Online Workshops at the IB
By Paul Harrington • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Online workshops, Teaching and learningThe International Baccalaureate has from the beginning of this year scaled up its online workshops offerings for IB teachers. There are currently in excess of 400 teachers and IB coordinators taking part in 25 online workshops from the Middle Years Programme through to subject specific workshops in the Diploma Programme.
To find out more about workshops that are currently available please take time to visit our Online Professional Development Workshop site. These workshops also appear on the IB’s public website and on the OCC and IBNET.
While planning to have further iterations of the current workshop programme in September and October, we are currently developing new workshops in order to give a greater amount of choice to IB teachers around the world. Online workshops to look out for later in 2008 will be PYP assessment, subject specific MYP workshops and Theory of Knowledge (in both Spanish and English).
Hello and thank you for this information. I am wondering if you can help a discussion that is taking place on a blog site for Oberlin Ohio. This is a small school district with a very diverse population. The school struggles to achieve the highest scores on proficiencies, but not for lack of trying. The new superintendent proposed an IB program for the district which is very exciting for many. Some in the community feel it is a program only for the elite that will leave out poorer achieving children, which for some translates as children from struggling families. Your experience and the experience of others who read this blog may help to inform and edify the conversation. The Oberlin Community Diaries project is found at http://www.communitydiaries.org
If you or anyone else can comment on the power of IB with underachiving schools your thoughts would be most appreciated.
Thanks John Mullaney