Advisory bodies

Heads Council

Consisting of 12 members, this council serves as an advisory group to the Director General. It assists with issues that affect IB World Schools.

Members are elected by IB World School heads, with four members from each IB region.

2023 members of the Heads Council

Africa, Europe, Middle East	Americas	Asia-Pacific
Helene Bendorff Kristensen Grenaa Gymnasium, Denmark	Priscila Alvarado Instituto Dr. Jaim Weizman, Costa Rica	Vanita Uppal Obe The British School New Delhi, India
Jane Thompson American School of Paris, France	Isela Consuegra Escuela Lomas Altas, Mexico	Susan Just Lauriston Girls' School, Australia
Chris Ramsey Whitgift School, UK	Jimena Taboada St. Brendan's School, Montevideo, Uruguay	Hisayuki Watanabe Sunnyside International School, Japan
Rachel Caldwell Pechersk School International of Kyiv, Ukraine	Lorna Prado Scott Santiago College, Chile	Gavin Kinch ACS (International), Singapore

 

Examining Board

The IB Examining Board comprises all chief examiners of the IB's Diploma Programme (DP).

It supports the Chief Assessment Officer, a member of the IB's Executive Team, by offering expertise and informed discussion on practices and policy. This helps to maintain the quality and standards of assessments and curricula at the IB.

Its main other activities are to:

• ensure that all IB examiners can exercise their academic judgment in assessment matters 
• hold to account their representatives of the Final Award Committee, the body that formally awards the IB diploma and certificates to students, to ensure that academic standards are maintained in DP assessments
• ensure that the Chief Assessment Officer is aware of any potential academic challenges to the mission of the IB, which is in turn reported to the Board of Governors.

The chief examiners elect a Chair and Vice Chair of the Examing Board, as well as one representative from each of the DP's six subject groups. Those representatives are part of a number of IB committees.

Read about assessment in the DP.