In this issue

 

IB Asia Pacific Newsletter

Printer-friendly version [328 kb, PDF]

If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, please email ibap@ibo.org.

 

Other issues

   Print this page
   Email this page

IB Asia Pacific Newsletter

January - March 2006

Japan and Korea

PYP Network Group

On 25 November 2005, Ray Sullivan, Elementary Principal/Chair of the Network Group and Catherine Nicol, Assistant Elementary Principal/PYP Coordinator/Co-chair of the Network Group welcomed 19 members of the Network PYP Network Group at Yokohama International School.  Among them were PYP Coordinators Sarah Watson from Hiroshima International School, Rick Elya from Osaka International School, Alex Inman from European School, Terry Tiplady from K. International School, Inese Zvirgzdins from Tokyo International School and Toni Bell from Seisen International School. There were representatives from the two new schools, namely the Horizon International School and Happy Days Preschool. Moreover, it was very nice to see as many as seven Japanese language teachers who came to hear about the Japanese program and the PYP presented by Akiko Taira and Kayo Yoshida. In addition, a variety of topics including professional development planning were discussed.

I would like to express special thanks to Ray Sullivan and Catherine Nicol who completed the two-year term as chair and co-chair of the Network group.  The officers of the next two years will be Sasha Marshall, Principal of K. International School together with Terry Tiplady, PYP Coordinator of KIST.

 

Mr Hong-Duk Kim 

Mr Hong-Duk Kim, a Board Member of the Seoul Foreign School and Ewha Girls’ Foreign Language High School, visited the IB Japan office located at Tamagawa University Research Institute on 17 November 2005. He is one of the key persons who has been working hard to promote the recognition of the IB in Korea.

We would like to thank the Seoul Foreign School in Korea for hosting the DP Korean workshop from 17 - 19 March.

 

Kyoko Bernard, Regional Representative Japan and Korea

Email: japan@ibo.org


MYP Network Group

Inaugural meeting

Time: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

Date: 18 March 2006

Venue: Osaka International School

 

All those implementing and interested schools in the MYP are most welcome to attend an inaugural meeting of the MYP Network Group Meeting to be held from 1:00 pm on Saturday 18 March at Osaka International School.  The objective of the network group is to share the best practices of the MYP.  Li Bin, the MYP Programme Manager is scheduled to attend this meeting. The inaugural meeting will be held  on the pre-workshop day of the PYP, MYP and DP workshops to be hosted by Osaka International School (OIS).

OIS Workshops: 19 - 21 March 2006

 

Thanks to Karin Caffin, the Head of OIS, Gwyn Underwood, High School Principal/MYP Coordinator, Peter Heimer, Diploma Coordinator and Rick Elya, PYP Coordinator, OIS is hosting a wide range of language workshops spanning all three programmes.  Thus all those who are attending the OIS workshops are also welcome to attend the inaugural MYP Network meeting.