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Quarter Three, 2008
Japan and Korea
IB Education Forum, 6 December 2008
In order to promote further exchanges between Japanese and non-Japanese educators who are interested in the IB, Tamagawa University Research Institute is hosting a full-day IB Education Forum on Saturday, 6 December 2008. The forum also aims to provide those who are already teaching the IB with a chance to share their expertise. From the IB Asia Pacific office, John Switzer, Programme Recognition Manager and Curtis Beaverford, MYP Regional Manager will be present. Further details will be announced later, but please mark this date in your calendar and come to the Forum.
MYP Bilingual Workshop Leader Training
Curtis Beaverford, MYP Regional Manager, and Kyoko Bernard organized an epoch-making Japanese-English bilingual workshop leader training which was held from 6 - 8 June at Tamagawa Gakuen, Tokyo. As the number of Japanese middle schools interested in implementing the MYP is growing, there is an acute need for bilingual workshop leaders who can facilitate inschool workshops in Japanese and English. Please contact the IB Asia Pacific office at ibapmyp@ibo.org so that you can make arrangement for an English/Japanese inschool workshop at YOUR school as Ayumi Hoshino and Maki Komatsu from Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary High School and Jeff Jones and Quincy Kameda from Tamagawa Gakuen who underwent an intensive three-day training are ready to offer their expertise.
Regional Council Member visits K International School Tokyo
Professor Yoshiaki Obara, President of Tamagawa University and an IB Asia Pacific Regional Council member, visited K International School Tokyo on 20 June in order to establish a direct channel of communication between the Regional Council and the IB World Schools in Japan. Thanks to Sasha Marshall, Head of K International school Tokyo and Paul Langtree, PYP Coordinator who organized the visit, Professor Obara not only talked with principals and administrators, but also visited classes and saw PYP, MYP and DP in action. Time permitting, he would like to visit as many IB World Schools as possible.
Diploma Coordinator Meeting
Craig Sutton, DP Coordinator at Katoh Gakuen and East Asia Diploma Coordinators Meeting Chair, is hosting the next DP coordinators’ meeting at Katoh Gakuen Gyoshu on 22 September.
PYP Network Meeting
Hiroshima International School is hosting the next EAPYP Network meeting at Hiroshima International School on 6 October. Mario Gauci, PYP Regional Associate Manager will be present.
MYP Network Meeting
K International School Tokyo is hosting the Fall East Asia MYP Network meeting on 30 October. Curtis Beaverford, MYP Regional Manager, will be present.
Kyoko Bernard, Regional Representative Japan/Korea
Email: japan@ibo.org
Snapshots
L-R: Ayumi Hoshino and Maki Komatsu from Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary High School, Curtis Beaverford, Jeff Jones and Quincy Kameda from Tamagawa Gakuen
L-R: Paul Langtree, PYP Coordinator, Sasha Marshall, Head and Professor Obara, President, Tamagawa University
L-R: Ashish Trivedi, MYP Coordinator who is now MYP Associate Regional Manager,
Paul Langtree, Amanda Cooke, Primary Pricipal, Mr and Mrs Komaki, Damian Rentoule, Secondary Principal, Professor Obara, Sasha Marshall and Kyoko Bernard
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