Talking Professional Development and School Services at IB North America

Audience: Primary Years Programme
Audience: Middle Years Programme
Audience: Diploma Programme
Audience: Research
Audience: General Interest
Session: Block 7: Sunday 11:00 to 12:15, Room: Pacific I

This session will provide a brief overview of the IB North American professional development and school services activities. New developments will be highlighted with a focus on Level 3 workshops. These include subject specific areas of interest, pedagogy, learning theory, and areas of scholarly inquiry. Participants will have the opportunity to provide input and ideas for future workshops.


Anthony Tait, Head of School Services, International Baccalaureate

Anthony Tait is the Head of School Services for IB North America. He has had a long association with the IB in the Asia Pacific region, where he performed a variety of roles including IB Diploma Programme coordinator, IB workshop leader and CAS coordinator. He has taught for 25 years and has extensive experience in IB assessment procedures, including a role as senior examiner in IB geography and as an IB examination setter. Anthony also lectured part-time at Flinders University (Adelaide) in the School of Education, Law and Theology. He was a course writer in teacher education, and a lecturer of Gifted Education methodologies in the master's of Gifted Education program.