Marwa Bkerat

Marwa is an experienced education professional with over 23 years of expertise in the field. She holds a Master's degree in Education from the University of Sunderland in the UK and a 'Certificate in Advanced Education Leadership (CAEL)' from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is currently the Principal at Beacon Private School in Bahrain. In addition, Marwa actively contributes to the IBEN community, serving as an IB workshop leader, Examiner, Evaluation and Programme Leader. She also holds the role of Site Evaluator at the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and serves as a Visiting Team Member at the Council of International School (CIS). Previously, Marwa held several notable positions at Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA). She served as a Programs Implementation Expert, Senior Teacher Educator, and held managerial roles as the IB Workshops Manager and the USAID Pre-Service Teacher Education Program Manager. She is the founder of iMystro, an online learning platform designed to support independent learning across various subjects. In her previous role as an IB DP Coordinator in a school in Saudi Arabia, Marwa was instrumental in establishing the DP department and supporting the DP authorization processes. She also served as the Biology Subject Leader and an IB DP Biology teacher at the same institution. Furthermore, Marwa is the author of the book "Biology for IB Diploma Programme Course Preparation," which was published by Oxford. She has performed many workshops with the IB in different countries and for many schools around the world as well as coaching, training and mentoring school colleagues.