Workshop Leaders

I am an international educator, having taught and mentored teachers and students around the world for twenty four years. I earned my UK Bachelor of Education (Hons) in 1993. then completed the Certificate of International School Leadership with the Principals’​ Training Centre (2010) and have just completed my UK Masters’ Degree in Educational Leadership (2016)

I have experience teaching children from aged 4 to 12 in classroom teaching roles and have held two positions as Early Years Coordinator before becoming PYP coordinator eight years ago in Uzbekistan. I then became the PYP coordinator in Serbia and later whole school curriculum coordinator in Oman.

In 2005 I became a PYP Workshop Leader for the International Baccalaureate. Workshops have included, Standards for administrators, The curriculum model for administrators, Making the PYP happen in the classroom and in EY, The written curriculum, Assessment, The PYP Exhibition, Play-Based learning in the Early Years classroom, concept based learning, reading and writing and Creating Inclusive classrooms.

I recently participated in part of the PYP review and look forward to the upcoming release of the new PYP in 2018 .

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).  Angeline graduated from the Principal’s Training Centre (PTC) for international school leadership and is a certified Concept-based Curriculum and Instruction trainer and presenter.  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 works at Berlin International School, Germany, and she is also an independent consultant assisting schools in developing concept-based curriculum and in their implementation of the IB PYP.

Angeline has taught every grade ranging from 5-12 year olds as a classroom teacher and music specialist.  She is also an experienced (PYP) curriculum coordinator. Since April 2007 she has been an IB PYP workshop leader and team leader for school visits.  She has facilitated a variety of workshops across Categories 1, 2 and 3 on a wide range of topics. Her passion is curriculum development, promoting intercultural understanding, concept-based learning and integration of the arts.

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 is the PYP coordinator at Southbank International school,

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 11 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.

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 and Personal Project coordinator, and has taught MYP Individuals & Societies. Beside this, she is Individuals and Societies Head of department, and the Extended essay 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.

Barbara has been teaching English for twelve years combining both national curriculum and MYP requirements. She has been working in the MYP programme for ten years and is now the  Head of Language Acquisition Department at her school.

In 2011 she took part as a workshop leader at the AMF–IB Romania – Poland project entitled ‘Teaching and learning from an international perspective’. The aim of the project was to support state schools in Poland in maximizing the effectiveness of teaching and learning of the Polish curriculum by getting to know learner-centered pedagogy.  Since then she has been leading workshops for IBO in language acquisition for all categories.

She has worked as an MYP Workshop Leader in Language acquisition for category 1, 2 and 3 and doing introductory Launching the MYP workshops for schools as well.

She acted as Principal Examiner for Language Acquisition English  last examination session and is highly experienced in MYP Language acquisition assessment.

Being the Head of the Department she also provides in-school trainings and takes part in curriculum development.

She is very enthusiatic about Building Quality Curriculum service, especially reviewing unit planner.

 As a teacher she enjoys creating meaningful Statements of Inquiry and authentic assessment tasks.

Roz has been involved with the IB since 1998. Roz was the IBDP Coordinator at CTC Kingshurst Academy in the UK, where she also held a range of DP roles including TOK and Extended Essay Coordinator. More recently Roz held the roles of Head of Senior School and IB at Al Najah Private School in Abu Dhabi.

Roz ‘s involvement with the IB has many strands: she is an authorisation team leader, DP Consultant, CP Consultant, workshop leader, programme field rep, School Visit and Evaluation Team Leader, five-year evaluation consultant and a School Services lead educator. Roz also served on the UK’s IB Schools and Colleges Association Steering Committee for a number of years. In addition to her expertise within the DP Roz has also worked closely with a number of schools introducing the IBCP and previously held the role of IBCP Associate Manager within the AEM. 

 Roz has a wealth of experience in guiding and supporting DP and CP coordinators in establishing, developing and promoting the DP and CP in schools, forging a solid reputation for her depth of knowledge and practical approach.

Lorraine Heinrichs has taught mathematics for over 30 years and IB mathematics for 18 years at Bonn International School where she also held the position of DP coordinator for 15 years. Lorraine enjoys various roles with the IB. She is a principal examiner for Mathematics HL in her role as IA principal moderator for the Exploration. She has been a workshop leader for the IB for the last 16 years, facilitating workshops, mainly in Mathematics HL. She participated in the last curriculum review and is a team member for the present curriculum review.

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.

Roz has been involved with the IB since 1998. Roz was the IBDP Coordinator at CTC Kingshurst Academy in the UK, where she also held a range of DP roles including TOK and Extended Essay Coordinator. More recently Roz held the roles of Head of Senior School and IB at Al Najah Private School in Abu Dhabi.

Roz ‘s involvement with the IB has many strands: she is an authorisation team leader, DP Consultant, CP Consultant, workshop leader, programme field rep, School Visit and Evaluation Team Leader, five-year evaluation consultant and a School Services lead educator. Roz also served on the UK’s IB Schools and Colleges Association Steering Committee for a number of years. In addition to her expertise within the DP Roz has also worked closely with a number of schools introducing the IBCP and previously held the role of IBCP Associate Manager within the AEM. 

 Roz has a wealth of experience in guiding and supporting DP and CP coordinators in establishing, developing and promoting the DP and CP in schools, forging a solid reputation for her depth of knowledge and practical approach.

John taught in the IB Diploma between 1994 and 2013 at ICS in Zurich. He taught IB Diploma Geography (for which he is currently a senior examiner for Geographical Essays and for Paper 2), TOK and MYP Humanities. In addition to this experience he has been a Diploma Coordinator at ICS and acted as TOK and EE Coordinator at Institut Montana in 2014/15. To complement this IB experience John has also taught Geography in Australia. the UK and in a Swiss Gymnasium. As a consequence of his wide experience as a Geography teacher and his efforts in promoting the subject he has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society since 2007.

Since 2001 John Has been leading workshops for the IB both online and face in Geography and CAS in both IBAEM and IB Americas. He has also led workshops on Experiential Education, CAS and TOK and Developing the Core of the DP. In conjunction with other colleagues he has co-authored two books on CAS (The most recent being Creativity, Activity and Service, published by Cambridge University Press),written  a number of articles on CAS for IB Review and the International Schools Magazine and most recently contributed a chapter to Kognity’s online text book for DP Geography.  John has also been a member of two curriculum reviews about CAS and still has a very active interest in experiential education and has conducted a number of workshops with students and staff on this topic in Switzerland, Turkey and Portugal.

Duke University invited John to be a board member of their committee on Service Learning in an International context. He served on their board between 2011 and 2016 and presented at conferences sponsored by them in Ireland and the US.

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.

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.

As a Head of Arts, John enjoys music and theatre as well as his own subjects – Visual Arts and Theory of Knowledge.  He has been based in Oxford since 2002 after returning to the UK from two exciting years in Tanzania.  A graduate of Goldsmith’s College (BA Hons), the Institute of Education (PGCE) and Birkbeck College (MA), John’s international experience includes teaching in the USA and Africa as well as directing summer programmes in Italy and France.  In addition to teaching, John is a principal examiner for the IB and has led numerous workshops in the UK and overseas.

Within the wider arts community of Oxford, John has made films for Modern Art Oxford on artists such as Jenny Saville and has encouraged students to participate in the ARTiculation prize.

As a writer whose research has been published in the Burlington Magazine, John thoroughly enjoys helping Visual Arts students through the challenge of the extended essays.  John lives in Oxford with his wife Catherine and their three children.

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.

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.

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.

A Londoner by birth and an Australian by marriage, Merion has been teaching IB English A since 2007. With both bachelor and master degree studies in literature, Merion has a passion for the written word, a passion she has shared with students in the Australian outback, Qatar, Kazakhstan and China as well as being experienced in programme coordination and curriculum development. Having recently returned to the UK, Merion is concentrating on her other IB roles, such as examiner, workshop leader, and textbook writer and enjoying the green English countryside, a welcome change from Chinese smog. Merion has led many workshops, including English A Literature, English A Language and Literature, Approaches to Learning, and Concepts and Inquiry in the Diploma Programme.

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.

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.

Carina Gambluch is an English and Spanish teacher. She has a comprehensive knowledge of both subjects, has taught English and Spanish as a foreign language for many years. She also has a broad range of teaching experience within the IB Diploma Programme and has been an IB workshop leader for more than ten years and has extensive experience of assessment. She is a co-author of a Spanish B website and textbooks for this level and the Ab initio. She has worked in Argentina, England and she is now living and working in Barcelona. She is currently completing a PhD in Education.

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.

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.

Originally from Spain, Carlos has taught MYP and Diploma Spanish A, B and Ab Initio for many years in different international schools – Spain, USA, Norway and Japan-. In 2008, he joined the IB office in Cardiff to work as a Subject Area Manager in Diploma groups 1 & 2.  He is now back in Spain working for SEK International Schools.

Carlos graduated from the University of Oviedo -Spain- with a MA in Linguistics and Classical Languages. He also attended a postgraduate training in Applied Linguistics.

He has led language workshops for more than 10 years all over the world.

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.

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. 

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.

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 taught in the MYP for twenty years, and has been teaching IB Diploma Psychology for sixteen years. She is an experienced IB Diploma workshop leader and IB Diploma examiner.  Laura also writes online educational materials, including textbooks, leads teacher Webinars, and enjoys creating resources that build on face-to-face classroom experience.  She has taught and held various educational management positions in the UK, Thailand, USA, Egypt, Tanzania and Portugal. When she is not teaching or writing, she enjoys scuba diving and gardening.

Dr. Marta I. Bobiatynska is the newly appointed IBDP Coordinator and Geography Teacher at the UWC Dilijan College in Armenia. She has been teaching IB DP Geography since 2004, primarly at the IB schools in Poland and Netherlands, where she was also a CAS Coordinator. Most recently she has worked in various leadership positions at international schools in Russia and Kyrgyzstan.

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 taught in the IB Diploma between 1994 and 2013 at ICS in Zurich. He taught IB Diploma Geography (for which he is currently a senior examiner for Geographical Essays and for Paper 2), TOK and MYP Humanities. In addition to this experience he has been a Diploma Coordinator at ICS and acted as TOK and EE Coordinator at Institut Montana in 2014/15. To complement this IB experience John has also taught Geography in Australia. the UK and in a Swiss Gymnasium. As a consequence of his wide experience as a Geography teacher and his efforts in promoting the subject he has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society since 2007.

Since 2001 John Has been leading workshops for the IB both online and face in Geography and CAS in both IBAEM and IB Americas. He has also led workshops on Experiential Education, CAS and TOK and Developing the Core of the DP. In conjunction with other colleagues he has co-authored two books on CAS (The most recent being Creativity, Activity and Service, published by Cambridge University Press),written a number of articles on CAS for IB Review and the International Schools Magazine and most recently contributed a chapter to Kognity’s online text book for DP Geography. John has also been a member of two curriculum reviews about CAS and still has a very active interest in experiential education and has conducted a number of workshops with students and staff on this topic in Switzerland, Turkey and Portugal.

Duke University invited John to be a board member of their committee on Service Learning in an International context. He served on their board between 2011 and 2016 and presented at conferences sponsored by them in Ireland and the US.

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. 

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 extremely experienced assessor. He also moderates and assesses for OCR, AQA and Edexel.

Dave has run a number of level 1, 2 and 3 face-to-face workshops in Malaysia, the UK, Austria, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland as well as numerous online workshops covering an introduction to IBDP Chemistry (Level 1), the new course for first assessment 2016 (Level 2) and developing lab work (Level 3).

Dave writes the Chemistry blog for OSC (http://blogs.osc-ib.com/ib-blogs/ib-teacher-blogs/dp_chemistry/), teaches on the OSC Easter revision courses and summer mid IB / pre IB courses as well as being involved in developing some of the Smart Bacc chemistry resources and writing the OSC publication on the Chemistry IA.

Dave is the subject matter expert developer for Pamoja Education and has been involved in developing their online course in chemistry.

Chemistry aside, Dave values highly and is very passionate about CAS. He worked in Aceh after the 2004 tsunami and was involved in the Blair Forster Memorial Trust supporting East Timorese students. In the UK he has been involved with SHINE which has involved providing enrichment lessons to primary school children from needy backgrounds, as well as developing links with his school and a youth club in inner city Southampton.

At his current school, he is the Director of Community Action and coordinator of PSHE.

Paul Lloyd spent most of his early adult life playing around in chemistry laboratories at the University of Warwick, finally graduating with a PhD, and began teaching after completing a PGCE at King’s College London.  Paul has held a wide number of different posts in education, including IB Diploma Coordinator, Head of Science and Assistant Head, and has a wide range of examining experience. Paul is currently Deputy Head of IB at King’s College School, Wimbledon, UK. Paul has taught Chemistry and Theory of Knowledge within the IB Diploma programme for over fifteen years.

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!

As of 2017, I will have been teaching for almost 35 years and IB for approximately 15 years. In addition to my work at Oakham School, I work with teachers and students across the world – teachers as an approved workshop leader (Physics) and students providing face-to-face support (working for OSC) and on-line teaching support. I also write two blogs – one for physics teachers and one for physics students.

The three most important things in my life are:

(1) Family.

(2) Physics.

(3) Using education as a way to help others.

I am not quite sure of the order of importance but I think this is correct!

I simply love Physics – how could Physics not be one of the most captivating things I could do with my life – I am studying the rules that make our universe work the way it does, and I do this because it is fun – hard… but fun. And like all good physicists, I do this because it is hard – Physics is best when you can’t do it -when it is so hard, that you have to struggle through, trying to do something that you can’t initially do -because struggling to do things that we initially can’t do, is often when we are at our best.

Other professional aspects of my life include blogging, teachers training for three companies, IB Examiner, Extended Essay marker, IB Principle Examiner (Astronomy) and A-Level (Principle) Examiner. I have also been a university lecturer for over 20 years of my life. I guess it should be noted that the SL Astronomy course was my creation – I wrote the syllabus, course details and the exams / marking schemes up to 2017.

My hobbies include music, reading (lots of reading!), roleplaying (Dungeons and Dragons) and gaming (but only at Christmas and then, it is often for 24 hours at a stretch).

Finally, I have three degrees in Physics, one a PhD from Imperial College. I am a Chartered Physicist, having worked as a research physicist for approximately 13 years (mostly for the UK Ministry of Defence) and I have a wife, son, daughter and two Jack Russell dogs who all love me – I have a great life!

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 has recently retired from Campion School Athens where he was Deputy Head and taught 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 best practice in the teaching of Biology.

His hobbies include photography, opera, music and collecting fossils. Richard is in the process of developing a website on approaches to the teaching of IB 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.

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.

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.

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!

Olivia is currently a PE teacher and Head of Sport, Exercise and Health at a school in Dubai. She has always had a passion for teaching sports science since graduating with a bachelor degree in Geography and Sports Science at Loughborough University, and a PGCE in physical education. Olivia has taught in IB schools for 9 years in the UAE and Singapore; she has been delivering the IBDP Sports, Exercise and Health Science for four years. Olivia has experience as an IB examiner, workshop leader and curriculum review contributor. Olivia is a keen sportswoman, her main sport being netball, in which she competed for Singapore in the 2015 World Cup in Sydney. In Dubai, she enjoys driving in the desert and going to the beach; both activities she greatly appreciates as she couldn’t do them back in her home town of sunny Manchester, England.

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.

Mr. Konstantin Padioukov has been a teacher of, first, Physics, and, later, Mathematics for 30 years. He began his teaching career in Russia in the school that later became the first Russian national school to join the IBO. After working in Canada and Switzerland, for the last nineteen years Konstantin has been a teacher of Mathematics in Germany at Berlin Brandenburg International School.

Konstantin has been teaching various IB DP Maths courses since 1998. He is a certified IBDP workshop leader and is experienced in assessment. Konstantin has also taught both IGCSE and IB MYP mathematics as pre-IB diploma syllabi.

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 and two years in the newly opened UWC Dilijan in Armenia.

For the last 20 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 nine 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.

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.

Nasserine is Head of School and IB coordinator at EIM School in Brussels. She has been teaching mathematics for 20 years in Israel, Portugal, Italy, Turkey, Belgium and The Netherlands. In that time she has taught IB DP/MYP and American Curriculum SAT I & II as well as British Curriculum O level/Alevel GCSE/IGCSE, and the Turkish National Curriculum. She was Department Head of Mathematics at United World College in Maastricht, and is an experienced examiner, IBDP course line Reader, IBDP workshop leader and a member/Co-Chair/Chair of CIS accreditation visiting team. She also has a masters and PhD in mathematics education. Nasserine has led several IB DP/MYP workshops and taken part in several CIS accreditation visits.

Nasserine also leads DP Coordination (Cat 1&2, Cat 3); Approaches to teaching and learning (Cat 3); Concept and Inquiry (Cat 3); Bringing the IB DP (Cat 3).

As a Head of Arts, John enjoys music and theatre as well as his own subjects – Visual Arts and Theory of Knowledge.  He has been based in Oxford since 2002 after returning to the UK from two exciting years in Tanzania.  A graduate of Goldsmith’s College (BA Hons), the Institute of Education (PGCE) and Birkbeck College (MA), John’s international experience includes teaching in the USA and Africa as well as directing summer programmes in Italy and France.  In addition to teaching, John is a principal examiner for the IB and has led numerous workshops in the UK and overseas.

Within the wider arts community of Oxford, John has made films for Modern Art Oxford on artists such as Jenny Saville and has encouraged students to participate in the ARTiculation prize.

As a writer whose research has been published in the Burlington Magazine, John thoroughly enjoys helping Visual Arts students through the challenge of the extended essays.  John lives in Oxford with his wife Catherine and their three children.

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.

Jim has more than thirty-five years of teaching experience in international music education. He currently serves on the music faculty at The American School of The Hague in The Netherlands, where he leads the instrumental music program, teaches music technology, the International Baccalaureate Music DP and Advanced Placement Music Programs.

Jim is one of the co-founders of The Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) and served as the organization’s first board president. He has chaired the Music Committee for the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) and has served on the faculty at The Project Zero Summer Institute at Harvard University.

Jim has led countless workshops throughout the world on topics relating to Global Understanding through international music education. He serves as a music consultant to the International Baccalaureate’s Online Curriculum Center. 

Previous to his move to Europe, Jim was an Instrumental Music Teacher in Northwest Indiana, USA. He currently directs Global Music Concepts, an organization dedicated to the development of international music education.

His music training includes a Master of Music Education degree from Vandercook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois, USA, a “docent musicus” degree from The Utrecht Music Conservatory in The Netherlands, and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Music degree from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, USA.

Jim is a free-lance trombonist in The Netherlands and currently performs with the Frits Landesbergen and Steve Galloway Big Bands. He also guest conducts several wind and jazz ensemble groups in Holland.

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.

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.

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.