2009

Carol Bellamy presently serves as Chair of the IB Board of Governors, which oversees the work of the IB organization across the world. However, she has long been involved in the lives of children and the issues of education – as an elected official in New York City, as the Director of UNICEF, and as the current President and CEO of World Learning.

This interactive session will use examples of successful PYP action and CAS activities to guide participants through an analysis of meaningful learning beyond the classroom. Presenters will challenge participants to consider their PYP and CAS programmes and engage them in discussion as to what constitutes good practice and how pitfalls can be avoided.

Many students start the journey of an IB programme and for a variety of reasons experience doubts about remaining in the programme they have chosen. This workshop will address the issue of how we, as coordinators, teachers and administrators, can provide support and motivation for students and guide them to the successful completion of each programme.

Why do we read literature about race and class, but never talk about our own? Is ironic detachment the only safe position to take? Working through the implications of the IB Learner Profile and concurrency of learning can produce a gap between what is studied and what is acknowledged in the classroom.

Audrey Shabbas has been working on the Israeli-Palestinian question all her adult life, bringing NGOs, from Israel and Palestine both, into agreement on common language and goals. She has recently developed a new curriculum on this issue, just as it has been added as a topic in History HL.

Challenge your faculty and staff with new approaches in professional development that create an atmosphere of continual self-reflection. Working through the inquiry process, seasoned PYP coordinator Anna Hodge, explores new methods of critical thinking techniques needed for the new world digital learner.

Binghamton High School (BHS) in upstate New York is currently piloting the IB’s Career-related Certificate (IBCC). Their remarkable success has been largely a result of the decision to “marry” the IBCC with the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) curriculum. This “marriage” has excited, motivated, and inspired students who were previously lacking focus and ambition.

This session is designed for leaders of the 35 associations of IB World schools that exist throughout the Americas. Attendees will use the time to set priorities for working together over the next year, particularly in the area of improving university and government policy in support of IB programmes.

Discover exciting ways to show your students the world while reinforcing the global dimensions of your IB curriculum through educational travel. Donald Lail, an experienced IB educator and EF student travel expert, will share how he has opened his students’ eyes to the world through educational tours in Europe.

The Cayman Islands has been undergoing a major educational reform since 2006. The alignment between the reform outcomes, the concept of the “educated Caymanian,” and the IB learner profile has lead the government to embrace the PYP as a national initiative, using it as a framework to implement significant change.