InThinking offers a comprehensive IB consultancy service for schools and colleges at every stage of IB development. We support administrators, teachers and students, and have particular expertise in the implementation and development of the IB diploma programme.

Our consultancy team consists of senior administrators with a range of experience in school start-ups, IB authorisation and implementation, and highly qualified subject specialists, all of whom have led IB approved teacher training workshops.

Click on the subject headings for brief biographies of relevant consultants, or scroll down to see the complete team

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IBDP Senior Management

Nick Alchin

Currently Dean of Studies at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa, Nick has taught Mathematics and TOK at the United World College of SE Asia, the International School of Geneva, and Sevenoaks School UK, where he was Director of IB for several years. He has also lectured in Critical Thinking at National Technological University, Singapore, and at California State University (Singapore Campus). He was Chief Assessor for TOK from 2005 -2010 and currently holds the position of Vice-Chair of the IB Examining Board. Workshop leader, speaker and author of TOK textbooks for students and teachers, he writes widely in the educational press and is often consulted by schools setting up the IB Diploma Programme.

Andrew Maclehose

Andrew Maclehose holds degrees from the universities of Oxford, London, and Wales, and has at various times taught IB Economics, History, Philosophy, Business and Theory of Knowledge. He has served as a teacher, IB Co-ordinator, Principal, or Headmaster at schools in seven countries, given lectures and workshops in 20 others, and organised numerous IB conferences and summer schools for students and teachers. He was responsible for the introduction of the IB into two large schools, and has often been invited by schools to consult on the introduction or management of early years of the IB.

Colin Jenkins

Colin Jenkins has been involved with all aspects of the IB for more than 30 years as teacher, IB Coordinator and parent of three IB graduates. He was a founder member of its Curriculum Board, an author of its Environmental programme and went on to become Deputy Director General and Director of Examinations of the organisation. He has been an examiner and was for three years Vice President of the governing Executive Board of IBO. Most recently he researched and authored a report on the views of Universities in the UK of the IB. Much of his teaching career was at Atlantic College where he was Principal for ten years.

John Plommer

John has a long career as head of school, senior administrator, consultant and teacher. He holds an MA with a specialisation in international education and curriculum development. He has served as an examiner in three IB Diploma subjects, and is the original author of the new World Cultures syllabus. He has advised many schools on implementation of the IB diploma programme and is au fait with the MYP and PYP.

Walther Hetzer

Walther has taught IB History, Philosophy and TOK and served as Director of Studies, High School Head, and Director in leading international schools such as UNIS New York, the UWC of the Adriatic, Vienna International School, IS Brussels and AIS of Abu Dhabi. Walther is Senior Education Advisor for Fielding/Nair International, Accreditation Officer for CIS and has served on the Boards of the European Council of International Schools, International Schools Association, The Alliance for International Education. At present Walther is Director of the American International School in Egypt West.

IBDP Consultants

Biology

John McMurtry

John is currently teaching HL Biology and is the IB Diploma Coordinator at Munich International School. After having earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Hope College and Masters degree in Biology from Northern Illinois University, John has taught in Botswana, USA, Denmark and Germany for the past 26 years. With 14 years of IB Biology teaching experience, he is also an Assistant Examiner and Team Leader for IB Biology examinations. He has lead IB Biology Teacher Workshops in Turkey, South Africa, Greece and France.

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Richard Scarr

Richard Scarr read Biology at King’s College, London and completed a PGCE at Keele University. He has over 30 years of experience in international education and is presently Deputy Head at Campion School Athens where he combines an administrative role with teaching, including 10 years of IB Biology. He is also an examiner for both papers 2 and 3 at Higher Level. Richard has led a number of workshops for IBDP teachers and particularly enjoys tackling the intricacies of IA and examination technique. He is in the process of developing a website and writing a book on approaches to theoretical and laboratory teaching of Biology.

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Catrin Brown

Catrin has over twenty years experience in international education and currently teaches IB Biology and Chemistry at Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific in Canada. She is an experienced examiner, a senior moderator for internal assessment and has led workshops across North America. Catrin recently spent a year on secondment based at IBCA, working as the teacher consultant in the development of the online curriculum centre.

Business & Management

Roni Hameiri

Roni currently teaches Business and Management and Economics at St. Clare's Oxford. With a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), she has also worked as a university lecturer and independent consultant. Roni is currently the Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Business and Management and a Principal Examiner for Extended Essays and Higher Level Paper 2. She has also been a member of the curriculum development committee and has run numerous workshops for IBDP teachers.

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Chemistry

Geoffrey Neuss

Geoff is Head of Science at the U.W.C. of the Atlantic. He has taught IB Chemistry for 26 years and led over sixty IB workshops for teachers worldwide. He is a former IB Deputy Chief Examiner and is the Principal Examiner for Extended Essays. Geoff was part of the team that wrote the current IB Chemistry syllabus and is the author of Chemistry for the IB Diploma (OUP) and the IB-endorsed Chemistry Course Companion (OUP). He is also a Chief Examiner for the European Baccalaureate and has been Chairman of the Governors of a British Comprehensive School.

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Computer Science

Richard Jones

Richard Jones holds an M Sc from the University of London, an MA Education from Bath University and a post-graduate certificate in Online Education from USQ, Australia. He is currently Head of ICT at Dulwich College Beijing having worked previously for international schools in New Zealand, Singapore and Portugal. Richard also lectured Computer Science at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He has 15 years of experience teaching at IB level and has developed and led online and face to face workshops. Richard is currently acting Chief Examiner for Computer Science where he is involved in paper editing and curriculum review. Richard has also published the book IB Computer Science which he co-wrote with Andrew Meyenn.

Economics

Ian Dorton

Ian Dorton holds an undergraduate degree from Aston University and a postgraduate certificate from Birmingham University. He currently teaches Economics at the American International School of Vienna, having previously headed the departments of Economics and Business at both Sevenoaks School in the UK, and the United World College of Singapore. He has been teaching IB economics for 20 years and has been involved with IB assessment for 18 years. He is currently Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Economics and Principal Examiner for Paper 2, Standard Level. He is an IB paper setter and has been a member of the last two IB Economics curriculum committees. He has led IB Economics workshops in Europe, Asia, and North America. He has just published Economics: A Course Companion, a joint venture between Oxford University Press and the IBO, which he co-authored with Jocelyn Blink.

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Jocelyn Blink

Jocelyn Blink holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Economics and Political Studies and a Bachelor of Education degree from Queen’s University in Canada. She currently teaches Economics at the Vienna International School, having previously taught in Nigeria and Canada. She has been teaching IB Economics for 16 years. She is currently Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Economics and Principal examiner for both Extended Essays in Economics and for Paper 3, Higher Level. She is an IB paper setter and was a member of the last IB Economics curriculum committee. She has led IB Economics workshops in Europe and Asia and she has just published Economics: A Course Companion, a joint venture between Oxford University Press and the IBO, which she co-authored with Ian Dorton.

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Gareth Rees

Gareth Rees holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Exeter University and taught previously at De Montfort and Leicester Universities. He is now Vice Principal of Atlantic College where he has been IB Co-ordinator for six years and an Economics teacher for twenty. He was Deputy Chief Examiner for IB Economics until 2002, also a question setter and a member of the curriculum committee. He been a workshop leader in all IB regions, and with Charles Smith wrote a popular textbook on Development Economics.

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English A: Language & Literature

Debra Williams-Gualandi

A graduate of Columbia University and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, with degrees in English Literature and Sociology of Education, Debra is IB Coordinator and teaches IB English and French at the International School of Florence, in Italy. Debra has led many workshops for IB teachers, has worked on curriculum and assessment development and is an examiner for the English A2 programme.

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Brad Philpot

Brad Philpot has taught English A2 and TOK at the Amsterdam International Community School for the past 5 years. He is the author of English Language and Literature for the IB Diploma Programme. Since 2008 he has been active as a consultant for Dutch bilingual.

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Victor Ferreira

Victor is currently the IB Coordinator at The American School of The Hague, where he also teaches IB English A2. He is also an IB Group 2 senior examiner for extended essay. Victor has taught in international schools for nearly 30 years in Ecuador, Egypt, Thailand and The Netherlands. He holds advanced degrees in both English and Spanish. He has experience in teaching both languages to all ages ranging from primary school to business adults and has been a presenter and workshop leader for many years.

English A: Literature

Elizabeth Stephan

Elizabeth Stephan is a graduate of Oxford University and has taught in universities and schools in many parts of the world including Japan, the US, Nigeria and Belgium. She currently teaches IB English at Hockerill Anglo-European College, UK. She is a Senior Examiner for the IB and has led many IB workshops for both teachers and students. She has written two books: Teaching Language A1, for IB teachers, and a Study and Revision Guide for A1 students.

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English B

David Ripley

After studying English at Cambridge, David taught for 23 years at St Clare’s Oxford. As Head of English,he has covered all levels from university level literature courses to elementary language training. With a comprehensive knowledge of the IBO programme, he has led more than 50 IB English B workshops, and is currently Principal Examiner for English B. Now living near Barcelona with his wife, David is developing a range of innovative language teaching materials centred on ‘learning about language’ (IB English B), and ‘learning through language’ (TELI - Teaching of English as the Language of Instruction).

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Film

Wayne Shackelford

Wayne Shackelford holds degrees from the University of Virginia and The New York Film Academy. He has spent the last 15 years teaching Spanish language, several science disciplines, and courses in film, digital audio production and multimedia around the world. He began teaching the IB Film course in São Paulo, Brazil under the pilot phase in 2005 and continues today at the International School of Prague, where he also serves as the Upper School I.T. Integration Specialist. Wayne is an examiner and workshop leader for the International Baccalaureate and a Certified Pro Trainer for Apple Computer and the Final Cut Pro editing platform.

French A

Marc Abrioux

Marc Abrioux has considerable IB experience as a teacher, deputy Chief Examiner and Team Leader for assessment. He has been extensively involved in the curriculum development of the language programmes and currently leads workshops for teachers of French A1 and A2. In addition, Marc has served as senior administrator and as Head of two IB World Schools. A Team Leader for IBDP Authorization Visits, he also leads workshops for Senior Administrators and provides consultancies for schools actively considering the IB. Marc is bilingual (French and English) and has been invited to lead workshops or engaged as a consultant in approximately 15 countries.

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French B

Ann Abrioux

Ann Abrioux studied French language and literature at Aberdeen, McMaster and Bordeaux universities. She has taught French and English as second languages for many years and is currently the Head of the English Department at the United World College of the Adriatic, Italy. Ann is a member of the current Group 1 and 2 curriculum review team and is responsible for the forums on the Online Curriculum Centre for French A2, B, ab initio and other languages B and ab initio. Ann is an experienced IB examiner in French A2 (assistant examiner). French B (team leader) and French ab initio (deputy examiner responsible). She has led French B workshops in all IB regions for many years.

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John Israel

He studied French at Bristol and Bordeaux Universities. Holding Masters Degrees in Literature, Education and Education Management and a Doctorate in Assessment and Evaluation, he is Head of Languages at a bilingual national school in Istanbul. John has wide experience of teaching languages, cinema and literature in schools and universities in six countries, including beginners to native speakers as learners. An experienced IB examiner and curriculum reviewer for French B, he has led many workshops, having also published course materials and articles concerning language teaching, learning and assessment.

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Maryline Noyé

Maryline Noyé studied French, German and Linguistics in France and Germany. She holds a degree in both languages, a master in French Literature and a Staatsexamen from the University in Köln, Germany. She has extensive experience teaching French and German as native and foreign languages, as well as English as a foreign language. Maryline has been contributing to the IB Diploma programme for many years, having been Principal Examiner, Examination Papers Writer and Editor. She is currently working as Deputy Chief Examiner for French, and she has been actively involved in Groups 1 and 2 curriculum review. Maryline has led many teachers' training workshops for IB teachers, and is currently teaching at Wesley College, Australia where she is the IB Diploma Coordinator.

Geography

Ellena Mart

Ellena completed her undergraduate studies in Geography at Loughborough University. After a growing interest in international education she completed a Masters in Educational Leadership and Innovation from the University of Warwick. Ellena has taught in a comprehensive school in the United Kingdom, at Atlanta International School and is currently Head of the Humanities Department at the International School of Geneva - Campus des Nations. She has taught the diploma for over seven years.

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Richard Allaway

Richard completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Sheffield University. He has taught in comprehensive schools in the United Kingdom, at the International School of Toulouse and is currently a 'Teacher of Humanities and IB Geography' at the International School of Geneva - Campus des Nations. Richard is the author of www.geographyalltheway.com, the leading website of online Geography resources specifically tailored for IB Geography. He is a Geographical Association Consultant, a Chartered Geographer and an Online Curriculum Centre Faculty Member. Richard consults for various geographical projects with recent clients including the International Baccalaureate Organization, Oxfam Education, English Schools Foundation and the Geographical Association.

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Jamie Williams

Currently the Assistant Principal at the International School of Geneva 'Campus des Nations' . Jamie has taught diploma geography for 11 years. He has been an IB examiner, question writer and team leader for the I.B and was invited to assist in the development of the new curriculum and the accompanying support wiki. Jamie is the author of geographyjim.org, an online resource for diploma geography and MYP humanities.

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Natasha Winnard

Natasha Winnard has taught IB Diploma Geography for the last twelve years at St Paul’s School, São Paulo, Brazil, International School Manila, Philippines and currently at Khartoum International Community School, Sudan. She holds a first class degree in geography from University College London. As well as being an experienced teacher, Natasha is an IB trained geography workshop leader. She has been the faculty member for the Geography Online Curriculum Centre (OCC) for the last four years, is a paper 1 examiner and has published a paper 1 revision guide for the Oxford Study Centre. Recently she has also been involved with developing teacher support material for the new syllabus including developing http://ibgeog2009.wikispaces.com/ with Richard Allaway.

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German A: Literature

Tanja Stege

After studying English and Russian language and literature as well as German literature at Würzburg University, Germany, with stays in the United Kingdom and Russia Tanja taught all three subjects at various school in Bavaria before she was introduced to the International Baccalaureate eight years ago. She currently teaches IB German A1 and German B at Hockerill Anglo-European College, UK, has led German A1 workshops for teachers with and without IB experience and regularly teaches Spring Revision Courses for students for the OSC in Oxford.

German B

Monika Hammerschick

Monika is Head of German and French at Danube International School Vienna where she has taught IBDP German B SL, HL and Ab Initio for 15 years. She has also taught IBMYP German B and ELS for many years. She holds a Masters Degree in English and Spanish from Salzburg University, Austria and a Masters Degree in German from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Monika has led IBDP German B workshop for new and experienced teachers and several German Literature and Film workshops for Austrian German A and B teachers. Monika loves sharing ideas with other IBDP German B teachers and in 2004 she has therefore founded a workshop series only meant for this purpose which is called the “Wiener Dialog” (Vienna Dialogue).

Peter Kino

Pete has taught German B at Sevenoaks School in the UK since the early 90's. He has vast experience of the IB and German B in particular. He particularly enjoys meeting and sharing ideas with other German teachers and he has led over 50 German B workshops around the world. Pete is Deputy Examiner Responsible for German B and has also been a member of the Curriculum Review Committee for B languages.

German B

Ute Reichert

Ute is head of the Language B Department at Copenhagen International School where she has taught IBDP German B HL and SL for 14 years. She is also responsible for the DP externally tutored languages B and A2. She holds a Masters degree in German as a Foreign Language and Educational Science and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Counselling. Ute has led IBDP German B workshops for new teachers for the IBO and for new DP Language B tutors at her school.

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History

Mariam Habibi

Mariam Habibi has a Masters’ Degree in Modern History from London University and a PhD from the Institut des Etudes Politiques de Paris. She has taught IB History since 1985 at the International School of Paris. An experienced IB examiner, she has been an IB workshop leader since 2003 and has run workshops for new and experienced teachers.

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Eunice Price

Eunice is the Head of History at the United World College of the Adriatic, where she has taught for the past eleven years. She has also taught in the USA, Hong Kong and Oman. Eunice began examining for the IB in 1995 and is currently a Principal Examiner and Deputy Chief Examiner for History. An experienced workshop leader, Eunice has co-ordinated and led numerous IB workshops for both new and experienced teachers. She has also co-authored History: A Comprehensive Guide to Paper One and History: Authoritarian and Single Party States for the Pearson Baccalaureate Series, as well as contributing to the forthcoming IB Prepared: Approach your Extended Essay the IB Way to be published by IB Publications.

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Brian Mimmack

Brian holds degrees from Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and has taught in schools in many parts of the world. He is currently Humanities chairperson at the International School of Düsseldorf, Germany. He has a long working experience with the IB as Deputy Chief Examiner, External Advisor and Principal Examiner in the Diploma Programme. Brian is also involved in curriculum development and assessment for the IB, has led many teacher training workshops around the world and has been a consultant to both governments and international agencies. Brian is also co-author of a book in the Pearson Baccalaureate series entitled History: Paper One.

IBDP Coordination

Gareth Rees

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Heather Arnesen

Heather Arnesen is Deputy Headteacher and IBDP Coordinator at St. Olav Upper Secondary School, in Stavanger, Norway. She has held the latter position since 1991. She currently teaches Chemistry but has also taught Biology and TOK in the IBDP programme. Heather has been leading IB workshops for 6 years both in IBDP Coordination and Chemistry. She is also a member of the IB schools authorization team.

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Mathematics Higher

Ibrahim Wazir

Ibrahim has been head of mathematics at the American International School in Vienna since 1988. He has served as Chief Examiner for Further Math, 1999 – 2005 and Deputy Chief Examiner, Math/HL, 1995-1999, and he has been a member of the Group Curriculum Review for the last three reviews. He is also adjunct professor of mathematics/statistics at Webster University in Vienna.

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Mathematics ICT

Richard Wade

Richard holds graduate and postgraduate degrees from Liverpool and Leeds Universities.With over 15 years teaching experience at international schools in Spain, France and The UK, he has taught Mathematics HL, SL and Studies for the last 8 years. He was drawn to France in 2001 to work at The International School of Toulouse , the first laptop school in Europe. Richard has extensive expertise in various software packages for mathematics and has delivered numerous workshop sessions in the use of GDCs, interactive whiteboards and dynamic geometry software. He is co-author of www.teachmaths-inthinking.co.uk/, a site aiming to develop rich ideas, activities and resources to promote mathematical thinking and engagement.

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Mathematics Standard

Tim Garry

Tim is Head of Mathematics & TOK at the International School of Aberdeen. He has been an IB Assistant Examiner in mathematics for the past six years, and more recently has been a Senior Examiner for IA (portfolio) moderation. Tim has taught Maths HL, SL & Studies at three different international schools and for the past fifteen years has delivered a wide range of workshops to teachers of mathematics in Europe and North America.

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Mathematics Studies

Jane Forrest

Jane is currently Deputy Head of Rotterdam International School. A highly experienced Maths teacher, Jane was Deputy Chief Examiner for Maths Studies for 5 years, during which time she set exams, took part in grade award meetings and participated in the last curriculum review. Jane has led many workshops for both new and experienced teachers in Europe, Africa and North America.

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Jim Noble

Jim Noble is the Head of Mathematics at the International School of Toulouse (IST), where he teaches students from 11 to 18 years old at all levels of Mathematics. Jim has an undergraduate degree from Exeter University, and postgraduate qualifications from Nottingham and Oxford Universities, the latter based on the use of context in Mathematics teaching. Jim has been teaching for 12 years and has taught HL and SL Mathematics at IB. In recent years, Jim has become a specialist in the teaching of Maths Studies, enjoying the spirit of 'Mathematics for All' that this IB course embodies. Together with his colleagues at the IST Jim has gained extensive experience in the use of ICT to evolve teaching and is co-author of the site www.teachmaths-inthinking.co.uk/ - a site designed to share resources that promote mathematical thinking!

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Mark Bannar Martin

A graduate of universities in Canada and New Zealand, Mark currently teaches Mathematics at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific. He is the OCC faculty member for further Mathematics and is an examiner for both extended essays and higher level Mathematics. He is active in curriculum review and has led workshops at all levels throughout North America.

Music

Jonathan Newell

Jonathan has taught in the UK, Norway, Cairo and Vienna, and was for five years Deputy Chief Examiner for Diploma Music. He regularly leads teacher-training workshops for the IB, and has taken part in two curriculum reviews, as well as being a regular member of the Grade Award team. Jonathan works as a visiting examiner for Trinity College of Music, London, and he is a senior examiner for Trinity Guildhall international examinations. He currently lives in Oxford, UK, and directs ArtsInsight, an performing arts educational consultancy. He has a Master's in Choral Education, is an Honorary Fellow of the Cambridge Society of Musicians, and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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Norwegian A1

Knut Gundersen

Knut Gundersen is a graduate of Oslo and Bergen Universities (cand.philol with a Master in Nordic Languages and Literature). He has 30 years of class room experience from Norway and the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales and is presently IB Coordinator at Nesbru in Norway. He has been teaching the IB since 1997, has been an IB examiner since 1999 and has just recently joined the InThinking workshop team. His main pedagogical interests are concerned with how to present literature to young people and he has advocated banning power point presentations and DVDs in literature teaching. His comments may sometimes provoke fierce discussions in the workshops, but he is by nature a kind-hearted man who also enjoys cycling, lighthouses, jazz and bad football teams.

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Norwegian B

Birte Næsheim

Birte Næsheim studied French, Norwegian and History at universities in Norway and France. She has been teaching for more than 30 years, the last 15 years at St.Olav Upper Secondary School in Stavanger, Norway. At IB she has taught Norwegian A2 and B for several years, and together with Mette Dagsland she led the Norwegian B workshop in 2004.

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Mette Dagsland

Mette Dagsland studied Norwegian language for two years. She also studied Physical Education at The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo. She has been teaching Norwegian and Physical Education for more than 30 years, the last 20 years at St.Olav Upper Secondary School in Stavanger. She is CAS-coordinator and a part of IB educational leadership team, and has taught Norwegian A2 and Norwegian B for several years. Together with Birte Næsheim she led the Norwegian B workshop in Gothenburg in 2004.

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Philosophy

Paul Stachowiak

Paul was educated in Philosophy and Theology both in the United States and in Europe receiving the PhD degree from the University of Louvain, Belgium. Similarly, he has held several teaching positions in the United States and in Europe in both national and international schools. He presently serves as the Head of both the IB Philosophy and Theory of Knowledge Departments of the United World College of the Adriatic (Duino, Italy). Paul is also the current Deputy Chief Examiner in Philosophy for the International Baccalaureate Organisation. In this context, he has organised workshops in Europe, the Middle East and in the United States of America for teachers new to the IB Philosophy programme as well as for experienced IB Philosophy teachers.

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Jean-Marc Pascal

Dr Pascal holds degrees from the universities of Paris (Sorbonne) and London (UCL). He has taught Philosophy at Sherborne School (UK) for over 20 years and is currently serving as an examiner for both IB and A level Philosophy. He has previously led Philosophy workshops on Nietzsche and Sartre and has co-authored an A Level Philosophy textbook for Routledge.

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Physics

Chris Hamper

Chris Hamper read Physics at Leeds University and has been teaching ever since. His present position is at the Red Cross Nordic United World College in Norway where he has been since it opened in 1996. During this time he has had a variety of administrative roles but now prefers to concentrate on teaching physics and climbing rocks. Chris has led many workshops for new and experienced teachers in Europe and Africa and is an IA moderator and assistant examiner. Chris is the author Pearson's HL Physics text and co-author of the one for SL, he is also active on line maintaining the inthinking physics site, contributing to the OCC and mentoring IA workshops. Chris also designed the ICT and IB physics site for the IBO and has a host of other website scattered across the internet.

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Tim Kirk

Tim graduated from Queens’ college, Cambridge and started his teaching career in schools in and around London, UK. He is currently Head of the Senior School at St. George’s School in Rome, a Senior IB Physics Examiner involved in paper setting and an IA moderator. Tim’s association with the IBO started during his time at Sevenoaks School, UK in the 1980s. Over the years, he has contributed to pupil assessment as Deputy Chief Examiner for Physics; teacher training as a seasoned workshop leader in Europe and the Americas; curriculum development, as a member of two curriculum review committees and participated in school accreditation visits. He was commissioned by Oxford University Press to write the IB Study Guide for Physics (2nd edition published December 2007) and the Physics Course Companion (2nd edition March 2010).

Psychology

Jette Hannibal

With degrees in psychology, French, history from Copenhagen University, Jette has been teaching at Nørre Gymnasium (Denmark) in the Danish curriculum since 1978 and in the IB since 1990. As well as being a senior examiner in IB Psychology (principal examiner in IA/HL & paper 3), and part of the curriculum development team for the 2009 programme, she is currently also national advisor in Psychology at the Danish Ministry of Education. Jette is author with John Crane of the IB Diploma Psychology Course Companion, Oxford University Press 2009, and author of the IB study Guide: Psychology, Oxford University Press 2011.

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John Crane

John Crane has worked at the International School of Prague for twenty years. He is an experienced examiner, and has served on the curriculum review committee for psychology. In addition, he is the OCC (Online curriculum center) faculty member for psychology. John has done teacher workshops around Europe - both for IB Psychology and on teaching methodology for social sciences.

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Spanish B

Almudena Talavera

Almudena Talavera is an IB teacher with 11 years of class experience in Spanish A1, Spanish B and French B. Her teaching career has been with the United World Colleges in Hong Kong and currently at Atlantic College in Wales. She has been an assistant IB examiner for 8 years and senior examiner (team leader) for 4 years in Spanish B. She holds masters in Spanish Language and Literature and in General Linguistics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

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Carina Gambluch

Carina Gambluch is an English and Spanish teacher and has more than 13 years' experience. She has taught English in Argentina for 3 years and Spanish in England for 8 years. She currently lives in Barcelona and teaches English. She has been an IB examiner for Spanish B for 4 years and has led workshops in England. She holds a Masters degree in Spanish as a foreign language and a Masters degree in English as a foreign language.

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Swedish A1

Håkan Westman

Håkan Westman is currently the Chief Examiner for Swedish A1 and teaches Swedish, German and Journalism at Per Brahegymnasiet in Jönköping, Sweden. He holds a MA from the University of Stockholm and has graduated from the School of Education at the University of Linköping. He started teaching Swedish A1 in 1996 and has so far run 3 workshops for Swedish A1- teachers. During his 28 years of teaching he has had three periods of being a Lecturer at universities in Moscow, Budapest and Belgrade.

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Staffan Paulsson

Staffan Paulsson has taught Swedish - as well as Philosophy and Religion - in the national Swedish programmes since the 1970s. Currently based in Helsingborg, Sweden he has taught IB Swedish A1 and Theory of Knowledge since the 1990s. He is an examiner and a senior moderator in Swedish A1. He has also taken part in the training of teachers in three subjects and is involved in helping Swedish self taught students around the world.

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Theatre

Dave Booker

Head of Theatre at Atlantic College, Dave also manages the Mousetrap Fund, producing professional productions for the College and local audiences in South Wales. He has taught and directed for 20 years, touring to the Edinburgh Festival [he'll happily bore you with his cuttings]. A graduate of Oxford University, Dave has an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Birmingham University and MA in Theatre and Production from Rose Bruford. His research area is early 20th century Soviet theatre but has become increasingly interested in Anne Bogart and SITI. Dave is a board member of St Donats Arts Centre and member of the Arts Council of Wales. He is an examiner for European Union schools and IB examiner in the past. His main distraction lies in the mountains.

Dinos Aristidou

Dinos Aristidou is a freelance artist / consultant / workshop leader based in the UK. Formerly head of Performing Arts at Vienna International School, he has worked extensively with the IBO in Diploma Theatre and the Middle Years Programme. A highly experienced IB workshop leader and school consultant, he has been actively involved in curriculum development in both areas. Dinos writes and directs, and is currently developing models of good arts practice for teachers, arts organisations and local education authorities in the UK as well as working as trainer for the new Diploma. As well as training teachers for IBDP Theatre, he often works with entire faculties in schools at elementary and high school level looking at creative and active approaches to learning and teaching across the curriculum.

Theory of Knowledge

Richard van de Lagemaat

A graduate of Oxford University with a PhD in Philosophy, Richard van de Lagemaat is the founder and director of InThinking. With more than twenty five years experience in international education, he has been actively involved in teacher training and curriculum development since 1988. Richard has run workshops and seminars for teachers and students in fifty countries and is a regular speaker at educational conferences. His book Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma is published by Cambridge University Press and has sold more than 60,000 copies worldwide.

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Bill Roberts

Bill graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Engineering and then trained to teach Mathematics. He has a Masters degree in Guidance and Counselling and a PhD which considers the effect of international schooling on the formation of masculinity. He has been involved in education for 23 years and has taught Tok for twelve years in combination with Mathematics, firstly in Cairo, Egypt and most recently in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He has been involved in ToK training and curriculum development since 1999 and currently holds the position of Deputy Chief Assessor. He is also an examiner for Mathematics HL. He currently holds a part-time position at the University of Newcastle in the U.K where he lectures in communication, culture, gender, representations and identities and has a research interest in gender and education.

Ric Sims

Richard has what might be called a portfolio career. After studying Mathematics, Philosophy and Music at the universities of Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool in the UK and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Holland he worked as a conductor and composer alongside a career in International Education. He has taught ToK for nearly 20 years in a number of European schools in combination with Maths, Music, Philosophy and Economics. He has been involved in ToK curriculum development since 1997 and was Deputy Chief Assessor 2000 - 2005. He is interested in teacher training in ToK and has led more than 50 workshops over the last ten years. He is an examiner for Economics and Music for the IBDP and teaches at Katedralskolan in Uppsala Sweden.

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David Spooner

David is currently ToK Coordinator and teacher of IB Philosophy at the American Community School at Beirut, Lebanon. Having studied Philosophy in Cardiff, Wales, and Madrid, Spain, he has been an IB teacher for 11 years, in Greece, Finland and Lebanon. As well as teaching, he has been an examiner and moderator in ToK and Philosophy since 2001, and is a ToK Workshop Leader for the IB, in both English and Spanish.

Visual Arts

Birgit Jennings

Birgit is currently the visual arts department chairperson at La Châtaigneraie, International School of Geneva. She has a long working experience with the IB and is a former Chief Examiner for Visual Arts. Birgit is also involved in curriculum and assessment as well as being a visiting examiner for the IB. She has led teacher-training workshops for all levels around the world.

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Heather McReynolds

Heather has taught IB Diploma Visual Arts for 13 years and was Head of Art at the International School of Florence. She has been a Visiting Art Examiner for IBO since 2005 and a Visual Arts Extended Essay Examiner and Internal Assessment Moderator. She has also contributed to the Visual Arts Subject Guide. Heather holds a Masters Degree in Fine Art from Central St Martins and degrees from Smith College, USA and the Academmia di Belle Arti di Firenze. She leads workshops for new and experienced Visual Arts teachers. Heather currently lives in London, where she works part time for the IB and as a freelance artist educator and consultant. She is also a practicing visual artist and exhibits regularly in the UK and abroad.

SueAnn Walentuk

SueAnn is an experienced IB Visual Arts teacher, team leader, examiner and moderator with over 20 years of international teaching experience in studio arts. She also works as an examiner and table leader for the Advanced Placement Art Portfolios. SueAnn is very interested in the development of visual arts curricula, and she enjoys meeting and sharing ideas with other Visual Arts teachers. She earned her MA in Arts Education and a BFA in Studio Arts from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts in conjunction with Tufts University. SueAnn currently teaches at Zürich International School in Switzerland.

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IBMYP Consultants

Arts

Dinos Aristidou

Languages

Paul Horkan

Paul has been teaching internationally for ten years, including time in Bangladesh and Jordan. He has experience teaching both the IB MYP and IB DP and has been a Language A curriculum coordinator and CAS coordinator in the past. He is now IB MYP Coordinator at Pechersk School International in Ukraine where he oversees the implementation and development of the program. Paul works with the IB regional team in a number of capacities. He leads workshops for new and experienced practitioners, provides in-school workshops, acts as a consultant to schools prior to authorization and is an authorization visit team leader.

Katja Kolb

Katja Kolb has a wide range of international experience having taught at schools in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Germany and the Ukraine. She currently works at Copenhagen International School where she teaches German B and Theory of Knowledge. Katja’s area of expertise is Middle Years teaching. She was MYP coordinator and Head of Languages at the Perchersk School International in Kiev, and she has played a key role in building up the Middle Years programme in Copenhagen. An experienced workshop leader, Katja has led workshops for Language B teachers and given school in-service training in English, Russian and German. She has also developed teacher support materials in German.

MYP Coordination

Helen Forde

Having previously taught in Hong Kong, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland, Helen Forde is now working in the Hague, teaching Language B in both the MYP and DP. With over 20 years’ experience in international education, she has held such positions as MYP Coordinator at the International School of Amsterdam, as well as Head of Department and CAS Coordinator. Helen is an ESLITM trainer and presents regularly on meeting the needs of second language learners in the IB programmes. A team member for both CIS and IB school authorization/evaluation, Helen is a moderator for MYP Language B and has also led workshops for teachers, parents and students on aspects of the MYP.

Mathematics

Callum Marshall

Callum Marshall has a wide range of international school experience having taught in schools in Germany, Spain, Malaysia and the Netherlands. He is currently working as a subject area coordinator for mathematics at Tashkent International School in Uzbekistan where he teaches mathematics in both the IBMYP and IBDP programmes, is a member of the school’s MYP steering committee and is responsible for the Personal Project. Callum has been involved in leading a number of MYP workshops at a variety of different levels over the years, has done some independent consultancy work connected with the MYP and was a contributor to the IBO professional development initiative Opening Classroom Doors.

Glen Johnson

Having taught in both paid and volunteer capacities in Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe, Glen Johnson is currently the head of the Mathematics Department at Copenhagen International School where he teaches IBMYP Mathematics and IBMYP Design Technology and also runs a creative problem solving competition for teenagers. Glen has given numerous MYP Mathematics workshops for the IB for new, intermediate and experienced teachers, as well as working as an MYP accreditation/ evaluation team member. He also has a teaching background in Gifted and Talented Education and has a particular interest in learning styles, how the brain learns and how contextualised education enhances learning.

Sciences

Rick Armstrong

Rick currently works in the Learning and Innovation Department at the SEK institution in Madrid, with responsibility for the MYP and Diploma programmes in their six schools. He holds a chemistry degree from Canterbury University in New Zealand and a masters degree in education from University of London. More recently he has been involved in post-graduate research in students' learning attributes at University of Bristol. He was fortunate to be part of the shaping of the MYP in its early days, including being part of the first guide writing teams for implementation and sciences. He was MYP coordinator at the International College of Spain, has considerable experience as a MYP workshop leader, in science moderation, and was part of numerous MYP authorization teams and consulting visits. Recently he was coordinator for a new MYP Science text-book series. He is also a Diploma chemistry examiner, and in the past a teacher of his beloved TOK.

Primary Years

Christine Orkisz Lang

Christine is a teacher and specialist in primary and middle school mathematics, currently working as a teacher and Grade Level Coordinator at the Vienna International School in Austria. She has supported schools in Europe, the USA and Asia as an independent consultant, an Instructor for the Center for Innovation in Education (Math Their Way/Math a Way of Thinking) and as a Putting it into Practice Associate. She was closely involved with the original development of IBO’s Primary Years Programme. Christine has recently completed her PhD in the areas of linguistics and inquiry-based teaching.

Lesley Fern Snowball

(CertEd, DipEd, MPhil) Lesley is a special education, language and curriculum specialist with extensive experience as a teacher, administrator, consultant and workshop leader. She was the founding educational director of The International School of Budapest and Head of Lower School/Deputy Director with the International School of Amsterdam, the first authorised PYP school in the world. She played a key role in the original development of the IBO's Primary Years Programme; and with her husband Kenneth, she established the Putting it into Practice initiative, an integrated programme of training and materials, providing practical support for inquiry, second-language acquisition and internationalism. A graduate of Durham, London and Bath Universities, Lesley is also an adjunct professor with George Mason University.

Early Childhood

Allison Bryan

Allison Bryan is a graduate of Western Washington University with a degree in Communication and a minor in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Elementary Education from the University of Phoenix. Allison taught both Pre-K and Kindergarten levels at Shanghai American School and now teaches Kindergarten at the International School of Prague. She has been teaching internationally for seven years and has been held a number of teacher leadership positions including Grade Team Leader and Principal appointed task forces for curriculum development. Allison presented at the Apple Education Leadership Summit in Prague and she enjoys sharing her love of learning with her students.

Liezel de La Isla

Liezel de La Isla is a graduate of New York’s Bank Street College of Education and she holds degrees in Museum Education and Art History. For the past 10 years, she has been teaching from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 2. She has taught in four schools in the US and had her first international teaching at to the American School of Milan, Italy. Liezel currently teaches Kindergarten at the International School of Prague and has also served as the Elementary School Social Studies Curriculum Team Leader. She has conducted workshops in the areas of Early Childhood for the National Association for the Education of Young Children, ECIS Early Childhood Conference and the Apple Education Leadership Summit.

Associate Consultants

Hilary Hamper

Hilary originally trained as a nurse, midwife and health visitor in Britain. She has many years of experience within the health care professions and teaching health studies in Colleges of Further Education. She was together with her husband a house parent at Atlantic College in Wales for 4 years. For the past 14 years she has worked as a residential nurse at the Red Cross Nordic United World College in Norway. Hilary has taken further courses in the field of mental health and young people, and has training in cognitive therapy.

Barbara Coloroso

Barbara Coloroso is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the areas of parenting, teaching, school discipline, conflict resolution and reconciliatory justice. She is an educational consultant for school districts, the medical and business community, and she has run workshops in many countries around the world. Barbara has served as a classroom teacher, a laboratory school instructor, and a university instructor. She is the author of two international bestsellers: Kids Are Worth It! and Parenting Through Crisis. Her latest book is called The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander.

John Joseph

John Joseph has presented keynote address and conferences to more than 300,000 individuals across 17 countries. Using stunning computer-generated graphics he takes educators, students and parents through an amazing tour of the human brain, focusing on learning, information processing, brain care, emotions and behaviour. John is a highly sought after world leader in brain-compatible learning. He has produced a 50-hour PowerPoint-based programme for teachers to use when teaching students about their brains, learning and well-being. John is the author of 6 books, 4 CDs and more than 100 published articles.

Pamela Wood

Pamela Wood is a graduate of the Edinburgh University as well as the University of York where she studied for her Masters in Education. She was a lecturer and admissions tutor at Leeds Metropolitan University, and her experience extends into further education where she worked as lecturer and tutor on vocational courses. Resident in Hong Kong since 1992 she was the manager of the University of Warwick's Hong Kong and China Office for 7 years. Pam has an extensive network and a deep knowledge at all levels of the UK education system.

Robert DiYanni

A graduate of Rutgers University and the City University of New York, Dr. DiYanni is Director, International Services, the College Board and Professor of Humanities at New York University. He has taught for more than thirty years at the secondary, university, and graduate levels, at NYU, Pace, City University of New York, and Harvard University. Author / editor of thirty books on literature, writing, and interdisciplinary humanities, he has conducted workshops for middle school, high school, and university teachers. He has written Advanced Placement English exams, evaluated French Baccalaureate candidates, and provided educational consulting for schools, ministries, and educational organizations worldwide.

University Counselling

Phil Moss

Phil Moss has worked in the post-16 education sector for nearly 20 years, including 7½ years as Student Recruitment Manager at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Whilst at LSE, he was responsible for the design and implementation of the UK/European student recruitment strategy for both undergraduate and graduate markets, working closely with Admissions Tutors to ensure that the correct advice and guidance was being provided to prospective students, parents and schools. Phil established Phil Moss Consulting (PMC), an educational consultancy, in April 2007 and has since delivered presentations to students at a range of European schools and organisations. Phil is also Project Manager for the 'Pathways to Law' programme, a £2m College of Law/Sutton Trust initiative established to support and inspire 800 under-represented students interested in a career in the legal profession.

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