• Professional Development in Oxford
    Professional Development in Oxford
    • In cooperation with the IB since 2002.
    • IB approved leaders
    • Online course fee : £650
    • Face to face* course fee : £850
    • *Social programme and all lunches and dinners included
  • IB approved leaders
    IB approved leaders
    All our workshop leaders are trained and approved by the IB. Some of the leaders we use are also employed by St Clare's as regular IB Diploma teachers whereas others are drawn from the IB Educator Network. All leaders are highly experienced IB Diploma practitioners.
  • IB certification
    IB certification
    We provide an official certificate of attendance for all participants who sucessfully complete the course. This not only enhances your own CV but also provides evidence of continuing professional development - a requirement for IB World school five year evaluation.

COVID-19 NEWS: ALL September, October and December events will be online

As a result of the on-going uncertainty  regarding COVID-19 restrictions all our workshop events up to and including December 2020 will be run as online events. The dates and approximate timings will be as for the face to face events. Please apply for the workshops as usual and we will be in touch with more detail as soon as possible.

  •   Live virtual workshops

    Autumn 2020.

    These workshops wil be identical in content, dates and timing to the face to face events.

    Features include:

    • our usual highly- experienced, IB approved leaders.
    • fully authorised in cooperation with IB.
    • live, virtual workshops
    • 4 hours per day synchronous activities
    • plus three hours asynchronous actvity per workshop
    • one to one access to workshop leaders

  •   IBDP - specific resources

    St.Clare's Oxford is England's longest established IB World school.

    The IB teacher workshops thus enjoy access to a number of our IB Diploma focused resources including the library, science laboratories and Visual Arts studio.

  •   Small groups

    Our workshops are small and informal. Our preferred group size is 12 with an absolute maximum of 15 participants, and we usually run no more than four subjects at any one time. Our online workshops have a maximumn group size of 12.

    This ensures that participants can easily share ideas within their workshop groups as well as enjoying the small scale, informal social events.

  •   The International College

    Just a short walk away from the IB college, the International College at Bardwell road provides the perfect venue for our teacher workshops.

    The venue is approximately a three minute walk from the Linton Lodge hotel - where the vast majority of our participants stay.

  •    Walking tour of Oxford

    All participants attending a face to face event are offered a guided walking tour of the fascinating historic Oxford City Centre.

    This lasts about two hours and usually takes place in the late afternoon after workshop sessions on the first day.

    Where posssible we incorporate an Oxford-inspired activity, resource or personality into our online events.

  •   Great food

    With the expert college catering team serving our needs - high quality refreshment and meal breaks are integral to our workshop events and are greatly appreciated by all our participants.

    Sadly of course, we have yet to find a way of delivering this experience virtually.

    All refreshments, lunches and evening meals are included in the face to face workshop fee of £850.

  •   Live virtual workshops
  •   IBDP - specific resources
  •   Small groups
  •   The International College
  •    Walking tour of Oxford
  •   Great food
    Workshop Workshop Date Spaces available Register
    Category 2 History October 2020 22.10.2020 11
    Category 1 Head of School (DP Administrators) () October 2020 22.10.2020 12
    Category 1 Language A: Literature (Generic) October 2020 22.10.2020 10
    Category 1 Environmental systems and societies October 2020 22.10.2020 12
    Category 1 & 2 Visual Arts October 2020 22.10.2020 9
    Category 1. Language A: Language and Literature December 2020 17.12.2020 12
    Category 1 Geography December 2020 17.12.2020 12
    Category 2 Theory of Knowledge December 2020 17.12.2020 12
    Category 2. Biology December 2020 17.12.2020 12