Are teachers trained to teach the programme?

Teachers receive training before and after a school becomes authorized to teach the programme.

Before a school becomes authorized to teach the programme, the teachers involved are required to undergo training; either by attending an IB teacher-training workshop or by participating in school-based training organized by the IB.

After a school becomes authorized, the teachers are encouraged to engage in an ongoing process of professional development by:

attending IB workshops and conferences
participating in online discussion and special events on the IB’s website for teachers, the online curriculum centre (OCC)
reviewing relevant support materials published by the IB online and/or in print
responding to appeals from the IB for teachers to participate in other curriculum-related activities (eg curriculum reviews, collecting samples of student work)
applying to become a moderator for the purpose of moderating internally assessed student work
applying to become an IB workshop leader.