IB Strategy:Impact through leadership in international education

IBAWS Meeting: Bethesda28 January 2011

Impact through leadership in international education

Working collaboratively with schools and educators, we will develop distinctive, high quality programmes of international education to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students and to influence thinking about international education globally.

• Develop innovative programmes/assessments that are distinctive, relevant, high quality

• Design high quality, innovative professional development for educators (teachers; heads)

• Advocate widely to universities (and others) that IB philosophy and programmes are relevant and appropriate for 21 century learning

Strengthen our leadership in international education

• Provide high quality, relevant, affordable professional development for leaders, school counsellors and school leadership

• Ensure high quality, consistent, affordable school authorization and evaluation that supports effective implementation of IB programmes

• Deliver valid, reliable, scalable, affordable and secure assessments

• Provide excellent, proactive support to new and existing schools, including programme materials and commercial publications

Evolve and improve our services and support to schools

Building relationships for sustainability

Recognition for the IB continuum

Transition to University

Support for growth in state schools

Enabling the improvement of the recognition of IB programmes, working with our worldwide community of supporters:

• Increase numbers of students taking IB programmes and courses in DP schools

• Expand our reach - undertake pro-active promotion and marketing in key market segments

• Target growth in specific segments - provide support/pedagogical tools for defined clusters of IB World Schools

• Provide access to an IB education though additional languages, expanded offerings, use of technology

Develop a more diverse, inclusive IB community by enabling access to an IB education

• Develop capability and capacity of IB leadership & staff• Ensure internal organization is effective, efficient; leverages global centres • Develop technology infrastructure that provides information managed for

end- user needs• Ensure financial margins sufficiently robust to build/maintain a cost-

effective, affordable organization• Provide an infrastructure that is scalable, relevant & provides capacity to

support an increasing community size effectively • Develop processes, activities in line with

commitments to social responsibility goals

Build a sustainable, responsibleand efficient organization for the future

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