Workshop Leaders - InThinking

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IBDP Workshop Leaders

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. He has a wide range of examining experience, and 14 years of IB Biology teaching experienc. He has also 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 a moderator of Internal Assessment a team leader for paper3 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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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 and has a wide range of examining experience. She has also been a member of the curriculum development committee for IB Business & Management and has run numerous workshops for IBDP teachers.

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Paul Clark

Paul taught for most of his career, in the UK and abroad. He has examined for many years and was Chief Examiner for the International Baccalaureate in Business and Management. Paul is an author, blogger and developer of e-learning resources. He also facilitates professional development workshops for teachers, both online and face to face. Until recently, he was a Governor of an IB world school.

Chemistry

Geoffrey Neuss

Having taught IB Chemistry for nearly 30 years at the U.W.C. of the Atlantic where he was Head of Science, Geoff is now an Independent Consultant on International Education. He has a wide range of examining experience and is a former IB Deputy Chief Examiner. 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. He has led over 100 IB workshops worldwide.

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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 economics for 20 years and has a wide range of experience as an examiner. He has been a member of the last two IB Economics curriculum committees, and 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 has a wide range of examining experience and has been actively involved in curriculum development. 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. Most recently Vice Principal of Atlantic College where he has been IB Co-ordinator for six years and an Economics teacher for twenty, he has a wide range of examining experience. He been a workshop leader in all IB regions, and with Charles Smith wrote a popular textbook on Development Economics.

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Stephen Holroyd

Stephen Holroyd has been teaching IB HL/SL Economics since 1992 alongside A Level Economics. He is currently Head of Department at Malvern College with over 70 IB Economics students in each of the diploma years. He is very experienced in examining and assessment. Alongside leading both level 1 and level 2 workshops for the IBO he is also an ISI inspector a school governor and has published revision guides for both HL and SL Economics courses.

English A: Language & Literature

Neil Allen

Neil Allen has been teaching the IB Diploma since 2006, and has taught the old A1, A2 and B programmes, as well as currently teaching English A: Literature and English A: Language and Literature at The International Schools of Brussels. Neil has recently undertaken Curriculum Leadership development with the PTC and has been heavily involved in the development of assessment practices at ISB. Alongside teaching the IB and leading workshops, Neil is two years into a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Management with the University of Bath, and is carrying out a research investigation connecting appraisal systems and student learning.

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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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David McIntyre

David (BA, MA, MEd) has taught the IB Diploma since the 1990s, teaching English in groups 1 and 2, Social and Cultural Anthropology, and TOK. He is an IB workshop leader, examiner/moderator, and was for many years an OCC faculty member. He was a member of the curriculum development team for Language A: Language and Literature. After 11 years of living in Sweden, he has taught, since 2010, at the United World College of South East Asia, in Singapore, coordinating the English Language and Literature programme.

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. Liz has a wide range of examining experience. She 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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Mark Beverley

After working for 11 years at the United World College of South East Asia as Head of English, Mark now teaches at Sevenoaks School in the UK where he is Middle School Curriculum Manager, teacher of TOK and Head of Literature and Performance. For the IB he works as moderator for Internal Assessment, Paper Editor and OCC Faculty Member for Literature and Performance. In addition, he has led various face to face workshops in Europe and Asia over the last 7 years and as the co-author of the online course for the new Literature A Programme, has facilitated many online workshops since its inception in 2010. Mark is also co-author of the OUP Literature A Course Companion, as well as the Skills and Practices textbook, published in 2013.

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. David has a wide range of examining experience. With a comprehensive knowledge of the IBO programme, he has led more than 50 IB English B workshops. 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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Katrin Fox

Katrin is currently Deputy Head Upper School at the International School of the Hague and has a wide range of examining experience. She has been a workshop leader for more than 12 years leading DP workshops for the IB and recognized providers. Prior to the Netherlands she was Head of Department at Sevenoaks School in the UK. She contributed to IB DP curriculum development at review meetings at the IB office and contributed to Teacher Support Material. Furthermore she is an IB consultant and part of an author team for an IBDP German B textbook due to be released in 2013.

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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 and 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 taught French and English as second languages for many years in Canada and Italy, and she has a wide range of examining experience.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. She has led French B workshops in all IB regions for many years.

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Pascale Chretien

Pascale Chrétien taught French in Canada for 18 years before moving to Freiburg, Germany, where she currently teaches at the university. She has been involved with the IB since 2001, and has co-authored two textbooks for the French B course: Le monde en français (Advance Materials) and French B Skills and Practice (Oxford University Press). An IB Diploma graduate from Pearson College UWC in Canada, Pascale holds degrees in French and German Literature, Translation and Teaching French as a Second Language from McGill University and Université de Montréal. She also has a wide range of examining experience.

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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 examiner, he has published course materials and articles concerning language teaching, learning and assessment. John has also led many IB workshops.

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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 a wide range of examining experience and has been actively involved in curriculum developm. She has also 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 Beckham

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 and has a wide range of experience as an examiner. He was also 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. Natasha has a wide range of examining experience. She 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.

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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 has a wide range of examining experience and has been actively involved with curriculum development for many years.

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

Keely Rogers

Keely Rogers has a BA/MA Degree in History from Cambridge University, and PGCE from Oxford University. She has taught and led IB History since 1996 at UWCSEA in Singapore, at International School of Brussles and currently at ACS Egham International School. An experienced IB examiner, she has been an IB workshop leader since 2003 and has run workshops for new and experienced teachers. Keely has also had published three IB diploma textbooks, two for Pearson and one for Oxford UNiversity Press.

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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. Mariam has a wide range of examining experience. She has been an IB workshop leader since 2003 and has run workshops for new and experienced teachers.

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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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Librarians

Anthony Tilke

Anthony Tilke holds degrees from Australian, Welsh and English universities: Charles Sturt, Australia (PhD); Wales (MEd); John Moores, Liverpool (BA). He is Head of Library at the International School of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Previously, he worked at Yokohama International School, Japan, and international schools in Thailand. In the UK, he worked in the independent sector as well as for LEA school library advisory services. He has led IB library workshops for the Diploma Programme and the IB Continuum in IB Asia-Pacific and IBAEM regions. His PhD thesis was a study of the role of the library/ian in the IB Diploma Programme. His latest book International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and the school library: inquiry-based education is published by ABC-CLIO, California, 2011.

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 and has a wide range of teaching experience. 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

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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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. 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 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, and he has a wide rang of examining experience. 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 has run 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 has a wide range of experience as an examiner. 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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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. She has a wide range of experience as an examiner and has been actively involved in currriculum development. 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 has been teaching IB Language B (Spanish and French) and A1 (Spanish) since 1998 in Hong Kong and the UK. She currently teaches at the UWC Atlantic College in South Wales. Almudena is an experienced group 1 and group 2 teacher with broad range of examining experience. She has also led many workshops in Spanish B/Ab Initio in Europe and the Middle East.

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Carina Gambluch

Carina Gambluch is an English and Spanish teacher. She has a comprehensive knowledge of both subjects, has taught English and Spanish as a second language for many years, and is an experienced examiner. She also has a broad range of teaching experience within the IBDP. She has worked in Argentina, England and she is now living and working in Barcelona. She holds a Masters degree in Spanish as a second language from León University and a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics to the teaching of English as a second language from Jaén University.

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Swedish A1

Håkan Westman

Håkan Westman currently 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. He also has a wide range of experience as an examiner.

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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. Stefan has a wide range of examining experience. 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 75,000 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 been involved in International education since the late 1980’s and has taught at a number of schools in Europe. He holds degrees from the universities of Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague specializing in Mathematics, Philosophy and Music. He has led more than 70 workshops in ToK over the last 15 years both for the IB and other providers and is in demand as keynote speaker and workshop leader and designer. He has been heavily involved with curriculum development with the IB during this period having served on a number of curriculum review committees and is one of the main architects of the new ToK curriculum. He also has more than two decades of examining experience most of which is at a senior level. Currently he teaches Philosophy, ToK and Economics at Katedralskolan in Uppsala.

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David Spooner

David is currently ToK Coordinator at the Amman Baccalaureate School in Amman, Jordan; his previous two positions have been as Diploma Coordinator and ToK teacher in Athens,Greece, and ToK Coordinator and teacher of IB Philosophy in Beirut, Lebanon. Having studied Philosophy in Cardiff, Wales, and Madrid, Spain, he has been an IB teacher for 13 years, in Greece, Finland, and Lebanon, after having taught in the UK and Spain. 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, Inthinking, SEK, IBICUS and Swiss Learning, in both English and Spanish. He is also an Authorisation Consultant/Visitor for the IB, and is a member of the current Philosophy Curriculum Review Committee.

Visual Arts

Birgit Jennings

Birgit graduated from Bristol University in the U.K. and is a teacher at the International School of Geneva, La Châtaigneraie, where she has taught for 32 years and held the position of Head of Art for over 24 years. Birgit has an extensive knowledge of the IB, as a former Deputy and Chief Examiner for Visual Arts (1994 – 2004) she has been involved with two curriculum reviews and has contributed to the writing of the Subject Guides. In addition she has held the position of Chair of the Visual Arts Committee for ECIS and served on ECIS/MSA accreditation teams. Birgit has led over 50 teacher workshops in Europe, Australia, North and South America, central Asia and the Middle East.

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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 a wide range of examing experience and has been actively involved in curriculum development. 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 Visual Arts teacher and examiner with over 20 years of international teaching experience in studio arts. She has a wide range of IB experience and 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 Workshop Leaders

Arts

Ate Hemmes

Ate Hemmes is MYP Coordinator at Qatar Academy. Ate started his teaching career in the Netherlands as a teacher of art in the late eighties. He attended his first MYP workshop in 2000 and by the time he left the school in 2005 he was Head of Department, Community and Service Coordinator and moderator for Visual Art. His first overseas experience was in Togo, West Africa where he stayed for three years. By that time he extended his list of experience as examiner for DP Visual Art and workshop leader for MYP Arts. In 2008 he moved to Qatar to take up his current position.

Dinos Aristidou

Humanities

Kathleen Noreisch

Kathleen completed a BA in Modern European Studies at University College London and an MA in Urban Geography at King’s College London before completing a PhD in Geography, examining the impacts of parental choice of primary school in Berlin, Germany. She then completed a PGCE in Geography at the University of Oxford, before starting to teach at the International School of Berne. She currently teaches MYP Humanities, DP Geography and TOK and acts as Service and Action coordinator, which involves managing community service across the school, in effect implementing the “Action” component of all IB programmes. This year, she is part of the team at her school piloting the new MYP Humanities guide for 2014.

Tobin Bechtel

Tobin Bechtel has worked in international education for 17 years working closely with the IB as a Diploma History, Theory of Knowledge and MYP Humanities Teacher, IB MYP Coordinator, Workshop Leader, School consultant, Authorization and Evaluation Team Leader, Professional and Curriculum Development committees, Online Course Leader, and Examiner. He is currently the Deputy Director / Secondary School Principal at the International School of Berne. Tobin completed his Principal’s certification through Principal’s Training Center and The College of New Jersey where he also completed his M.Ed. Prior to ISBerne, Tobin was Curriculum Development Coordinator at Atlanta International School and MYP Coordinator at the International School of Amsterdam.

Language A

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.

Language B

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.

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 has a wide range of experience as an examiner. She is also 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 has also led workshops for teachers, parents and students on aspects of the MYP.

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Angelika Kuster

Angelika has experience of teaching Language A and B at MYP, and Language B and TOK at DP level. She has led a large Languages Department at the International School of Amsterdam, coordinated the Personal Project and an AOI Leader for ATL. Her involvement in the IB started as a Language B moderator in 2005. Now, she is involved in school visits for authorization and evaluation purposes and consulting schools through the authorization process. Angelika holds a BA in Drama and German from Goldsmith University and Master of Educational Sciences from the University of Amsterdam. She is currently living in Dubai with her two young children and her husband where she works as the MYP Coordinator at Greenfield Community School.

MYP Coordination

Helen Forde

Shane Tastad

Shane Tastad is currently living and working in Helsingborg, Sweden. He is the Principal/Coordinator for the Middle Years Programme at the International School of Helsingborg. Before moving to Sweden in 2010, he lived in Trondheim, Norway, for 16 years, and experienced working in two international schools there. Throughout the years he has held classroom teaching responsibilities, as well as leader and administrative positions. His main teaching areas are Humanities and English. One of his focus areas has also been the alignment of national curriculum to the requirements of the MYP. Shane has nearly nine years of experience as an MYP coordinator. He has led several different types of professional development and informational workshops for teachers and parents. He has also begun working as a consultant for schools seeking MYP authorization.

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.

Isabel Dykes

Isabel graduated in Engineering Geology more years ago than she cares to remember. She taught Mathematics in Scotland for 7 years before flying off to Virginia, USA, as a Fulbright exchange teacher. She subsequently taught Mathematics in Belgium, England and Japan before finally landing in the Netherlands, where she has been teaching MYP and DP Mathematics for over 12 years now. As an applied mathematician, Isabel is passionate about the fact that the MYP gives her the freedom to engage her students in how Mathematics relates to the real world. As a teacher in international schools, she is also passionate about the needs of students who are learning in a language other than their mother tongue. She is TESMC-qualified and has been a member of two cross-programme Language and Learning working parties for the IB, helping to mould policy in this area.

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.

Paul Morris

Paul has taught IB Physics, Integrated Sciences and ToK, led busy science departments and was an MYP Coordinator for 8 years, seeing one school through implementation and authorisation and another through the five-year evaluation stage. Paul was on the writing team for the MYP Sciences Guide 2010, edited the MYP Sciences Teacher Support Materials and co-authored MYP Assess and the forthcoming MYP Inquire for IBO publications. He has also worked as a consultant to MYP schools in the UK. Paul holds a BSc (hons) in Physics from University of Manchester, a PGCE and an MA in History of Ideas from Birkbeck, University of London. He is currently researching a part-time PhD in History of Science. He has taught in Manchester, Mexico, Madrid and Paris and is now Head of Upper School at the International School of London, the city where he lives and is a proud father to twin boys.