and has led workshops across Asia Pacific since 2009. She has over 15 years of teaching experience across Elementary grade levels in New Zealand, Vietnam and Thailand. Nicky holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education and Sociology. She tweets as @bourgeois1 and endeavours to only share what is truly evident in her classroom and teaching practice.

Pamela Bender

Global Head of Pre-Authorization International Baccalaureate Organization

Pamela Bender joined the International Baccalaureate in 2012 as Head of Pre-authorization Services, Global School Services. She oversees, develops, directs, and improves global processes and services for individual and groups of schools engaged becoming IB World Schools. She have previously served as Executive Vice President for Partner and Community Engagement at America’s Promise Alliance, where she was responsible for dropout prevention campaign leadership, recruitment and mobilization of over 400 partner organizations, and community-based initiatives. She also served as Director, Non-profit Sector Programs & Practice at Independent Sector, an advocacy organization and as Director, Special Literacy Programs for Reading Is Fundamental, a children’s literacy organization. Bender earned an MA in English Literature from American University, a BA in English Literature with Business Administration concentration from Franklin & Marshall College, and is a graduate of the Executive Program in Non-profit Leadership at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s Center for Social Innovation.

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Paul Sanders

Peter Gittins

Paul Sanders was formerly with the College Board from 1999-2009 as a Senior Educational Manager and with Rice University from 2009-2011 as the Executive Director of the Centre for College Readiness. He has comprehensive experience working school districts, universities and government officials in addressing issues of equity and access in education; Paul joined the IB as Global Head of Recognition in May 2011. He holds a BA in Political Science from Texas A&M University and an MLA in History from St. Edward’s University.

Peter Gittins is a School Support & Evaluation Officer (SSEO) representing the Council of International Schools. In this role, he supports and visits schools applying for CIS membership and participating in the CIS accreditation process. Born and educated in Australia, Peter has been involved in international education for a period in excess of thirty years. His international career began in 1983 and includes teaching assignments in Papua New Guinea, Nepal, and a brief role as an Interim Head of a school in Sydney. Peter was the Founding Head of the International School Ho Chi Minh City, and was heavily involved in its establishment. He has also held Headships at the Overseas School of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and more recently the International School Hamburg, in Germany.

Head Global Recognition International Baccalaureate Organization

Paul Teulon

Director of Admissions and Registry Services King’s College London

Paul Teulon joined King’s College London in 2011, where he has responsibility for both undergraduate and postgraduate admissions. He currently Chairs the UCAS New Qualification Information Service Project Advisory Group, serves on the Overseas Association for College Admission Counselling board and is Chair of the Education Committee at the London Academy of Excellence. In 2001 he was appointed as the first ever Schools and Colleges Liaison Officer at the University of Cambridge, and from 2003 he worked at the University of Oxford as the Head of the Student Recruitment. Paul has spoken at wide range of national and international conferences on issues relating to Higher Education and admissions in the UK. Paul holds degrees Economics from the University of Cambridge and in Mathematical Sciences from the Open University.

School Support and Evaluation Officer Council of International Schools

Pierre Lacoste

Mathematics and Physics Teacher International School of Asia, Karuizawa

Pierre Lacoste is currently working at the International School of Asia, Karuizawa in Japan. He has been working with the IB Programme for the past 23 years, teaching in Egypt, Ecuador, Canada, Turkey and Hong Kong. He has taught all levels of DP Mathematics and Physics as well as MYP Mathematics. He is also an assistant examiner for HL Mathematics as well as a workshop leader.

Pierre earned a B.Sc in Physics and a M.A. in Mathematics as well as a B.Ed. for both of these subjects.

Paula Wilcock

Priyamvada Taneja

Paula Wilcock joined the IB in January 2016 as Chief Assessment Officer. She brings over 20 years of experience to her new role including positions in school, college and professional and awarding body organizations. She has international experience through assignments in the Middle East, South Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe and has lived in Zimbabwe.

Priyamvada Taneja is currently the Development and Recognition Manager for India. Her work involves managing relationships with potential and existing IB schools, universities and governments and representing the interests of the IB in India. She works very closely with universities on recognition of the IB programmes with a particular emphasis on ensuring tertiary pathways for IB students in India. She has taught Theory of knowledge and has been a College Counsellor at national and international schools prior to joining the IB. With 17 years of experience of working in schools with young adults, she has attended and presented at IB workshops and conferences on university recognition and college counselling.

Chief Assessment Officer International Baccalaureate Organisation

Prior to joining the IB Paula was the Director, Quality, Compliance, Products and Research with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) where she has a successful track record of leading quality improvement initiatives and delivering assessment services. In earlier roles, she has also led professional and vocational assessment efforts for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Paula has also held classroom and leadership roles in both a secondary school and at college level and completed her MBA in Educational Management at the University of Leicester. Paula is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Recognition and Development Manager, India, AP International Baccalaureate Organisation

Rachel Poff

PYP Coordinator Canadian International School Singapore

Rachel Poff is one of the PYP Coordinators at the Canadian International School in Singapore. She holds a Masters Degree in Literacy from the University of Ottawa. She is an IBEN Workshop Leader in the Asia Pacific Region and actively involved in the PYP Singapore/Malaysia Network. She has published two articles on curriculum with the Canadian Curriculum Theory Project.

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Richard Penrose

Regina Webb is often called a Renaissance individual by her peers. She revels in the exploration of new information, and uses her knowledge to enhance instruction. She has been an instructor for over twenty years and has taught grades 3-12. She has been a placer miner, photojournalist, bookstore owner, painting contractor, home remodeller, fragrance model, veterinarian technician, artist, and the list goes on. She is often called upon to be a presenter and facilitator for her peers, especially in the areas of English and technology; this may be due to her sharp wit and Bugs Bunny attitude. Regina Webb is a graduate of Boise State University. Currently, Ms. Webb teaches 8th grade LA at Lindsay Middle School in Hampton, VA.

After teaching for 12 years, mostly in UK schools, Richard Penrose left a head of biology and psychology role to join the IB as subject manager for psychology, anthropology and ITGS in 2003.

Encounters with remarkable IB diploma graduates motivated his efforts to become involved with the IB and its mission in the first place and the impact of IB programmes still keeps him going today.

He became head of Diploma Programme assessment in 2009.

English/Language Arts Teacher C. A. Lindsay Middle School, Hampton City Schools

Rene Ren

Chinese Coordinator Shen Wai International School

Rene Ren is the Chinese Coordinator at Shen Wai International School. She holds a Master of Arts from East China Normal University. She is an IBEN Workshop Leader, school visiting team leader and consultant in the Asia Pacific Region and is actively involved in the South China PYP Network as the chairperson. In her ten years of working in IB schools, she has been a stronger advocator of the IB philosophy and is very passionate about fusing the IB with Chinese traditional education.

Renee Rehfeldt

Teaching and Learning Coordinator Suzhou Singapore International School

Renee Rehfeldt is Teaching and Learning Coordinator at Suzhou Singapore International School.

She earned her Masters of Education in the United States, focusing on Spanish and Humanities instruction. She teaches MYP and DP Spanish Acquisition and is involved in curriculum development K-12. In addition to supporting teacher training through regional and in-school IB workshops, Renee works closely with IB networks in the Shanghai region, organizing face-to-face collaboration and opportunities for teacher-led professional development.

Richard Bruford

Vice-Principal Suzhou Singapore International School

Richard Bruford is currently Vice-Principal of Suzhou Singapore International School, one of China’s leading international schools. He leads workshops across the Asia-Pacific region for the International Baccalaureate in the areas of pedagogical leadership and approaches to teaching and learning. Richard consults with schools on the topics of school improvement and effective implementation and use of technology. He is passionate about developing and supporting educational leaders, as it is essential to improving all schools.

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Head of Diploma Programme Assessment International Baccalaureate Organization

Robert Harrison

Head of MYP Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Robert Harrison is Head of Middle Years Programme (MYP) Development with the International Baccalaureate. Before joining the IB as manager for global engagement, he worked as a special educator and teacher leader in U.S. public schools. He led the 2012 review of the IB learner profile and implementation of the revised MYP curriculum framework. As part of the IB’s MYP: Next chapter programme board and MYP Assessment Steering Group, he leads the academic development of MYP eAssessment. Appointed adjunct faculty at George Mason University’s Center for International Education in 2007, Dr. Harrison is a contributor to popular and scholarly studies, and frequent presenter on international mindedness and middle level education. He also served as co-editor-inchief of the IB Journal of Teaching Research.

Dr Rosemary Martin

Director of Teaching and Learning Development Taylor’s Education Group

Dr Rosemary Martin (MBA, MEd, Dip Ed) has extensive experience as a teacher and manager in all phases of education. She was a school principal in London, and has worked as a teacher in England, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. She has been Practice Manager for the Special Education Service in Wellington, New Zealand and also worked as a Senior Policy Analyst with the New Zealand Education Review Office and as a Senior Policy Development Officer, with the New Zealand Ministry of Education, where she managed contracts for implementation of Assessment for Learning (ATOL). Currently, Dr. Rosemary provides professional support to teachers and managers at Taylor’s Schools and Taylor’s University. She has presented papers at a number of conferences and has had several articles published. Based at Nexus International School, Singapore, she works closely with PYP and IBDP coordinators and is a member of the Singapore network of PD coordinators.

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Breakout session Presenter bios Ronnie Pratt

Sara Alsayyed

Ronnie Pratt is an experienced educator with 40 years of teaching experience with a wide range of ages from kindergarten to adult education. She presented break out sessions at the IB Asia Pacific conferences in Melbourne and Macau. In New South Wales she presented at conferences for the Visual Arts and Design Educators Association and the Association of Independent Educators. Her teaching experience began with teaching infants and Junior students in the UK and Africa. She later moved into senior school art teaching and in Australia she held the positions of Head of Art in a Queensland middle school, followed by 6 years as head of department in a 7-12 school in New South Wales. She has worked with primary students for the past 11 years directing the PYP Visual Arts programmes at Trinity Grammar School in Sydney, Australia.

Sara joined the University of Toronto as an International Recruitment Officer after several years with the Nepali Children’s Education Project as Fund Development Director and Special Events Coordinator. Prior to this she spent many years managing international education programs for Blyth Education and held several recruitment and coordinator roles at York University. She holds a BA in Political Science from and an MA in Public Policy, Administration and Law from York University.

Ross Duran

Sara Colville is in her third year of study at Flinders University Australia undertaking a Masters in International Baccalaureate Education. Teaching at independent IB schools since 2009, she is currently IB Administrator, EE coordinator, CAS coordinator and DP Visual Arts teacher. Sara has been a supervisor for both the PYP Exhibition, DP Group 6 extended essays and is a member of IBEN and an IB DP examiner. Having recently presented at the Australian Association for Environmental Education, and National Eco Arts conferences her passions include educating for a sustainable future. Sara’s research interests are IB centred steering towards global citizenship, international mindedness and intercultural understanding. Her goal as an IB educator and researcher is to contribute to making the world a better and more peaceful place through international education, which aligns with the IB mission.

Junior School Single Subject Teacher Visual Arts Trinity Grammar Junior School

IB World Student Conference Coordinator International Baccalaureate Organization

Ross Duran is a retired Diploma Program and Middle Years Program coordinator, having served four different IB schools for 22 years. In 2010, he led a team of DP coordinators in the IB Association of IB World Schools of the Northwest (in the USA) to host an IB World Student Conference at Oregon State University. Since then he has worked on contract with the IBO to help organize, plan, and implement IB world student conferences in all three IB regions. He is also an active member of IBEN, working as a workshop presenter, DP consultant for applicant schools, verification team leader and participant. He was awarded the Inspiration Award at the IB Americas Annual Regional Conference in 2010.

Rupal Arora

Product Manager, PYP International Baccalaureate Organisation

Rupal Arora, Product Manager, Primary Years Programme (PYP), IBO Rupal currently manages the PYP product globally and works across the organization to provide product management support for development of new products and services to meet the needs of existing and new schools/ educators. She has more than 16 years of experience in the education industry and has been Head of School, Centre Director, Teacher and Programme Manager in international settings. She has a Masters in Early Childhood Studies, UK, Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and Bachelor’s of Economics. She has experience in education programme development and implementation, professional development and educational research and innovation.

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Associate Director, International Recruitment University of Toronto

Sara Colville

Researcher, IB Administrator, CAS and EE Coordinator, IB Teacher Flinders University, EMS

Dr Sarah Manlove

Research Manager - Programme Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Sarah Manlove has been a research manager for over two years with the IB Global Research team, focusing on programme development research in the IB Global Centre, The Hague, Netherlands.

She works closely with IB Programme heads and curriculum managers to manage external researchers from academic and consultancy institutions to meet the needs of IB’s four programmes.

Sarah has worked in education for over twenty years and has taught in elementary and secondary school settings as well as served as a lecturer in higher education. She has over 17 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.

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Stefanie Leong

Sarah Mason is an Australian researcher and evaluator from the Claremont Evaluation Center, a University-based institute in Claremont, California. Sarah currently project manages the CEC’s evaluation of the IB Middle Years Programme. She has more than ten years experience in international development and has worked with both non-profit and for-profit development agencies across East Timor, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia. Sarah specializes in the design and implementation of high quality communications, reporting and evaluation products in complex and challenging environments. She has also worked as an Early Childhood Teacher, and in 2007 opened the first dedicated children’s library in Myanmar. Sarah is currently completing a Ph.D. in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods at Claremont Graduate University in California. She also has a Master of Arts in Development Studies, a Graduate Certificate in Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Certificate in Public Relations and Event Management.

Stefanie has 15 years of experience in education management. Before joining the IB, Stefanie worked for an international education provider of international qualifications for 15-19 years old, and prior to that, she taught Commerce and Information Technology in an Australian university. Stefanie’s role at the IB is to develop and implement a regional strategy which sustains and advances the growth of IB programmes and services in identified and emerging markets.

Regional Development is concerned with managing and nurturing key stakeholder relations with governments, higher education institutions, associations, corporate partnerships, large entities of schools and individual schools in the interested phase before application for candidacy.

Evaluation Associate Claremont Evaluation Center

Sean Rankin

Global Head of School Enhancement Services International Baccalaureate Organization

Sean Rankin is the Global Head of School Enhancement Services and a member of the of the Global School Services Department. He has previously held two other positions within the IB; Global Manager of Pre-Authorization Services and MYP Curriculum and Assessment Manager. Prior to joining the IB Global School Services Department, he held Head of Middle School, Assistant Principal and MYP Coordinator positions in Australian public schools. Sean was an active member of the IBE network performing a wide variety of school service and professional development roles. He has been a university based academic staff member lecturing in the post-graduate Certificate and Master of Education courses.

Dr. Siva Kumari

Director General International Baccalaureate Organization

Dr Siva Kumari started her tenure as the seventh Director General of the International Baccalaureate in January 2014 and is the first woman to hold the post. Siva joined the IB in April 2009 as Regional Director for Asia-Pacific. In May 2010, she was named the first Chief Operating Officer of the IB located in Bethesda, USA, responsible for IB regions worldwide. In this role, she led a global team responsible for providing high quality educational services that included authorization and evaluation of schools; professional development; research and university recognition. Siva has a Bachelor of Science degree from India, a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, and holds a doctorate in education from the University of Houston, Texas, USA. Specializing in instructional technology, she was awarded “outstanding doctoral student” for her pioneering work studying pedagogical practices of higher education faculty in online education.

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Head of Development & Recognition Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Stuart Easter

International Officer Edinburgh University

Stuart manages the student recruitment and project development in the South and Central Asia region for Edinburgh University. This involves a wide range of activities, including providing advice directly to students, as well as training for student advisors in schools and colleges around the region. Furthermore, Stuart is a member of the reading committee for Chevening scholarships in South Asia, providing academic oversight and advice on scholarship applications submitted from the region. Prior to his current roles, Stuart has worked in Further Education in Scotland, as well as a variety of education roles in the UK and China, working both for education institutes, government, and examination bodies.

Stuart Jones

Head of Professional Development: IB Asia Pacific International Baccalaureate Organization

Stuart Jones is Head of Professional Development in the Asia Pacific Region. He is responsible for the overall provision of face-to-face IB workshops in the region, working with co-ordinators, workshop leaders, schools and providers to ensure that we are meeting the needs of the IB community.

Sue Gough

PYP Coordinator & Teacher Librarian Newington College - Lindfield

Sue Gough - PYP Coordinator and Teacher Librarian - Newington College (Lindfield Campus) Sue is a primary/elementary school teacher with experience in a variety of areas of education including general classroom, specialist music, special needs education. She is currently the PYP Coordinator and Teacher Librarian at Newington College Lindfield Campus. Sue is interested in developing learning and teaching pedagogy with particular focus on engagement.

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Teresa Tung

Sue Richards is the Global Head of Professional Development (PYP) and has played a strategic role in the design and development of professional development for the International Baccalaureate.

She has led a small team to implement the IB leadership framework initiative for current and aspiring leaders. Prior to working with the IB, Sue worked in government and independent schools in a number of countries.

Teresa is the Deputy Head of Secondary, Curriculum - MYP at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand. Previously at NIST, Teresa taught MYP English and Individuals & Societies and DP Psychology, and coordinated the MYP Service & Action Program and the Global Citizen Diploma.

Prior, Teresa worked with students as a PYP homeroom teacher at the International School of Tianjin in China. Teresa has also participated in a range of IB projects including speaking at the IB Peterson Academic Symposium on the topic of creativity, contributing to the TSM for ATL skills, and working on the development of the guide for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning. Teresa is also part of Compass Education, a non-profit equipping schools for a sustainable future. She facilitates workshops for educators and develops curriculum materials to help people utilize systems thinking and act together for positive change.

Head of Global PYP Professional Development International Baccalaureate Organization

Tee Siok Hoon

Deputy Principal and MYP Coordinator Fairview International School, Kuala Lumpur

Tee Siok Hoon, with 16 years of experience, is the Deputy Principal, MYP Coordinator and Expedition leader responsible for school administration, curriculum development and staff training.

She leads the planning and implementation of Concept-based Service Learning for all Fairview schools. She has a Masters of Arts in Education from Sheffield Hallam University, awarded prize for master dissertation on IB education and awarded ‘IB Certificate in Teaching and Learning’. She has been certified by Dr Lynn Erickson as ‘Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction presenter and trainer” and independent consultant. She has been appointed as the author and marker (leader) for IBMYP Language Acquisition E-Portfolio.

Teo Lee Gee

Assistant Director Recruitment SIM Global Education

Teo Lee Gee has more than 25 years of experience in higher education. She joined the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) in 1989 where she was responsible for organizing senior management programs and conferences. In 2004, she successfully launched SIM’s first full-time American degree program - Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) with the University at Buffalo. Lee Gee was promoted to Assistant Director of Recruitment in 2013 where she is responsible for the recruitment of students for SIM’s wide range of high-quality overseas degree programs made available through its partnership with established international universities from the UK, US and Australia.

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Deputy Head of Secondary, Curriculum (MYP) NIST International School

Trish McNair

Middle School Curriculum Coordinator Western Academy of Beijing

Trish McNair is originally from western Canada, but has been teaching overseas for the past 20 years. Over that time, she has lived and worked in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, in both local and international school contexts, from grades 5 to 12. Her experience has helped her discover that her heart is in Asia and with Middle School education. She has been at Western Academy of Beijing for the past eight years, and is currently the Middle School Curriculum Coordinator.

Dr. Warangkana Lin

Dean of Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs I-Shou University

Dr. Warangkana Lin currently holds the position as a Dean of International and Cross-strait Affairs Office at I-Shou University, Taiwan. She previously worked as a Deputy Principal of I-Shou International School. Dr. Lin received her doctoral degree from The University of Hong Kong.

Her ten-year experience in school management is mainly related to school improvement and reform. As a Deputy Principal of the K-12 international school, Dr. Lin was extensively involved in an authorization and evaluation process of three IB programmes (PYP: Primary Years Programme, MYP: Middle Years Programme, and DP: Diploma Programme) as well as an accreditation process of Council of International Schools (CIS). In relevance to her previous school administrative engagement, her research concentrates on school improvement, teacher learning, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), educational leadership, and social network analysis.

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Wen-Yun Lin

Ya-Chen Cheng

Wen-Yun Lin receives her Ph D. from University of Arizona in USA, majoring in language, reading and culture. Currently, she is an assistant professor of the graduate program under the department of the language and creative writing in National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan. She has been serving as committee members of many national projects by Ministry of Education of ROC, Taiwan and also working closely with teachers from local schools and international schools to apply inquiry curriculum and children’s literature in curriculum practice.

Ya-Chen Cheng (Jane) was a Chinese teacher in Kaohsiung American School for 13 years. She received her M.A. in K-12 Ed. Administration from Michigan State University and her B.S. in Elementary Education from Lesley College. She earns an International Counselling certificate from Lehigh University. Other than teaching, Ms. Cheng had been as an adviser with various after- school activities, including Student Council, Asian Club, Environment Club, Celebration Club, and Boys/ Girls Scout. Currently, she is a full time mother with a 15 months old daughter. During her free time, she is working with other proficient in developing counselling related strategies for teachers.

Assistant Professor of the Graduate Program under the Department of the Language and Creative Writing National Taipei University of Education

Wendy Crow

Deputy Head, Curriculum Leader and PYP Coordinator The Friends’ School

With many years experience, Wendy has taught and lead in a range of schools in New Zealand and Australia. Wendy displays current knowledge of educational theory and practice and seeks to empower the teachers and students in the places she has led. Over the past 5 years Wendy has involved herself with the IB PYP program and has trained as both a workshop leader and visiting team member. Currently Wendy leads a dynamic group of teachers as Deputy Head, Curriculum Leader and PYP co-ordinator at The Friends’ School in Hobart, Tasmania.

Chinese Teacher and Counsellor

Yi-Chun Chen

International Baccalaureate Organization

Yi-Chun Chen is Research Manager of Quality Assurance at the International Baccalaureate (IB). In this role, she collaborates with IB leadership to design, implement and maintain quality assurance frameworks for IB professional development (PD QAF) and school services (SS QAF). Prior to this role, Yi-Chun worked as Research Analyst at IB. Yi-Chun received her Ph.D. degree in Educational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, USA.

Wendy Hedges

Global Manager of Post-Authorization Services International Baccalaureate Organisation

Wendy Hedges is the Manager for Post-authorization services. In this role she manages the global programme evaluation process and works with colleagues to develop support services for authorized schools. Wendy is a seasoned professional with over 10 years of experience spearheading national education and youth service initiatives through public/private-sector partnerships in the US. She has a strong knowledge of the international development field and implementation of programs in the business, non-profit, and public sectors. She is an accomplished program and grant manager, having managed grant applications for over 30 schools, securing funding and administering budgets. Her previous roles were with the National Youth Employment Coalition in Washington DC and the National Academy Foundation, a CP partner in New York.

Wendy studied at New York University gaining an MA in International Education and holds a BA in African American Studies from Wesleyan University.

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