Alongside the Board of Governors, Director General, and Executive Team, the International Baccalaureate® (IB) has councils and boards that support the organization in its functions.
Heads Council
Consisting of 12 members, this council serves as an advisory group to the Director General. It assists with issues that affect IB World Schools.
Members are elected by IB World School heads, with four members from each IB region.
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the IB Heads Council:
- IB Americas – Lorna Prado Scott – Santiago College, Chile
- IB Asia Pacific – Gavin Kinch – ACS (International), Singapore
New members will start their term on 1 January 2023.
2021 members of the Heads Council
Africa, Europe, Middle East |
Americas |
Asia-Pacific |
|
Helene Bendorff Kristensen |
Priscila Alvarado |
Vanita Uppal Obe The British School New Delhi, India |
| Jane Thompson American School of Paris, France |
Isela Consuegra Escuela Lomas Altas, Mexico |
Susan Just Lauriston Girls' School, Australia |
| Chris Ramsey Whitgift School, UK |
Jimena Taboada St. Brendan's School, Montevideo, Uruguay |
Andrew Davies International School Bangkok, Thailand |
| Rachel Caldwell Pechersk School International of Kyiv, Ukraine |
Luis Eduardo Rivas Colegio Victoria, Colombia |
Hisayuki Watanabe Sunnyside International School, Japan |
Examining Board
The IB Examining Board comprises all chief examiners of the IB's Diploma Programme (DP).
It supports the Chief Assessment Officer, a member of the IB's Executive Team, by offering expertise and informed discussion on practices and policy. This helps to maintain the quality and standards of assessments and curricula at the IB.
Its main other activities are to:
- ensure that all IB examiners can exercise their academic judgment in assessment matters
- hold to account their representatives of the Final Award Committee, the body that formally awards the IB diploma and certificates to students, to ensure that academic standards are maintained in DP assessments
- ensure that the Chief Assessment Officer is aware of any potential academic challenges to the mission of the IB, which is in turn reported to the Board of Governors.
The chief examiners elect a Chair and Vice Chair of the Examing Board, as well as one representative from each of the DP's six subject groups. Those representatives are part of a number of IB committees.
Read about assessment in the DP.
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