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DP | Cat 2 | Extended Essay

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Course Description

This workshop aims to help EE educators build on and further develop their knowledge and skills related to supervising and supporting students throughout their extended essay experience and enhance the quality of their management of the extended essay process.

Learning Outcome

  1. Further develop their skills in guiding and supporting EE students, emphasising IB approaches to teaching and approaches to learning.
  2. Develop their capacity to help students to actively connect their EE experience with their experiences in the other components of the DP core, TOK and CAS.
  3. Enhance their understanding of the nature, purpose and requirements of the EE and the framework that needs to be in place to effectively support students during their entire EE experience.

  4. Enhance their capacity to develop a positive supervisor-student relationship, with clearly delineated and mutually understood role boundaries, that helps students to make the most of their EE experience

  5. Explore the possibilities offered by the research pathways open to students, interdisciplinary and subject-focused, and discuss the consequent potential emerging complex decision-making faced by students.

  6. Share approaches and techniques for running effective reflection sessions with students, emphasising transfer of skills to other contexts, both present and future ? co-develop practices to manage academic integrity in an era of rapid technological change.

  7. Apply the assessment criteria uniformly to extended essays written in a range of subject-focused and interdisciplinary frameworks.
  8. Use the EE grade descriptors to inform the grade prediction process.
  9. Use examples of assessed student work to build on and improve existing understanding of what a range of essays looks like, using this to inform potential guidance and feedback for students.

Target Audience

Educators who have had an association with the EE for at least one Diploma Programme (DP) exam session

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Start Date: 18/09/2026 10:00 AM

End Date: 20/09/2026 3:45 PM

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Meet our Trainer:

 

 

 

Marwa is a passionate educational leader with over 24 years of experience in international education. She currently serves as Associate Director for Academic Development at the Education Development Institute within Qatar Foundation. Marwa is a doctoral candidate at Westlife University, holds a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Sunderland, and a Certificate in Advanced Education Leadership from Harvard University. She has previously held various leadership roles across the Middle East, including school leadership, teacher education, and large-scale program management. Her work spans curriculum development, professional learning, and international accreditation. Marwa is an active member of the IBEN community, serving as an IB workshop leader, examiner, evaluation and programme leader. She also contributes as a Site Evaluator for CAEP and a Visiting Team Member for CIS. A strong advocate for continuous learning, Marwa supports educators through coaching, mentoring, and training worldwide. She is also the author of Biology for the IB Diploma Programme Course Preparation, published by Oxford.

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