IB Matters
IB Matters is a podcast (established in April 2019) which brings listeners content related to International Baccalaureate (IB) education. It is for students, parents, and teachers interested in learning more about IB and for those working in IB schools wanting access to pedagogical support for their teaching.
Please listen, subscribe, and post a review to help us spread the word about the IB. Follow us on twitter @MattersIB and be sure to let us know what you would like to hear more about in future episodes.
The podcast is hosted in Minnesota by the MN Association of IB World Schools (MNIB) but is intended for a global audience.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 139
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Prioritizing Professional Development with Monika Kala
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Monika Kala from the Genesis Global School in Noida, India.
Our conversation focuses on professional development in an IB school. Monika shares …
Integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals with Bhavna Mathew
Our guest, Bhavna Mathew, from Pathways World School in Aravali, India is another example of one who makes the time to not only support and teach her own students but to then share her…
Improving Student Social Emotional Support with Sonia Singh
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Sonia Singh, a PYP Coordinator at Prometheus School in Dehli India. After talking a bit about her upcoming virtual authorization, we hear from S…
Introducing the BARR Model to IB Schools
in this episode of IB Matters we talk to Angela Jerabek, the founder of the BARR Model and one of her colleagues at the BARR Center, Hannah Scherer. As all IB educators know, there is m…
PYP E-Learning Best Practices with Rezuan Chowdury
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Rezuan Chowdhury. Rezuan discusses how he mixes teaching students while also conducting research aimed at improving teaching in the greater educ…
The IB Virtual Global Conference with Paul Campbell
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Paul Campbell of IB Americas about the first ever IB Virtual Global Conference. #IBVirtual
This event, created out of necessity during the COVID-…
Staying Engaged During COVID with Chad Hyatt
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Chad Hyatt from Washington Township Schools in Indiana. Chad is an IB curriculum coach in his all-IB District
Our conversation begins with how C…
Analyzing the 2020 DP Exams: Where do we go from here?
Hi - welcome back to season 2 of IB Matters. This episode brings back Tim Kane and Asheesh Misra from IB Schoolimprovement.com with their take on the 2020 IB exam issues and how they ha…
Optimizing Learning in a Pandemic with Oanh Crouch of Globeducate
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Oanh Crouch, a director of education at Globeducate Schools working in Madrid. Oanh’s extensive experience working in IB schools, serves her wel…
Becoming an IB School - Episode 7 - Policies and a virtual consultancy
This is the 7th episode in the series on Becoming an IB School featuring Rockford High School about 40 miles west of Minneapolis, MN.
As you may recall from previous episodes, Rockford …
MYP Design & Making IB Connections with Andy Richardson
In this episode we talk to Andy Richardson whose IB journey is an example of, not only the world-wide influence of the IB, but also the personal journey of IB teachers as they realize t…
Time to recognize the vital role of the CP with Jon Halligan
In this episode of IB Matters we talk with Jon Halligan, an experienced IB educator based in the Netherlands about the unique place of the Career-related Programme (the CP) in the suite…
Responding to the Killing of George Floyd
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to four outstanding members of the Minesota IB community who will share their reactions to the murder of George Floyd in our State and in our local…
Design and Beyond with Jason Reagin, host of Design Cast, and Design Teacher Kurt Carlson
In this unique episode we talk to Jason Reagin, the host of another IB-centered podcast called “Design Cast”. His podcast is focused on aspects of design curriculum in an IB context and…
Becoming an IB School - COVID-19 edition - A Virtual Authorization Visit w/Asnaha Fahreen
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Asnaha Farheen in Bangladesh. She is an experienced PYP coordinator now guiding a new PYP candidate school through authorization.
We had intende…
Deep Dive into Conceptual Teaching with Adrian von Wrede-Jervis
In this episode we speak with Adrian von Wrede-Jervis. He is an experienced coordinator in an IB continuum school and he has done quite a lot of writing and sharing of his research rega…
Toddle's Online Teaching Tools for PYP
We talk with Toddle Co-founder, Deepanshu Arora and colleague Chris Overhoff about the PYP support platform and how they are adapting to online learning in this time of the COVID-19 out…
A Conceptual Teaching Framework for Online Learning with Julie Stern, Trevor Aleo, and Kayla Duncan
In this episode of IB Matters we talk to Julie Stern and two members of her training team, Trevor Aleo and Kayla Duncan. They recently published an Online Learning Template for teaching…
Modeling effective distance learning with Sara VanDerWerf
As we record this episode, thousand’s of schools around the world are closed and teachers and school leaders are scrambling to create the means to teach students of all ages in remote s…
Becoming an IB School - Episode 5 - A principal's perspective
Why would a Head of School want to add IB? We hear from a new high school principal, with IB experience, describe the advantages he sees in leading an IB school.
We were recently at Rock…