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FREE Support Seminar: Language pathways and placements

13 Feb 2026 | VIRTUAL - 09:00-11:00 UK time UK time
STANDARD FEE £0.00
Masterclass Format

IBICUS Seminars are offered FREE to Coordinators in IB World Schools and vary in format and length.  Please note that IBICUS Seminars are not official IB PD workshops and do not count towards school authorisation and evaluation.

About the Masterclass

Essential for DP Coordinators, Heads of School and other school leaders involved in language placement and curriculum planning.

How do you define "appropriate challenge" for language learning? Are students truly prepared, with genuine pathway choice? Is your placement process robust? Join us in this free seminar as we address the complex challenges of DP Language placements (A, B, Ab Initio and Self-Taught) whilst ensuring academic integrity. We will discuss the IB's "appropriate challenge" concept, moving beyond simple years-of-study to determine language proficiency. Additionally, we will explore how to strategically map MYP/feeder curricula and assessment outcomes to build the linguistic foundation necessary for students to have a real choice without compromising ethically. Learn to establish clear, defensible placement protocols and guarantee every student is appropriately challenged and supported for success. .

Masterclass Leader(s)
Kieran Burgess

Kieran is an international school leader and consultant, with IB school experience in Singapore, China, Japan and Switzerland. He is passionate about the benefits of an IB education for both students and educators, and has worked with the IB as…


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Kieran Burgess
About your booking

Once you have made your booking, you will receive an automatically generated BOOKING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and an invoice (or a receipted invoice if you have paid by credit card). Shortly after that, once we have processed your booking, you will receive an email from us with further information.

Once we have confirmed that the workshop will go ahead we will send you a confirmation email and an information pack which tells you everything that you need to know about joining your sessions. The links to join your sessions will be sent to you by email around 2 days before your sessions start.

If you have any queries regarding your booking, please contact us at admin@ibicus.org.uk