Advisory bodies
Alongside the Board of Governors, Director General, and Senior Leadership Team, the International Baccalaureate® (IB) has councils and boards that support the organization in its functions.
Heads Council
Consisting of 11 members, this council serves as an advisory group to the Director General. It assists with issues that affect IB World Schools.
Members are elected by IB World School heads, with four members from each IB region.
Current members of the Heads Council
| Karin Henrekson Ahlberg International School of the Stockholm Region, Sweden |
Caroline Jacoby International School of Uganda, Uganda |
Peter Murphy Vienna International School, Austria |
| Luis Eduardo Rivas The English School, Colombia |
Andrew Davies International School Bangkok, Thailand |
David Butcher International School of the Hague, Netherlands |
| Peter Derby‐Crook Tanglin Trust School, Singapore |
Dianne Drew Dwight School, USA |
Jeff Aitken St. John’s Kilmarnock School, Canada |
| Luke Thomson Pembroke School, Australia |
Monique Flickinger The Metropolitan School of Panama, Panama |
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Examining Board
The IB Examining Board comprises all chief examiners of the IB's Diploma Programme (DP).
It supports the Chief Assessment Officer, a member of the IB's Senior Leadership Team (SLT), by offering expertise and informed discussion on practices and policy. This helps to maintain the quality and standards of assessments and curricula at the IB.
Its main other activities are to:
- ensure that all IB examiners can exercise their academic judgment in assessment matters
- hold to account their representatives of the Final Award Committee, the body that formally awards the IB diploma and certificates to students, to ensure that academic standards are maintained in DP assessments
- ensure that the Chief Assessment Officer is aware of any potential academic challenges to the mission of the IB, which is in turn reported to the Board of Governors.
The chief examiners elect a Chair and Vice Chair of the Examing Board, as well as one representative from each of the DP's six subject groups. Those representatives are part of a number of IB committees.
The Chair of the Examining Board is a member of the IB Board of Governors, holding the position as a result of their status. He or she acts as a liaison between the two bodies.
Read about assessment in the DP.
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