Advisory bodies

Education Advisory Council

The Education Advisory Council supports the IB’s leadership with insights about educational challenges and solutions globally. It consists of a diverse team of experts in the field of education from various regions to offer recommendations that align with the IB's evolving objectives for education for young people from ages 3 to 19. It will complement the existing Examining Board by extending beyond examinations into conversations about approach to teaching and learning, curriculum design and development as well as all forms of assessment.

Composition of the Education Advisory Council

• Two Senior IB Educator Network
• Two Assessment Experts
• Two Curriculum Experts
• A senior researcher in education
• A Head of an IB School
• A senior representative from Higher Education
• IB’s Director General, Chief Education Officer and the Directors in the Education Office

Education Systems Advisory Council

The Education Systems Advisory Council supports the IB with advice and insight on education systems—how they operate, how they change, and how system-level improvements can be designed and implemented in diverse contexts.

The Council’s focus is to develop a conceptualisation of education systems and help the IB strengthen its systems work, including:

• Building shared understanding—deepening the IB’s self-understanding of what makes the IB an education system, and what that means in practice.
• Exploring system-level questions—including what education should enable for humans, how learning between systems can happen, how systems navigate tensions, and how systems adapt in the face of shocks.
• Supporting system improvement—informing the IB’s approach to working with governments and partners

There are currently five members of the Council:

• Faith Abiodun (Chair), Executive Director, UWC International
• Tracey Burns, Chief, Global Strategy and Research, National Center on Education and the Economy
• Chris Harte, Government and Education Strategy Lead - APAC & EMEA, Google for Education
• Toby Lowe, Professor of Public Management at Manchester Metropolitan University and Action Researcher at Centre for Public Impact
• Mette Miriam Rakel Böll, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Center for Systems Awareness and Co-Founder and Research Director at the MIT Systems Awareness Lab

Examining Board

The Examining Board focuses on ensuring strategic, insightful and meaningful connection and communication between Chief Examiners, Principal Examiners, the wider Examiner community and IB staff to ensure:

• Academic and assessment standards are appropriate, and
• The integrity of assessment outcomes aligns with the IB’s mission and principles

It is composed of a chair nominated by the Director General, Chief Examiners from each of the DP and MYP subject groups and senior IB staff.

Final Award Committee

The Final Award Committee plays a critical role in the transparency of IB assessment processes by certifying the results of DP, CP, and MYP assessments. Its purpose is to ensure that:

• Academic and assessment standards are appropriate,
• The integrity of assessment outcomes aligns with the IB’s mission and principles.
• From the committee’s diverse range of expertise, that IB assessment outcomes are fair and credible,
• There is enhanced stakeholder trust, showing students, educators, and parents that the IB is transparent in its commitment to high standards and unbiased certification of results.

The Final Award Committee reports to the Board of Governors.

The Final Award Committee is composed of:

• Chair appointed by the Board’s Education Committee
• Two Chief Examiners (DP and MYP)
• Two assessment experts (from the Education Advisory Council)
• IB School Leader
• University Representative (from the Education Advisory Council)
• Director General, Chief Assessment & Operations Officer and Director of Assessment

School Leadership Advisory Council

The School Leadership Advisory Council is a 12‑member advisory body to the IB, made up of leaders of authorized IB schools or school groups. This advisory body provides strategic input to strengthen IB programme and system‑level product and service design, inspire education innovation informed by emerging trends, and deepen partnerships across the global education ecosystem. Members are nominated by the IB community and selected by committee to reflect the diversity of IB schools, with calls for interest typically issued in October when seats become available.

Members of the School Leadership Advisory Council

Name	School(s)	Country
Danny Laviolette	École d'éducation Internationale de Laval	Canada
David Glasner	Shaker Heights City School District	United States
Elena Vizurraga	Hiram Bingham School	Peru
Esmat Lamei	École Oasis Internationale	Egypt
Gavin Kinch	ACS International	Singapore
Heather Page	The Baccalaureate School for Global Education	United States
Iain Sachdev	Inspired Education Group	United Kingdom
Kevin Glass	Atlanta International School	United States
Kristina Pettersson	International School of Helsingborg	Sweden
Maram Sweis	Chicago Public Schools	United States
Monique Flickinger	American Community School of Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
Simon Head	United World College (UWC) Changshu	China

 

Youth Advisory Council

Youth Advisory Council consists of 12 members who are IB students and recent alumni and representative of the IB global community of young people. They self-nominate, with recommendations from curriculum coordinators and school leaders and are selected by a rigorous multi-stage review process. Council members sit for a one year term and work together with the overarching aims to:  

• Support the on-going design, development and implementation of strengthened IB Programmes in ways that respond to the needs of IB students globally and lead towards their greater flourishing; 

• Deepen IB partnerships in support of youth aspirations, by connecting IB youth with wider local and global education partners; 

• Inspire innovation at the IB by reflecting the voice and capabilities of youth in education thought leadership and the broader education landscape. The IB youth council will receive leadership training to build capabilities around complexity, systems thinking, constructive dialogue and other areas.

Members of the Youth Advisory Council