Workshop Leaders

Suzanne has been teaching around the world for twenty two years having earned a UK Bachelor of Education (Hons) in 1993. She has lived and worked in Kuwait, Oman, Peru, Germany, Malaysia, Uzbekistan and now Serbia. She is currently studying for a UK Masters’ Degree in Educational Leadership.

Suzanne became a Primary Years Programme Workshop Leader for the International Baccalaureate in 2005 and has gone on to lead a wide range of in-school and regional workshops for the IB, Taleem, the Aga Khan Foundation and IBSCA as well as being involved in school evaluation for the PYP.

Suzanne has experienced teaching with children from aged 4 to 12 in classroom teaching roles and  held two positions as Early Years Coordinator before becoming PYP coordinator six years ago in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She is now the PYP coordinator at the International School of Belgrade, Serbia.

Jo Evans is the art teacher at Southbank International School. Jo has worked closely with the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP) for the past five years and was involved in writing the most recent IBPYP arts scope and sequence documents. She has developed sample units of inquiry for publication and has been a PYP workshop leader for several years, facilitating workshop including Promoting International-mindedness and Encouraging Children’s Creative Instincts in the Classroom.

Alongside her part-time teaching role at Southbank, Jo works as a freelance education consultant and project manager. In recent years she has worked with Arts Council England, Trinity College and Creative Partnerships.She trained as a visual artist, completing a degree in Textiles at Goldsmiths College and has a Masters in Art and Design Education from the Institute of Education.

Angeline has been a primary school educator since 1999.  She graduated from the University of Sydney with a Masters of Teaching (Primary Education) and a Bachelor of Arts (English literature).  Recently Angeline graduated from the Principal’s Training Centre (PTC) for international school leadership.  Her career started in a state school in Sydney, Australia, before working in the IB Asia Pacific region at an IB World school, Nanjing International School, China.  Currently Angeline is the PYP coordinator at Berlin International School, Germany.

Angeline has taught every grade ranging from 5-12 year olds as a classroom teacher and music specialist.  Since April 2007 she has been an IB PYP workshop leader and school visitor.  She has facilitated a variety of workshops including Making the PYP Happen, Collaboration, Assessment, Teaching and Learning, Mathematics and the Written Curriculum in the PYP.

Darren has over 10 years working within the PYP framework in both Asia-Pacific and Africa, Europe and Middle East regions. Most recently, Darren was the PYP Associate Regional Manager based in Geneva.  

In March 2011, Darren launched this exciting and innovative workshop with the developer, Anne van Dam in Berlin, the first time it had been delivered in Europe. Darren is pleased to offer this workshop once again in the region.

Originally from Canada, Darren’s international experience has kept him overseas for the past 17 years, as a student and as an international educator.

Charlotte Gregson is an experienced classroom teacher with over 20 years of experience with children from 3 until 11. With a Bachelors honours degree in education she has worked in the USA, Madrid, Spain and Vienna, Austria. Charlotte has been the PYP coordinator at Southbank International school, Hampstead campus for the past eight years.

In the early 1990’s she became involved in part of a curriculum writing group for the International Schools Curriculum Project (ISCP), which later became the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP). She has been an IBPYP workshop leader for 5 years, facilitating a variety of topics including An Introduction to the PYP Curriculum Model, Promoting International Mindedness, Teaching and Learning, The Written curriculum, Assessment and Making the PYP Happen.

Angela Steinmann has over 27 years experience in education, teaching every grade from early childhood to Year 7. She was also a specialist teacher of ESL and Learning support, before taking on the position of PYP coordinator at Munich International School in 2004.

Originally from Australia, she holds a degree in Linguistics, and is currently finishing her masters of International Education through Bath University. Apart from languages, Angela has a particular interest in cross cultural studies. She has been an IBPYP workshop leader for 8 years, facilitating a variety of topics including Inquiry, International-mindedness, The Written Curriculum, Assessment, Action and Language in the PYP.

Nevine has been working in the educational field for more than 20 years. She has a wide experience in both national and international education in Egypt and the Middle East. She has a master degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and currently is an educational instructor at the Graduate school of Education at the American University in Cairo.

Nevine has taken different roles with the IB education. She has worked as PYP English supervisor, MYP English A & B teacher, curriculum manager and deputy coordinator, as well as a DP English A & B teacher and curriculum manager. She is now working as an MYP curriculum manager and the Development &Training unit leader at an IB world school in Egypt. Nevine is currently an IB workshop leader, consultant and a team member for authorizing schools for the MYP.

Paul has been teaching internationally for ten years, including time in Bangladesh and Jordan. He has experience teaching both the IB MYP and IB DP and has been a Language A curriculum coordinator and CAS coordinator in the past. He is now IB MYP Coordinator at Pechersk School International in Ukraine where he oversees the implementation and development of the program.

Paul works with the IB regional team in a number of capacities. He leads workshops for new and experienced practitioners, provides in-school workshops, acts as a consultant to schools prior to authorization and is an authorization visit team leader.

Having taught in both paid and volunteer capacities in Japan, China, Guatemala, and Romania, Glen Johnson is the MYP Coordinator at Copenhagen International School where he teaches Mathematics and Design Technology and also runs a creative problem solving competition for teenagers. Glen has been an MYP workshop leader since for new, intermediate and experienced teachers since 2006, as well as conducting a number of school accreditation/ evaluation visits for the IBO. He also has a teaching background in Gifted and Talented Education and has a particular interest in learning styles, how the brain learns and curriculum development.

Magdalena has been working as a teacher of English at Paderewski Private Grammar School in Lublin, Poland. She has worked in both MYP and national programs for the last 12 years in Poland. She has been a leader of the English Department and a training leader.

Magdalena graduated from University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin, in the English Department and has a master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. From November 2011 to April 2012 she worked as a workshop leader/facilitator in AMF-IB Poland – Romania TLIP Project (Teaching and Learning from an International Perspective) where she facilitated face to face workshops in IB Pedagogy for teachers from Polish schools. She is now an IB workshop leader.

Branka is currently an IB DP coordinator, Site-based coordinator for IB online courses and Diploma History teacher. She was MYP coordinator, and has taught MYP Humanities. Beside this, she is Humanities Head of department, Extended essay and Personal project coordinator. 

In her roles outside school life, she has been a team leader of IB MYP authorization and evaluation visits, and is an IB MYP workshop leader for Heads of schools / coordinators, as well as Individuals & Societies teachers.

Susanna is an IB Diploma graduate from the UWC of the Adriatic. She has been involved in CAS for many years. After graduating in political sciences and obtaining a Master’s degree in mediation, she volunteered in Canada, East Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Slovenia and Italy.

Susanna was appointed as Service and Special Projects Coordinator at the UWC of the Adriatic and founded the college’s Volunteer Work Association, Mondo 2000. She has been responsible for the training of high school teachers in Jordan and Israel as part of an educational EU project since 2007. Within the IB world, she has been involved in CAS monitoring and counselling and has led CAS workshops since 2002 – for the IB, Ibicus and IBSCA.

After a number of years working as a language teacher and administrator in Africa and Europe, Sue was IBDP Coordinator for eight years at Sevenoaks School, overseeing the transition to an exclusively IB sixth form. She taught French, Italian and ToK there, and subsequently at the Leigh CTC; she is a ToK examiner.

Sue is a member of the steering committee of IBSCA and has represented IB interests to UCAS besides leading sessions at IB conferences. She runs IB-authorised workshops for IBDP Coordinators and Administrators as well as for Italian Ab Initio teachers. She has advised a number of British schools on the introduction of the IB Diploma and leads Authorisation Visits. She is currently IBDP Coordinator with a faith school in west London, which started the programme in 2008.

Julian has taught IB Biology since 1988 and Theory of Knowledge since 1990. In the middle of his nine years at the International School Hamburg in Germany, he took leave to help set up the SOS Hermann Gmeiner International College in Ghana – a school mainly for African students funded by the charitable organization SOS Kinderdorf, and at that time the only IB diploma programme school in West Africa. He then returned to that coordination position in Ghana in 1999, since when he has remained, also as a member of the senior management team.

Julian was a member of the curriculum review group for ToK in the later 1990s that created the current overall structure of the programme, has been an examiner since 1996, was appointed Deputy Chief Assessor in 2005, and assumes the role of Chief Assessor in September 2010. Since 1995, he has led or co-led twenty workshops for the Africa, Europe and Middle East region.

For 12 years, Michael taught ToK and English A1 at Munich International School. Based on his teaching experience and his experience as an IB examiner in both ToK and English A1 he wrote Ways of Knowing (1999, revised 2006) – an introduction to ToK, and Commentary Writing (2005) – a text preparing students for English A1 Paper 1.

During the last decade, Michael has led ToK workshops across the region and also acted as a ToK consultant to individual schools. He has been a ToK and English A1 teacher for OSC since 2000. He is also a regular member of IB Authorisation teams.

John trained as a teacher but, during his very first post, was required also to take on responsibility for the school library. Initial reluctance became enthusiasm as he quickly realised that school librarianship is NOT about books and materials, it is all about people, students and teachers and learning. John went on to take professional library qualifications. He regards school librarianship as being a teacher without a timetable, the best of both worlds.

John has worked in schools in Zambia, England, Malawi, Germany and Turkey, and is currently an independent education and library consultant based in England. He has won the IASL International School Librarian of the Year Award and was three times chair of the ECIS Librarians’ Committee, presenting regularly at ECIS Annual Conferences.  His experience with IB schools and professional development spans nearly 30 years.  John leads workshops in extended essay, academic writing practices, academic honesty and for librarians, face-to-face and online.

Jonathan was Organ Scholar of University College, Durham, where he took his BA(Hons) in Music, and he holds diplomas in organ playing and choir training from the Royal College of Organists and Trinity College, London. He also holds a Master’s degree in Choral Education from the University of Surrey. 

In his teaching career, Jonathan has been Director of Music at three schools (in Durham UK, Cairo and Vienna), as well as a teacher/organist post in Norway. However, he has also been active in Higher Education for over ten years as a course leader and lecturer on the foundation and degree courses at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, and as Director of College Music at Brasenose College, Oxford University. He was also a senior examiner on the panel of music examiners for Trinity College London international music examinations for 14 years. 

Jonathan has also been the Chief Examiner for Music worldwide for the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and continues to lead teacher-training workshops for them around the world, as well as being a facilitator and developer for online workshops. Other IB work includes being a schools exams inspector, a regional field representative (academic) and a session observer (generic) for the IB worldwide.  In Oxford, where he lives, Jonathan is currently IBDP EE Coordinator at EF Academy, and also Organ Tutor at Magdalen College School, and combines these in situ posts with a lively freelance international educational consulting and teacher training portfolio. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Cambridge Society of Musicians, awarded for distinguished services to music and music education in the UK, is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.

I am Egyptian born in Cairo, Egypt. I have a Pre master degree from the Cairo University in French literature and civilisation. I also have a master degree from Picardie Jules Verne University in France in computer sciences. 

I have been working with the IB since 2000. I worked in the PYP, MYP and the DP programmes primarily as a computer sciences and technology teacher although I have also worked in areas of interaction (MYP), CAS and DP coordinator. 

Since 2006 I have been the DP coordinator at the Oasis International School and am now also the IBCP designated coordinator.

I have been an authorised workshop leader since 2007.

Jacques A. Weber is currently the High School Principal at Verdala International School (Malta). Prior to this, he served as an Assistant Principal and IB DP Coordinator at the British International School of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Head of Modern Languages at the American School of Bombay (India), and as a French and Spanish teacher at the Awty International School (USA). He has taught the following courses: French B and ab initio; Spanish B and ab initio; social and cultural anthropology; and research and writing for the IB DP. He is an IB graduate, having earned the Bilingual IB Diploma in English and Spanish from an international school in Texas. In addition to his current responsibilities, Jacques is an IB workshop leader (DP Coordinators, Language B, Language ab initio, and Managing the EE), a curriculum consultant for on-line IB courses, and a consultant for new schools starting the authorization process. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Anthropology, a Masters of Education in Administration, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Educational Leadership.

After a teaching career in the People’s Republic of China and the UK, Rémy is currently IB Coordinator at a candidate school in his native Switzerland. He has created ToK programmes and has a broad range of examining experience. When not involved in ToK, Rémy is also a teacher of IB languages (French, German and Mandarin). In addition to workshops for IBSCA, he has run workshops for IBAEM.

Rémy has participated in two Olympic Games (Athens, 2004 and Torino, 2006) as an interpreter in five different languages and is scheduled for London 2012. He is a keen fencer and is passionate about Chinese history – an area which he is currently studying whilst writing his PhD thesis. He is also a talented musician, playing the oboe in Swiss orchestras and bands and has also taught composition.

Bill studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford and then continued at the university to gain his teaching certification in Mathematics. He has a Masters degree in Guidance and Counselling and a PhD which considers the effect of international schooling on the formation of masculinity.

He has been involved in education for 28 years and has taught Tok for twelve years in combination with Mathematics, firstly in Cairo, Egypt and most recently in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

He has been involved in ToK training and curriculum development since 1999 and works with schools in developing ToK across the curriculum. Alongside this he works for Pamoja Education who provide online courses for the IB as a developer and teacher and also holds a position at Newcastle University as an Associate Researcher with a research interest in gender and education.

Ingrid has been actively involved in curriculum and workshop developments in the field of international education for many years. She has international school teaching experience from the UK, Canada, Switzerland as well as Austria. During her teaching career, she has held many posts of responsibility in addition to classroom teaching. These include appointment as PYP co-oordinator, and also Head of Year responsibilities in the primary section of Vienna International School.

With a mid-career change she became teacher-librarian and Head of Primary School Library at VIS, gaining a MSc in Information and Library studies at the University of Wales in Aberystwyth. She also has a Certificate of Education from Mancheseter University, UK and an M.A in Education from Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Ingrid’s involvement with the IBPYP programmes is extensive. She participated in two curriculum committees for developing Primary Science: was an IB OCC faculty member for many years; and developed, organised and led many IBPYP face-to face workshops for librarians.

More recently Ingrid has been involved in developing and leading the IB continuum online workshop for ‘Inquiry and the Librarian across the Programmes’ as well as giving several F2F workshops on the same theme; and has been regularly called upon by the IB as PYP workshop leader and as PYP school visitor.

Elizabeth has a degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford and worked initially in publishing and journalism. She taught for 6 years in universities in the US and Japan, and later in a Government College in Nigeria. She was Head of English and Drama for many years at St John’s International School in Belgium, teaching IGCSE, AP and IB A1 and A2 courses, as well as directing many theatrical productions. Drama has always been a major interest; she has acted and made professional recordings.

Elizabeth wrote a handbook for teachers (Teaching Language A1), followed by an Oxford Study Courses Revision Guide for Language A1. She has been an IB workshop leader for 19 years, has examined all the A1 components and is a Senior Examiner for Internal Assessment. She currently teaches at Hockerill Anglo-European College where she has also helped develop the Extended Essay programme.

David studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. For 23 years he was Head of English B at St Clare’s, Oxford, gaining extensive experience of the IB Diploma Programme. David has worked with the IB Organisation since 1990. He has led 50 workshops across the world. He was Deputy Chief Examiner for English B for 6 years and is currently Principal Examiner with special responsibility for Internal Assessment. David has also been on a number of IB Working Parties – including curriculum review.

David left St Clare’s in 2002 to move to Catalonia with his wife. He now combines his expanding role in professional development and in consultancy with painting, increasing his knowledge of Spanish and generally enjoying life in Spain.

Ilana whose maternal language is Spanish was born and raised in The Netherlands. She has a Masters in English Lang & Lit from Leiden University and a Postgraduate Teaching Degree in English and Dutch from Rotterdam University. She has been teaching English and Dutch as a first and second language for 20 years, the last 10 years also teaching IB A2 and A1 courses (HL/SL)  at Pontes Secondary School in Zeeland where she has set up the Bilingual Dept. (Upper Forms) and developed the arts curriculum with her own in-school educational material. She has also been involved in supervising interns. Currently she is Head of the Bilingual and English Dept., teacher of IB English and the arts,  IBDP Coordinator and IB Workshop Leader.

In 2010 Ilana started running workshops when she was asked by The European Platform (Association of Bilingual Schools in The Netherlands) to become Subject Coordinator for IB English teachers. In 2011 she was invited by the IB to become a Workshop Leader and she has been running interactive and practical IB workshops ever since.

Carolyn has been leading workshops for Language A: Literature and the Extended Essay for many years and has a wide knowledge and experience of the IB programmes.

Carolyn holds a degree in German and English from the University of London, a degree in the Arts from the Open University in the UK and is completing her MA in international education at the University of Bath.

Following an early career working in the commercial world for a variety of engineering companies, Carolyn worked as a course tutor for the Open University in the UK. After a family move to Switzerland, she became IB Coordinator and taught English in the MYP and Diploma programmes at the Inter Community School Zurich for 10 years.

She is passionate about the IB and has worked for many years as a teacher and IB Coordinator in an international school environment and in an independent school in the UK.

Marie-Laure Delvallée has been teaching French at Sevenoaks School in the UK since 2002 and is Head of Additional Languages. She teaches French B at both HL and SL along with French A2. She has been involved in examining IB French as an Assistant Examiner / Team Leader in all components at both HL and SL, and is Principal Examiner for French B. She is also a trained and experienced workshop leader for both New Teachers to the Programme and Experienced Teachers.

For many years she has worked on the OSC Mid-IB Course at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University and the Spring Revision Course at St. Anne’s College, Oxford – working with students on French B and French ab initio. Marie-Laure is also the author of the OSC French B Revision Guide.

After 10 years teaching English and Translation Studies at schools and universities in Germany, Austria, Portugal and Spain, Alan returned to UK schools and German teaching at the end of the 1980s. He worked with IB schools and specialist Language Colleges in the south and spent 7 years as a Head of Languages before leaving full-time teaching to establish himself as a freelance language consultant, translator and interpreter. He has been an IB Examiner in German B at SL and HL since 1994, a Team Leader for almost ten years, and involved in Grade Awards for three years. He is also active as an examiner with other UK boards. While Head of Languages he began to develop and deliver training courses for language teachers in the area, and has in recent years extended this into the delivery of IB workshops. He is currently also involved in executive English Language courses for managerial staff at two German banks, as well as teaching German in the commercial sector, alongside continuing work as a translator and being Chairman of the Bournemouth Interpreters’ Group, which provides interpreters and translators to the public and voluntary sector.

Ute is Head of the Language B Department at Copenhagen International School where she has taught IBDP German B HL and SL for 16 years. She is also responsible for the DP externally-tutored languages B and A2. She holds a Masters degree in German as a Foreign Language and Educational Science and has led IBDP German B teachers’ workshops for the IBO, for InThinking and for many teachers at her school.

Eliana Maestri has been IB examiner for Italian Language Ab Initio and Language B since 2004. She is also examination setter for Italian B. She has led various generic Language ab initio workshops for teachers new to the IB and for experienced IB teachers. Eliana has taught Italian at the Universities of Bath and Bristol. She is currently Lector in Italian at the University of Oxford. She has designed and taught online modules for the MA in Translation, University of the West of England. She has also published a number of book chapters and journal articles, and presented internationally in the field of Translation and Gender Studies.

After a teaching career in the People’s Republic of China and Switzerland, Rémy is now Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Wellington College and teaches French, German, Mandarin and ToK within the IB. He has participated in two Olympic Games (Athens, 2004 and Torino, 2006) as an interpreter in five different languages! He is a keen fencer and is passionate about Chinese history – an area which he is currently studying whilst writing his PhD thesis. He is also a talented musician, playing the oboe in Swiss orchestras and bands and has also taught composition.

José is IB Coordinator in Swans International School, Marbella. He has been a Spanish examiner in different subjects and components for more than 10 years, including the Extended Essay. José is a workshop leader for both Spanish ab initio and Spanish B, having led workshops in Europe and the Middle East. His teaching experience covers IB, IGCSE and the Spanish national curriculum. He holds Masters degrees in different aspects of education from Spanish as a Second Language to Spanish Theatre.

Rosa has been teaching Spanish at International College Spain in Madrid since 1990, gaining extensive experience of the IB Diploma Programme. She teaches Spanish B, A1 and A2. She was Deputy Chief Examiner for Spanish B for 6 years and is currently Principal Examiner with special responsibility for written tasks. Rosa is also a trained and experienced workshop leader for both New teachers to the Programme and Experienced teachers.Rosa is co-author of a Spanisg B book that will be published soon.

Suso Rodriguez-Blanco has been teaching IBDP since 2002, when he joined St. Clare’s, Oxford to take charge of Spanish A1, B and ab initio. He has also been Staff Development Coordinator and currently holds the position of Deputy Head of Modern Languages.

Suso was closely involved in the last curriculum review. He is an examiner and team leader for Paper 1 and IA for Spanish B, in addition to being a member of the Standardization and Grade award team. Suso is co-author of the Spanish B Course Companion and Study Guide for the new syllabus, to be published by OUP.

Sue was DP coordinator at Sevenoaks School, a major IB independent school in the UK, also teaching French, Italian and TOK there for 10 years, and subsequently DPC at two state schools and a faith-based one in the UK. As a lead educator for the IB she now acts as a consultant for schools applying to become IB world schools, leads site visits for authorizing and evaluating schools and trains and mentors IB educators.

Jacques A. Weber is currently the High School Principal at Verdala International School (Malta). Prior to this, he served as an Assistant Principal and IB DP Coordinator at the British International School of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Head of Modern Languages at the American School of Bombay (India), and as a French and Spanish teacher at the Awty International School (USA). He has taught the following courses: French B and ab initio; Spanish B and ab initio; social and cultural anthropology; and research and writing for the IB DP. He is an IB graduate, having earned the Bilingual IB Diploma in English and Spanish from an international school in Texas. In addition to his current responsibilities, Jacques is an IB workshop leader (DP Coordinators, Language B, Language ab initio, and Managing the EE), a curriculum consultant for on-line IB courses, and a consultant for new schools starting the authorization process. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Anthropology, a Masters of Education in Administration, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Educational Leadership.

John is currently Deputy Head and IB Coordinator at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. He was IB Coordinator at Fettes College for four years and Head of History at Oakham School before that. He has been a workshop leader in History for the IB, Ibicus and IBSCA for four years and an IB examiner and team leader for six years.

Shannon is originally from Vancouver, Canada where she received her double major in History and Political Science from the University of British Colombia. She has been teaching IB History since 1991, initially in Canada and at the International School of Prague since 1998. She is a Paper 2/3/IA/Extended Essay examiner and workshop leader for IBAEM, Ibicus and IBSCA. She was commissioned to write a companion History IB Europe text for the new IB History course. Parts of this are used in her workbooks. Shannon has also written companion educational materials for the Velvet Revolution documentary, “The Power of the Powerless“.

Laura has a PhD in Sociology, in the field of adolescent mental health,  a PGCE from the University of London and a Cert.Ed in Education Management.  She has been teaching in the MYP and IB Diploma programmes for twenty years, and teaching IB Diploma Psychology for fifteen years.  She is an online Psychology teacher and assistant head of Psychology for Pamoja Education, and IB examiner.  Laura also writes online educational materials and enjoys creating resources that enable students and teachers to build on their face-to-face classroom experience.  Prior to this, Laura was Secondary Head, MYP coordinator and Psychology teacher at an international school in Portugal. She has taught in the UK, Thailand, USA, Egypt, Tanzania and Portugal

Dr Marta Bobiatynska is the Chair of Management Board and Head of IB Continuum at ESCA – Bishkek International School (IB World School, DP), located in Kyrgyzstan. Prior to that shehas taught IB Geography since 2004 at the IB schools in Poland and Netherlands, where she was also a CAS Coordinator. Most recently she has worked as the Principal of the IB PYP/IGCSE school in Russia. 

Marta is a certified IBDP workshop leader, 5 year school review and CAS evaluation report reader. She is highly experienced in assessment of DP Geography, both written exams and internal assessment.

Marta holds both Masters and Doctoral in the Earth Sciences from the University of Warsaw. During her Doctoral studies she was involved in the promotion of the IB Diploma Programme recognition by the Polish universities. In 2010 she participated in the Fulbright Commission’s and US Department of State The Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program at the George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. For a brief moment she also worked as the Research Assistant at the Educational Research Institute of the Polish Ministry of Education.

John has taught IB Diploma Geography at both Higher and Standard Level for the last 16 years at the Inter Community School in Zurich. In addition to this, he has been a CAS Coordinator and IB Diploma Coordinator and taught ToK. He has taught Geography in Australia, the UK and in Switzerland. Since 2005 he has been a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a Chartered Geographer. He has organized seminars for IB Geography teachers within Switzerland.

John has been a workshop leader for the IB in both Geography and CAS. He has led workshops at categories 1, 2 and 3 in Europe, the Middle East and the US. From 2005 to 2007 he was involved in the curriculum review for CAS and has been currently engaged by the IB to co author a book on CAS projects.

John is currently Deputy Head and IB Coordinator at King Edward’s School, Birmingham. He was IB Coordinator at Fettes College for four years and Head of History at Oakham School before that. He has been a workshop leader in History for the IB, Ibicus and IBSCA for four years.

Stephen has taught at Malvern College since 1990 and been Head of Economics, Politics and Business since 2001. He has taught IB Economics, at higher and standard level, in parallel with ‘A’ levels since 1992 and has examined at both standard and higher level. 

For many years Stephen taught on the OSC Easter revision courses and is the author of the OSC HL and SL revision guides (currently being revised for the 2011 syllabus).

Stephen is also an ISI School Inspector and a school governor.

Gareth taught IB Economics at Atlantic College in Wales for 26 years following ten years of university lecturing. He retired in 2009 after ten years as university guidance and IB Co-ordinator and seven as Vice Principal. 

He has led Economics workshops for nearly twenty years, and also IB Co-ordination and University Guidance workshops for the last three years. When Development was introduced as a compulsory part of the Economics syllabus, with Charles Smith he wrote Development Economics, Macmillan, 1998. Recently he has been working on curriculum development, on the World Studies Extended Essay and the proposed new Global Politics course at Higher and Standard Level. He is also an IB Diploma Authorisation Team Leader.

Barbara has been involved with the IB Diploma Programme since 1982 and ITGS since 1989 when the proposal for ITGS was first drafted. She has been actively engaged in ITGS through teaching ITGS, ITGS curriculum development and assessment, leading face-to-face and online workshops, frequent contributions to the Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) and IB DP Consultancy. She also initiated the development of several online resources, ITGSopedia and ITGSopedia Facebook groups to support students and teachers.

Barbara was Head of ICT at Vienna International School for over 25 years and continues to maintain her primary interest in professional development. In addition to ITGS, her main focus is the integration of ICT across all IB programmes, social learning/ Web 2.0 and mobile technologies in the IB Classroom. 

Rhevatee has been involved with the teaching of Biology for IGCSE and IBDP since 1993 at Le Bocage International School in Mauritius. She has also taught at the Mercedes Benz International School in Pune, India – including MYP Biology. She is an experienced teacher of ToK. She has been an IB examiner and Internal Assessment moderator since 1997 and a workshop leader since 2006.

Rhevatee is a member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Mauritius and has a strong interest in nature conservation. She is fully trilingual – English, French and Hindi.

Joe has extensive experience of teaching around the world. He is an IB Biology examiner and has moderated Biology IA assessment since 2000. Recently, he has become team leader for moderation of the IA component.

As well as teaching, Joe has been involved in IB revision courses for OSC for many years and in leading IB teacher workshops since 2004, including workshops to introduce the current subject guide in 2007.

Currently, Joe is IB coordinator designate for a school seeking authorisation to teach the Diploma Programme.

Dave has taught IB for eight years, while working at UWCSEA in Singapore. In addition to Chemistry, he taught ToK and a school-based syllabus called Science and Technology in Society. He is an IA moderator and examiner for SL and HL Chemistry. He also moderates and marks UK exams for OCR and AQA.

Dave has run face-to-face workshops in Kuala Lumpur and Birmingham as well as nine online workshops, specifically aimed at developing teachers’ assessment of lab work. Recently, Dave became an Associate Director from TripleALearning.com where he is involved in writing the Chemistry blog and developing new resources for teachers.

Chemistry aside, Dave values highly and is very passionate about CAS. He worked in Aceh after the 2004 tsunami, is involved in the Blair Forster Memorial Trust supporting East Timorese students and runs Community Service at his current school in the UK.

Nick has worked with the IB Diploma as a Chemistry and ToK teacher since 1976 when it was introduced at the United World College of S E Asia in Singapore. He has been an examiner since 1983, mainly for Chemistry HL Paper 2, where he served a term as Principal Examiner, and for the Extended Essay. He has also set questions. In addition, he is an assessor for Theory of Knowledge. Nick was one if the team involved in the 1996 revision of the Chemistry Guide when the present structure of Core and Options was introduced. Over the years he has led many workshops for the IB – for Administrators, Coordinators and for Experienced and New Chemistry teachers.

Nick now works half-time for the IB and IBSCA as University Liaison Officer, and spends the other half as an independent educational consultant, which naturally includes running even more workshops!

Alistair has been IB Coordinator / Academic Director at the Red Cross Nordic UWC since 2001. His IB teaching stretches back to 1986 and covers Environmental Systems, Biology and ToK. He has been an examiner for Environmental Systems since 1989 and team leader for marking Paper 2 since 2000. He was part of the exam setting team for Environmental Systems and Societies in 2009 and leads IB workshops on Environmental Systems and Societies as well as IB Coordination.

John is a Chartered Physicist who has been teaching Physics, Mathematics and ICT for over 25 years. He has a PhD from Imperial College, London in condensed matter physics and worked for GEC-Marconi for 8 years as a Research Physicist before moving into full-time teaching.

John has been an Associate Lecturer at the Open University since 1987, teaching Physics, Astronomy and Planetary Science. He is presently Head of Physics at Oakham School, Rutland and is an AS/A2 Examiner for OCR. For the IBO, he has examined, moderated IA and marked Extended Essays.

Diana trained as an Industrial Designer and worked in industry for 13 years before coming into teaching. In industry, she designed consumer products for mass production and worked for the Design Council. Diana has taught the IB Diploma for 8 years and is Head of Design and Technology at King’s College School, London, where she teaches the Design and Technology Diploma and supervises Extended Essays and Group 4 Projects. She is Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Diploma Design and Technology and both writes and marks Design and Technology examination papers.

Richard Scarr studied Biology at King’s College, London and has a PGCE from Keele University. He has over 30 years of experience in international education and is presently at Campion School Athens where he teaches IB Biology. He is also an examiner, team leader, moderator and content developer for IB professional development.

Richard is an experienced workshop leader and particularly enjoys tackling the intricacies of IA and examination technique. He is in the process of developing a website on approaches to the teaching of Biology.

Gayethree has been teaching biology at IGCSE and IBDP level for the past seventeen years. She has been associated with the IBO as workshop leader, CAS moderator and Self-Study Reader.

She is presently the head of science at Le Bocage international School.

My name is Ashling Phillips, I graduated from The University of Birmingham with a BSc honors in Sport and Exercise science, during my time at university I was a very keen sports woman, playing football for the university first team (progressing to team captain) as well as for Wolverhampton Wanders ladies first team.

After graduating I then completed a PGCE in secondary science at the University of Manchester and took up my first teaching position at the CTC Kingshurst in Birmingham. During my time at the CTC I enjoyed 12 years of teaching IB SL & HL Biology; the college then became part of the initial pilot for IB SEHS and I was awarded the responsibility of setting up and implementing the practical and theory based schemes of work for the course. I taught the IB SEHS course with my colleague John Bowers up until I left the CTC in December 2012.

After leaving teaching I am now focusing on working with the IB as a workshop leader for both Biology and SEHS and offer consultation services to schools focusing on the IB courses I teach.

Outside of work I enjoy travelling with my family and still have a keen interest in sport, mainly as a spectator these days!

Chris teaches IB Higher and Standard Level Biology at Malvern College, an independent boarding school in Worcestershire, UK where he is also Head of Science and Head of Biology. He has been teaching the IBDP for about 15 years. 

Beyond the IB, Chris is also an ISI Schools Inspector and is one of those called upon to inspect schools that offer the IB Diploma Programme.

Erin teaches IB Standard Level Sports, Exercise & Health Science at Malvern College, an independent boarding school in Worcestershire, UK where she is a teacher of Physical Education.

Erin has been IB SEHS course leader since its inception and has gained valuable experience through working with colleague Chris Hall who has a broad range of IB experience and is also Head of Science at Malvern College.

Erin and Chris jointly delivered the first SEHS workshop in Africa, Europe & the Middle East.

For the past nine years, Jane has been Deputy Head and IB Diploma Coordinator at Rotterdam International Secondary School. Next year, she will be Head of school. As well as teaching Mathematics at all three levels of the IBDP, Jane has also taught ToK. She was Deputy Chief Examiner for Mathematical Studies for 5 years, has been involved in the last two curriculum reviews and is a member of the IA curriculum review for the new syllabus. She is Principal Moderator for Projects and Team Leader for Paper 2 marking. She also marks Paper 1 scripts.

Jane has given many workshops in Europe, Africa, America and Latin America and is co-author of the Mathematical Studies Course Companion and the IB Prepared Mathematical Studies SL revision book.

Caroline taught HL, SL and Mathematical Studies at Oakham School from 2001 until 2008. She has acquired a particular interest in teaching Maths Studies and the wide range of students who opt for that syllabus. She is currently a member of the Curriculum Review team who are checking and revising this cycle. She also enjoyed being part of the Oakham “Thinking Matters” team teaching ToK alongside the different maths syllabi.

Caroline is currently writing a study guide for international students transferring into English language schools. The emphasis is on the language used in mathematics as well as the content. An IB assistant examiner since 1996, Caroline has marked both paper 1 and paper 2 for Mathematical Studies. She has led workshops and revision courses within the UK and Europe.

Peter Hamer-Hodges has been teaching on the IB Diploma Programme since 1977. From 1979-1983, he taught all levels of DP maths at the United Nations International School in New York. From 1983-2010 he was Head of Mathematics and Dean of Administration at the Armand Hammer United World College in Montezuma, New Mexico. He has been a teacher trainer workshop leader since 1984.

Peter has been an examiner for the IB since 1985 and was a deputy chief examiner for Maths HL from 2001-2006. During the period 1993-2001, he also worked very closely with the Teachers Training with Technology group on the use of appropriate technology in teaching mathematics.

Bill is an experienced educator of Mathematics and has taught the subject at high school level for over twenty years. Most of that experience has been with the IB Diploma Programme in Cairo and Dar es Salaam. He has extensive experience of teaching Mathematics HL, SL and Mathematical Studies. He has worked as an examiner for Mathematics HL since 1996 and as Deputy Chief Examiner since 2005.

Bill is also an experienced workshop leader and has been training teachers for both Mathematics HL and SL since 2000. He also works for the IB as a senior examiner for ToK and as a leader of Authorisation Visits. Bill currently lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and lectures at the University of Newcastle.

Anton has taught all levels of IB Mathematics since 1990. Most of his teaching has been at the UWC of the Adriatic in Duino, but he also spent three years teaching at UWCSEA in Singapore. For the last 14 years he has also taught ToK.

He has been an examiner since 1998, initially moderating IA for Maths SL, but now concentrating on HL Paper 1. For the last three years he has also marked Extended Essays in Mathematics. Anton has led IB workshops for teachers of Mathematics HL in Europe, Africa and New Zealand.

Esther has taught IBDP mathematics at three levels: HL, SL and Studies. She is an IB examiner and was DP coordinator until transferring to the position of Professional Development Coordinator at the Aga Khan Academy in Nairobi. She has led workshops on Mathematics SL and Implementing the DP.

Tim Garry has been teaching secondary school mathematics since 1984, has been Head of Mathematics at three international schools, and has taught IB Maths HL and SL since 1994. Tim has delivered numerous workshops for mathematics teachers during the past 20 years.  With another highly experienced IB maths teacher, Tim is a co-author of two successful textbooks for IB Maths HL and IB Maths SL.  Currently, Tim is Head of Mathematics at the International School of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Richard has been a teacher of Media, Film, English and Drama fir more than 30 years. He is Chief Examiner for the IB’s Film programme and was fully involved in its development through the pilot stages. He is also an Associate Tutor of the bfi. Richard is a former Chief Examiner and Chair of Examiners for A Level and AVCE Media Studies; Principal Examiner and Moderator for A Level Media Studies and AVCE Media Communication and Production. He has written and edited several textbooks and study guides for GCSE and A Level Media and Film Studies.

Richard has also lectured on many aspects of Film and the Media, not only in the UK but also in North America and Australasia. He has led IB Film workshops in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Athens and the UK. Most recently he has also returned to acting appearances in UK television series Casualty, Down to Earth, Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Doc Martin.

Heather has taught IB Diploma Visual Arts for 13 years and was Head of Art at the International School of Florence. She has been a Visiting Art Examiner for IBO since 2005 and a Visual Arts Extended Essay Examiner and Internal Assessment Moderator. She has also contributed to the Visual Arts Subject Guide. Heather holds a Masters Degree in Fine Art from Central St Martins and degrees from Smith College, USA and the Academmia di Belle Arti di Firenze. She leads workshops for new and experienced Visual Arts teachers.

Heather currently lives in London, where she works part time for the IB and as a freelance artist educator and consultant. She is also a practicing visual artist and exhibits regularly in the UK and abroad.

Jonathan was Organ Scholar of University College, Durham, where he took his BA(Hons) in Music, and he holds diplomas in organ playing and choir training from the Royal College of Organists and Trinity College, London. He also holds a Master’s degree in Choral Education from the University of Surrey.

In his teaching career, Jonathan has been Director of Music at three schools (in Durham UK, Cairo and Vienna), as well as a teacher/organist post in Norway. However, he has also been active in Higher Education for over ten years as a course leader and lecturer on the foundation and degree courses at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, and as Director of College Music at Brasenose College, Oxford University. He was also a senior examiner on the panel of music examiners for Trinity College London international music examinations for 14 years.

Jonathan has also been the Chief Examiner for Music worldwide for the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and continues to lead teacher-training workshops for them around the world, as well as being a facilitator and developer for online workshops. Other IB work includes being a schools exams inspector, a regional field representative (academic) and a session observer (generic) for the IB worldwide. In Oxford, where he lives, Jonathan is currently IBDP EE Coordinator at EF Academy, and also Organ Tutor at Magdalen College School, and combines these in situ posts with a lively freelance international educational consulting and teacher training portfolio. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Cambridge Society of Musicians, awarded for distinguished services to music and music education in the UK, is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.