Innovative IB initiatives for 2022-2023 IB Exchange
The IB Exchange is a vibrant online community of IB teachers that centres on teacher expertise and celebrates learning. It’s a safe and inclusive space for educators to build their network, share ideas and learning experiences, and nurture their skills. The curated, peer-reviewed teaching resources are mapped to the IB curriculum, so teachers can teach brilliant lessons using standout material that inspires their practice. In addition, the IB Exchange empowers teachers to personalize the IB curriculum to local culture, community, school, and student needs by providing diverse approaches.
Festival of Hope
Over the course of six months, the Festival of Hope will bring together students, educators, scientists, spiritual leaders, researchers, artists, and government leaders from across the globe to explore what it will take to inspire and transform humanity and address the complex challenges faced by young people today. The immersive series will explore the theme of “Educating in the Meaning Crisis: Rebalancing Head, Heart and Hand” and include dozens of virtual discussions, as well as three live events hosted by IB World Schools. The Festival of Hope website features a digital curation of content to listen, interact, learn, reflect, and take action.
Online Diploma Programme pilot
In March 2022 we launched our online Diploma Programme pilot. This pilot will deliver a fully online Diploma Programme together with a small number of selected partners. Together, we will explore how we can create and reinforce collaborative learning communities and discover the advantages that an online Diploma Programme can bring to our community. We’re currently current working with King’s InterHigh and Dwight Global Online School to deliver this pilot, which will explore and better understand the needs of students who may not be able to attend traditional brick and mortar education, perhaps due to illness, commitments to extra-curricular activities such as sport and music, or migration and displacement.
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