Lead | Cat 3 | Leading well-being in the school community – English
Dates
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Day 1 - 27/11/2026
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM -
Day 2 - 28/11/2026
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM -
Day 3 - 29/11/2026
12:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Course Description
The IB has foundational approaches which support the important emerging trend of emphasizing well-being in schools. The IB takes a student-centric approach which values and nurtures learners’ diverse talents and strengths in today’s competitive, stress-fueled world. This workshop gives participants the tools to develop, plan and implement an inclusive whole school well-being program. It will do so through the lens of professional inquiries:
What is well-being?
Why focus on well-being?
How can we teach well-being?
How do we flourish?
Learning Outcome
- Understand the IB’s foundational approaches that support the emerging trend of emphasizing well-being in schools.
- Recognize how the IB’s student-centric approach values and nurtures learners’ diverse talents and strengths in today’s competitive, stress-fueled world.
- Develop, plan and implement an inclusive whole-school well-being program.
- Inquire into the key professional questions: What is well-being? Why focus on well-being? How can we teach well-being? How do we flourish?
Target Audience
This workshop is relevant for new and aspiring leaders in IB schools who want to explore how professional learning can be developed in their own school communities, and how schools can develop as IB-focused professional learning communities in different cultural contexts.
Course Includes
- IB Certification
Seden Chouseinoglou is a Greek educator residing in Turkey, with more than thirty years of experience in international education and educational leadership. A graduate of Middle East Technical University (METU) in English Language Teaching, she began her career at Ankara University’s Language Center and later held a variety of leadership positions, including Teacher of English, International Projects Coordinator, Foreign Languages Coordinator, and Academic Coordinator. She also coordinated European Union education projects, providing opportunities to collaborate with educators and institutions across Europe and gain valuable insights into diverse educational systems.
For the past thirteen years, Seden has served the International Baccalaureate as a Workshop Leader, Evaluation Leader, Programme Leader, and Consultant across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. More recently, she has undertaken the role of Chair for synchronized and multi-programme evaluation visits. Alongside her IB leadership responsibilities, she lectures in the IB Educator Certificate Programmes at two IBEC universities. Her professional practice is grounded in lifelong learning, reflective practice, intercultural understanding, and the development of thriving learning communities.
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