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Quarter One, 2007
Message from the Regional Director
Greetings to all schools in the Asia Pacific region from Singapore as we prepare to usher in the year of the pig. Our best wishes also to all schools mostly in the Australasian sub region as they start the 2007 school year.
Authorisation Capacity Planning
As demand for IB programmes continues to grow the organisation is working on a number of capacity planning initiatives. Wendy Xerri (ICT Director) and Mandy Garrett (Business Systems Analyst) spent a week in mid January working with programmes staff in the Singapore office developing further improved tools for tracking schools from the interested schools phase, post authorisation and evaluation.
Wendy Xerri Mandy Garrett with Deirdre
Chang-Hufton and Laurie Ince
Case Studies
Since last August, case studies of different types of IB World School have been featured on our public website. Schools have found this to be an interesting insight into the diverse nature of schools that deliver IB programmes. All nine (two from this region) are available in all three languages:
http://www.ibo.org/school/casestudy/
Our central communications department would welcome any school interested in being featured on our website to contact them directly: communications@ibo.org
Use of IB models
In the past year, the IB has formed an Intellectual Property Committee and issues of branding and organisational identity are part of that agenda. Following recent MYP evaluation visits in the region, we are attempting to be more definitive about the unacceptability of modified versions of the MYP model across all the schools concerned and clarify the IB position on the use of our models. The IB Policy and Rules for Use of IB Intellectual Property is actually clear about the use of the graphic of the programme model (which is copyright but not registered as a trademark). It says that authorized and candidate schools can:
Use the relevant programme model, unchanged, for the programme, a school is authorised to offer, in black and white or in colour on request from copyright@ibo.org/ Any reproduction of any of the IB’s programmes models should be labelled, e.g. ©IBO2002
Therefore our position in working with schools is that the visible symbols of the IB programmes i.e. the models and the key language that has been defined to describe aspects of our programmes e.g. the PYP glossary of terms, the IB definitions of the areas of interaction, are standard components of IB programmes and these should be represented unchanged.
Conferences
Information Literacy across the IB Programmes
Early Bird Registration has been EXTENDED for the second Annual Teachers Convention to be held on 31 March – 2 April in Singapore.
Registration is now open online for the IB Heads Conference on http://www.ibo.org/heads/conference2007/index.cfm The theme of the conference, which builds upon the achievements of the previous HSA Conference in Bangkok in 2005, is
‘Beacons of creativity, humanity & learning.’
This conference is organised by the IHRC and held biannually. This year it is hosted by IB North America and will be held in San Francisco in mid October, the weekend after the IB Asia-Pacific Regional Conference. The IB Asia-Pacific Regional Conference this year will focus on the theme of “Sharing our humanity – Environment and Sustainability”. Because of the Heads Conference rotation, the IB Asia-Pacific Regional Conference will predominantly target Coordinators and Divisional Principals although Heads are welcome.
We invite schools to provide articles to the second quarter 2007
IB Asia-Pacific Newsletter with the latest happenings at your school or if
there any any special events, please email ibap@ibo.org by latest 1 May 2007. Upcoming meetings that will be reported in the next enewsletter include the Indian Development Council, which is meeting on the weekend of 10 February, and the RHRC and RAC groups that meet in Singapore on 2 and 3 March.
Changing Coordinator Details on IBIS
We would reiterate that for changes of personnel, school coordinators are responsible and must update names/email addresses of principals and coordinators in IBIS. We appreciate being informed at the Regional Office but the actual changes in the system should be made by the Coordinator.
For security reasons, before IBIS/IBNET in Cardiff is able to amend the details to show that you are the new coordinator and to issue an IBNET account, we will require a signed fax from the principal of the school confirming the details of the change of coordinator.
The fax should provide information of the new coordinator and also the coordinator's email address. On receipt of this, Cardiff will arrange for your databases to be updated and will create an IBNET account for you, the details of which will be sent by email.
Please mark the fax for attention by Andrew Skillern and send to +44 2920 54 7778.
Our best wishes to you all.
Judith Guy, Regional Director
Email: ibap@ibo.org
IB Asia-Pacific Staff Changes
Farewell and Thank You
Laurie Ince, Regional Diploma Manager officially leaves us at the end of this month to return to Melbourne. Laurie has made an enormous contribution to the work of the Regional Office and in the promotion of high standards for the delivery of the IB Diploma amongst schools in this region. We thank Laurie sincerely. His professionalism, insights and keen sense of humour will be sadly missed.
Changes
Nigel Forbes-Harper will assume the role of Regional Diploma Manager from 1 March 2007.
Welcome
A warm welcome to Serene Peter Ravind and Jasmine Fun who have both recently joined the Events team as Events Assistant and Events Associate.
Vacancies in the Regional Office
The Singapore regional
office has two further
vacancies for 1 August:
MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME (MYP) ASSOCIATE REGIONAL MANAGER
Closing date for receipt of applications: 22 February 2007
PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMME (PYP) ASSOCIATE REGIONAL MANAGER
Closing date for receipt of applications: 9 March 2007
The MYP and PYP associate regional managers will join the MYP team and PYP team respectively. Both teams are responsible for advising, facilitating, supporting and informing the development and expansion of the relevant programme in the Asia Pacific region.
For further information about
these positions, and details on how to apply, please visit our website at: http://www.ibo.org/jobs/staff/index.cfm
ASSESSMENT DIRECTOR
Following the appointment of George Pook as Academic Director, the organisation is seeking a new Assessment Director. This is a key role in the Organisation. Details of this position can also be found at http://www.ibo.org/jobs/staff/index.cfm
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IB Africa, Europe and Middle East (IBAEM) covers a diverse range of cultures, languages and economic realities. In a continually changing region, the IB delivers its education standards beyond borders. More than 80 countries in the region offer IB programmes today.
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The IB Asia Pacific region supports more than 400 schools offering more than 560 programmes in 27 countries. We are responsible for authorizing new schools, evaluating IB World Schools, providing professional development services in the schools and in sub-regional locations, and ensuring that the IB Diploma Programme is recognized by universities worldwide.
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