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Reporting and Predicting Grades in IB
Are your reports truly reflecting what you value the most in your school? Do you have a consistent, reliable methodology for predicting final grades? How are you bridging the gap between IB grading and your local or national system? Free slides from a recent webinar here, where we address the challenges in and options for reporting student progress and attainment in academic and lifelong learning areas in IB. We explore how to accurately predict grades and how to report what

Kieran Burgess
Mar 105 min read
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Language Placements & Pathways in the IB
How do you define "appropriate challenge" for language learning? Are students truly prepared, with genuine pathway choice? Is your placement process robust? This piece and slides from the accompanying webinar cover how to ensure academic integrity and true multilingual learning. We discuss the IB's "appropriate challenge" concept and how to determine language proficiency by way of mapping MYP, IGCSE and other qualifications to CEFR, in turn mapping this to entry points for DP

Kieran Burgess
Feb 134 min read
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IB School Heads: Organisation Structures, Charts & Recruitment
A summary of considerations for IB schools creating the organisation chart required for evaluation, as well as looking to enhance their leadership structure, positions of responsibility and designated roles. In the accompanying webinar (slides included) we discussed IB requirements, teacher support, PD requirements, and how to mitigate these costs while also looking for teachers without IB experience who have the potential to be amazing in the programme.

Kieran Burgess
Dec 2, 20257 min read
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Coordinators: Creating assessment and annual calendars
I outline how two calendars can bring order and wellbeing to the IB DP/CP coordinator, students and teachers. In a recent webinar, we discussed how to co-create an effective assessment calendar with teachers, how to create a mindset of 'cementing' dates and sticking to them, and how to use a well-spread assessment calendar to shape a culture of assessment to drive growth and learning. We also shared sample calendars, and looked at a coordinator's annual calendar to cover all

Kieran Burgess
Oct 21, 20253 min read
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IB Coordinators: Registering students efficiently
One of the most important operational tasks in any IB coordinator's year is the registering of students for the Middle Years Programme (MYP), Diploma Programme (DP) or Career-related Programme (CP). Access free resources here, taking coordinators through the process of using IBIS to register students, including: Timelines & Deadlines (including late, and late late registrations); Pre-registration; Registration via multiple methods; Editing entries; Sign & refine workflows and

Kieran Burgess
Sep 23, 20252 min read
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