On September 27th, the IB Coordinators and Teachers Meeting was held at the Mas Camarena Educational Complex in Valencia. The event brought together professionals and experts in the educational field who work in the International Baccalaureate Program (IB) within the schools belonging to the Association of Private Schools CICAE – Circle of Educational Quality.
During the day, attendees had the opportunity to exchange key experiences and knowledge in a collaborative and enriching environment. The main objective of the meeting was to continue establishing collaboration networks among teachers and to promote a true Learning Community among all of them.
Participants attended various joint sessions, highlighting those dedicated to topics such as Transformational Leadership and the impact of Artificial Intelligence in educational communities. In addition, specific workshops were held for each of the IB programs: PYP (Primary School Program), MYP (Middle Years Program) and the Diploma.
Among the most relevant sessions:
- “Transformational Leadership in the IB,” presented by Laura Guillén de Toddle.
- “Examples of complete units of inquiry in PYP”, by Penny Pareja Jarillo of Agora Lledó International School.
- “The Personal Project of the PAI”, by Carmen Mosquera from Colegio Sta. María del Camino.
- “The Diploma Program: an option to access university”, presented by Miguel Ángel Salazar from Colegio San José.
- “IB for the whole school: expanding access to the whole student body”, with Antonio Muñoz Castillo of the IB.
- “Process analysis in the PEP (Plan, teach, evaluate, communicate)”, presented by Sergio Sanchez of Alameda International School.
- “Exploring Frontiers: Interdisciplinarity in MYP education”, by Laura Antón of Arcángel International School.
- “From Schemes to Internal Evaluation in the Diploma”, presented by Bernard Lopez of the Mas Camarena Educational Complex.
- “Reduce your workload as a teacher with AI”, offered by Andres Redondo of Toddle.
- “The importance of reflection in the IB continuum”, by Antonio Soriano of the Mas Camarena Educational Complex.
This meeting served as a valuable space for learning and collaboration, where professionals were able to share strategies, ideas and lessons learned that will strengthen the IB’s educational approach in their respective centers. Undoubtedly, a day that reinforces the commitment to educational excellence and the formation of students prepared for the challenges of the future: “If a child cannot learn the way we teach, perhaps we should teach them the way they learn” (Ignacio Estrada).
