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IB Asia Pacific
responsiveness to the needs of IB schools and
educators across the region. The IB Asia Pacific Global
Centre is responsible for regional functions including
the school application, authorisation and evaluation
process; school counselling; teacher training; and
regional university and government recognition.
IB World Schools are critical in making the mission and
values of the IB come alive in classrooms and
communities. The IB Asia Pacific Global Centre provides
ongoing support to IB World Schools in the Asia Pacific
region in curriculum development, student assessment
and pedagogical leadership. The regular, ongoing and
rigorous evaluations of authorized IB schools are part of
IB’s and IB Asia Pacific’s commitment to keeping high
quality, consistent academic standards around the world.
Collaborating with educators and schools has been a
unique strength of the IB since its beginnings. IB
educators make an invaluable contribution in the
development of IB programmes and supporting the IB
community. In the Asia Pacific region, there are
currently 800 IB educators who contribute in various
roles such as workshop leaders, site visitors and field
representatives for the three IB programmes.
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Recognizing the important role that IB educators and
their schools play in supporting the IB community, the
IB established the IB educator network (IBEN) and
appointed IBEN managers in the three IB regions. The
main objective of the IBEN is to further enhance the
way the IB collaborates with the IB educators by having
consistent policies across the three regions,
recognizing the contributions the IB educators and
their schools make and conscientiously using the time
and expertise of our IB educators.
In 2011 the IB Asia Pacific Global Centre developed
efficient IT systems to manage IBEN related
information, IB educators and their school
contribution to various IB activities. The regional office
now has an online application system for those
interested in becoming a part of the IBEN.
In Asia Pacific we continue to be committed to
supporting the ongoing development of a worldwide
professional learning community in the form of
regional face-to-face workshops and resource-rich
online environments for IB teachers. The IB trains
more than 6000 IB teachers in the Asia Pacific region
every year.