Block 6: Saturday 3:45 to 5:00

This session offers a glimpse into what school fees (annual, examinations, workshop etc.) pay for now and what they will pay for in the future. This will include an analysis of IB’s cost base and cross-subsidization of activities. It will also give a view on the development activity that the IB is undertaking (including 2020 restructure work) and how it will be funded.

"Partnerships between business leaders and educators are all the rage these days. Perhaps the pre-eminent organization in the field is The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), which has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education.

Come join the IB Middle Years Programme Regional Manager in a presentation and conversation. This session will review changes to the Middle Years Programme that have occurred over the past year, those that are coming in the future, and offer an opportunity to ask burning questions about the programme.

Rather than using discipline as a management tool, learn how to use it to teach students to be better problem-solvers, conflict-resolvers, and reflective decision-makers. This session highlights discipline education initiatives at Lincoln Junior High School, including a three-day culture camp, which provides an intense program used to acculturate students to the expectations of the school.

Aimed at modeling critical inquiry, this session summarizes three response theories, Elizabethan ideology, and the plot and themes of King Lear. After viewing a film clip of Edgar's manipulation of his blinded father's suicide attempt, participants are asked to respond to textual discontinuities: Do good intentions excuse deception?

In this presentation, we will share helpful, practical, and current resources and ideas in order to help educators from other schools organize and streamline their IB application-to-implementation process.

Come join the IB Primary Years Programme Regional Manager in a presentation and conversation. This session will review changes to the Primary Years Programme that have occurred over the past year, those that are coming in the future, and offer an opportunity to ask burning questions about the programme.

This session will demonstrate Theory of Knowledge lessons that allow students to compare the ways that various thinking skills function within multiple areas of knowledge. Several activities allow students to reflect more powerfully about their own thinking by helping them break down simplistic ideas. (e.g.

Journeys in Film uses world language films combined with innovative standards-based lesson plans as one method for developing "international-mindedness." This program captures the imagination of students, expands critical thinking skills, and fosters human connections through visual storytelling combined with related lesson plans in core academics and enrichment subjects.

The presentation will begin with an overview of admissions and IB placement policies at three major Canadian post-secondary schools: Queen's University, University of Alberta, and University of British Columbia.