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Name: Sunil Kumar

Role: Head of TOK & Computer Science, British School Jakarta | Principal Examiner Computer Science | Program Leader | Online Facilitator

Background: Computer Science, TOK and Digital Society

Star: Helping participants build connections and facilitating discussions, creating a safer and highly collaborative environment

Challenge: Participants seeking the workshop leader’s verification, yet unwilling to change their interpretation

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Hello,

Name: Shelley Barton

Current Position: Teacher of HL and SL Mathematics, subject lead for HL and SL Mathematics.

IB Experience: Teacher of IB math HL and SL since 1994, Previous examiner for HL math, current examiner for Math EE, workshop leader for Math since 2006, ToK teacher.

Challenge: Finding a balance between meeting workshop requirements and participants wants and needs.

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Hi,

Name: Haoken Huoermaiti

Position/Role: IB DP Coordinator , Sinarmas World Academy, Indonesia

Experience: 16 years in IB (DP/MYP); IBEN roles: Workshop Leader, Consultant, Programme Leader; Curriculum Developer - work on MLE (Climate Science; AI for Learning) and DP Data Studies.

Workshop: IB DP Extended Essay – Category 2

Star: Creating a practical, supportive space where supervisors leave with ready-to-use tools - clear milestones, feedback routines, and standardization strategies that lift EE quality.

Challenge: Balancing rich discussion with time for hands-on calibration; ensuring every school context leaves with an actionable plan.

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Hi, all,

Name: Haoken Huoermaiti

Position/Role: IB DP Coordinator & IBEN Workshop Leader (EE), Sinarmas World Academy, Indonesia

Experience: 10+ years in IB (DP/MYP); IBEN roles: Workshop Leader, Examiner (TOK), Consultant, Programme Leader; curriculum work on MLE (Climate Science; AI for Learning) and DP Data Studies

Workshop: IB DP Extended Essay – Category 2

Star: Creating a practical, supportive space where supervisors leave with ready-to-use tools—clear milestones, feedback routines, and standardization strategies that lift EE quality and reduce supervisor workload.

Challenge: Balancing rich discussion with time for hands-on calibration; ensuring every school context (small/large, new/experienced) leaves with an actionable plan.

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Name: Katherine Mitchell

Position: Head of lang/lit, lang/lit and lang teacher at XCL, Singapore

Experience: 20+ years teacher, 15 IBDP/MYP, examiner and WSL

Star: Create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and listened to

Challenge: Making all the participants happy with what we cover and how long we spend

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Name: Jorge Durango

Position: IBDP BM Teacher / MYP I&S Teacher / Dorm Head in Keystone Academy, Beijing, China.

Experience: IBDP teacher since 2016 in different subjects like Business Management and Economics (SL/HL), MYP Science, and I&S. Visit Team Member for the IBDP Program. Examiner for subjects such as BM, Econ, and ATL across all categories for IBA and IBAP.

Workshop: Cat 3 - IBDP BM Focus on Internal Assessments.

Star: Create an environment where teachers can continue networking beyond the 3 days of WS. Very open to new practices and ideas that can benefit us as teachers, but mainly good strategies that we can all apply in our daily teaching for the benefit of our students.

Challenge: Strive to meet everyone's expectations so that each participant feels they have gained at least a couple of valuable practices for their future. The goal is to foster balanced participation, ensuring all voices and questions are heard, and to collaboratively work towards the best possible solutions as a group.

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Name: Marisi Sihombing

Role: Head of IB / Biology Teacher at Cita Hati School, Indonesia

Experience: 23 years' experience as an educator, of which 17 years as an IBDP teacher and 5+ years as an IBEN member (Examiner, Consultant, Workshop Leader, Programme Leader, and Visiting Team Member).

Workshop: Cat 3 – Building Teacher Competency

Star :
I value creating a collaborative and reflective learning space where participants feel comfortable sharing their experiences and challenges. Listening deeply to participants and connecting their stories with IB philosophy allows me to support them meaningfully. Seeing participants gain confidence and practical strategies to apply in their contexts motivates me to give my very best in every session.

Challenge:
Balancing the diverse needs of participants can be complex, especially as this workshop brings together teachers and leaders from all programme levels, PYP, MYP, DP, and school leadership. My challenge is to ensure that every voice is heard and that all participants feel their unique contexts are acknowledged. I aim to strike a balance by integrating examples across programmes, highlighting transferable practices, and fostering dialogue that benefits the whole IB community.

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Name: Natalie Jensen

Position: School Principal

Experience: 15 years

Workshop: IB Ed - Cat 3 - Social and emotional

Star: That social emotional learning is important and valued. Such JOY!

Challenge: Fitting all the learning in and making sure that participants leave feeling nourished and that it was worthwhile.

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Name- Hema Rai

Position - IBDP Science at International School of Manila

Experience 20+years

Workshop - Building self-directed learners in MYP through ATL (cat 3)

Star- Opportunity to run ATL workshop with a focus on learners.

Challenge- I have a small group so a lot depends on energy and zeal of participants.

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Name: Ravinder Singh

Role: Grade level Head, DP ESS / Chemistry Teacher, BINUS School Simprug, Jakarta, Indonesia

Experience: 30+ years' experience as an educator, of which 15+ years as an IBDP teacher for Integrated Sciences, Chemistry and ESS in India, East Timor, Australia and Indonesia, newbie as a WSL

Workshop: Cat 2 - MYP Sciences

Star (What works well for me): Connecting with participants so I can understand them better helps me to make sure that I can support their needs. Participants sharing their reflections also makes me give my best.

Challenge: As this is my first time as a WSL, and I can get easily engrossed in a topic, I hope I will be able to give my best while keeping track of time. I know this can be called enthusiasm :), but I will do my best to bring a balance and be mindful of allocated time.

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Name: Fifi Anggraini Donohadi (Aini)

Position: Whole School Academic Coordinator for PYP, MYP and DP, Sekolah Victory Plus, Indonesia

Experience: 24+ years in IB education, 17+ as IBEN (PYP and MYP workshop leader, consultant, visiting team and reader)

Workshop: Cat 1- PYP Leading the Learning

Star: Innovative strategy to capture attention right from the start, which set a clear and engaging tone. Include practical example to help connect theory to real-life application, making the message more relatable and easier to understand.

Chalenge: Reflection is difficult with limited time — consider using very short reflection prompts or exit tickets to make it manageable.

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Name: Elizabeth Schulze (Libby)

Position: MYP & DP Visual Art, Prem International School, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Experience: 20+ years in education, 8+ years in IB (PYP-DP), 3 years workshop leader.

Workshop: Cat. 2 MYP Arts

Star: Opportunity to revisit how the principles of the MYP ARTS provide teachers with a transformative and integrative approach to teaching and learning.

Challenge: Building social energy for critical thinking collaborations, sometimes its hard to get everyone to share.

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Hi everyone!

Name: Lee Blowers - Lee to parents, colleagues, and when allowed, students :D

Background: PYP teacher (15 years), Deputy Head, Language and ICT subject coordinator roles

Workshop - Cat 1 - Building your IB Programme PYP

Star: I really enjoy revisiting underpinnings of IB, finding new ways to understand and justify my beliefs in learning, teaching and the IB

Challenge: Time! Lots of content but want to give time to wonder, absorb, adress tensions, question etc

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Name - Mark Kucharski

Role - Teacher of Visual Arts and TOK

Background - Teacher and College Lecturer in Kenya, UK and Philippines.

Best Gift - My son, Adam, author of 'The Perfect Bet', 'Rules of Contagion' and 'Proof'.

Workshop - This time Visual Arts Cat 2, but other times: EE, TOK, Concepts and Inquiry, ATL, etc.

Challenge - Balancing the needs of all participants so they go away happy.

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Hello:

Name: Mou Maiti( Referred as Miss Mou, to most of my students ;)

Current Position: Lead Teacher Physics - MYP/DP, TOK Teacher, CAS Coordinator

Prior Experience: Academic/DP Coordinator, Dean of Studies - China, Myanmar, India, Dhaka, Singapore

Workshop related:

Star: Amazed and humbled by the wonderful sessions, their design and planning, learning by sharing and collaboration

Challenge: Balancing time with the needs of the participants, engaging with them with content but with a human, individual perspective