The criteria in both the Collaborative Project & Solo Theatre Piece assessment tasks require audience feedback to support the student’s evaluation of the piece. This free teacher resource pack includes activities for teachers to use with a whole class, as well as a comprehensive guidebook with space for student responses. The guidebook can form the centre of this work for students, groups or teacher-led activities, and the presentation slides can be added at key moments.

This free resource is one of a series of units, guidebooks and lesson plans for teachers of Theatre. This mini-unit introduces students to an awareness of which production elements can be expressed visually, which formats work best, and some advice for producing clear images. This unit will show that even the 'worst' artists can still communicate clearly with quality visuals, ensuring success in DP Theatre Production Proposal.

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

This free resource is one of a series of units, guidebooks and lesson plans for teachers of Theatre. This introductory unit aims to develop students’ cross-cultural theatre-making abilities. By inquiring into different cultures and applying the artefacts from one culture into a piece of theatre from another, students are able to bring new focuses and perspectives to work they create through group inquiry, exploration and application to text or a starting point for devising.

This free resource is one of a series of units, guidebooks and lesson plans for teachers of Theatre. This mini-unit on Japanese Noh Theatre directly addresses the world theatre traditions and research presentation elements of the guide, develops analytical and performance skills, and breaks down the tricky distinction between exploring and experimenting in the Research Presentation criterion B. The unit provides opportunities for theoretical understanding, hands-on engagement

This free resource is one of a series of units, guidebooks and lesson plans for teachers of Theatre. This mini-unit introduces students to some key elements and terms in immersive theatre. Students will encounter organic opportunities to explore design (particularly set design), devising and research skills, and play texts or extracts could easily be slotted in too.

This free student information booklet covers all of the command terms in the DP Theatre assessment criteria, ensuring understanding of the terminology used to differentiate between markbands across all assessment tasks. For each term, you'll find in the booklet: The official IB definition; An example to illustrate what a response or performance at that level might look like; and Self-Evaluation questions to help you think critically about your own work.

A summary and slides from the free webinar hosted by Kieran Burgess with Ibicus, introducing new IB Coordinators to their role with practical advice and templates.

A summary and slides from my recent webinar: navigating IB DP remarks and retakes. Essential guidance for coordinators, including how to analyse results to make better decisions.

When evaluating IB schools, I often see fundamental inclusion expectations missed: I hope this free handbook clearly and efficiently prompts IB school leaders and coordinators to address these fundamentals; systemising your policy review process, making the most use of leaders' time, whilst not compromising on quality or IB requirements.

As one of the IB's five mandated policies, a school's language policy is crucial at making visible those invisible drivers of a culture of international mindedness, diversity and respect. The IB expects schools to regularly review policies, and this free handbook will help leaders and coordinators conduct systematic and effective policy review and development.

The history of our word 'assess' is so rich in imagery of sitting together to discuss, to reach agreement, and to find common ground and consensus. So why is the word 'assessment' today so weighted with expectations of isolation and difficulty? Whatever your and your school's views on assessment, there is an important culture at play here. Reviewing this culture relies on considered development of the policies around assessment. For IB school leaders and coordinators, this fr

Creating a comprehensive admissions policy is essential for International Baccalaureate (IB) schools. This process shapes the community and culture of the institution, with the thinking process together being of much more value than an 'off the shelf' policy document. This free handbook keeps the agency with you and your community, prompting you to explore current practices 'on the ground', envisioning future improvements collaboratively.

This handbook is part of a series of IB Leadership handbooks, including five Developing Policies handbooks, that are designed to prompt deep reflection amongst you and your colleagues, keep the agency for school improvement firmly in your hands, and respect your context. Written with the experience of an IB school evaluation visitor, it includes checklists on what to include in your policy to meet minimum requirements, as well as detailed scaffolding to draft and deliver your

The free student info booklet and advice for the IB DP Theatre Research Presentation is here! We'll unpack exactly what the guide means, and explain exactly how to hit top marks in this IB DP Theatre task. We'll cover some of the quirks of giving a solid academic presentation in oral format, and walk you through every step of structuring each of the three sections. Dealing with the trickier aspects of the task, you'll become confident in how to do your best!

The new IB DP Theatre STP (Solo Theatre Piece) Student Info Booklet is here! With a senior examiner's perspective, we unpack exactly what it takes to hit top marks. We'll explore how to structure the written report, as well as how to make the most of that all-important audience feedback. Packed with the right questions, you'll be prompted to include your original ideas with clarity and relevance to the criteria. Download this info booklet for free!

The Student Info Booklet for the IB DP Theatre Collaborative Project is here! Read on to learn more about how to ace this assessment task: both the performance and the report to be submitted to IB for up to 40% of the final subject grade. With detailed guidance on what should be included to hit top marks, and the right questions asked to make sure your original ideas come to the fore, this booklet will walk you through the whole process of creating your report.

The Production Proposal is the IA in the current IB DP Theatre course. The student info booklet is here already! It unpacks how to structure the proposal, what to include to hit top marks, and asks the right questions so your original ideas come through strongly. Totally free, this pack will talk you through the whole process of exploring a play and completing this assessment task.

Free resources for the new IB DP Theatre course, starting with this one page overview of all tasks and criteria.

An introduction to Antonin Artaud and what he meant by 'Theatre of Cruelty' - with four layers of cruelty proposed.