IB Diploma Programme Extended Essay Coordinator

The Inter-Community School Zurich (ICS) is the longest-established international school in the Greater Zurich Area, proudly serving as an IB World School. Nestled in the picturesque village of Zumikon near a nature reserve and just 10 km from Zurich’s old town, ICS has fostered a vibrant community for over 60 years, committed to supporting students’ individual growth, fostering collaboration, and celebrating diversity.

At ICS, we guide our students to reach their highest potential in a nurturing and inclusive environment. Our Secondary School Teachers play a pivotal role in supporting students as they prepare for the IB examinations and plan their futures. Our teaching philosophy promotes both academic and personal growth, encouraging students to engage deeply in their learning and to feel safe, included, and empowered in all aspects of school life.

The Extended Essay Coordinator will be the contact person for ICS Staff and Students regarding the Extended Essay and will meet regularly with the DP Coordinator. The time allocation for this role is 2 periods.

This position is exclusively open to current ICS teachers.

General administrative responsibilities

• Introduce, explain and support the extended essay, including the reflection process.
• Ensure that students select the subject/topic/theme for their extended essays from the list of available subjects for the May session in question, available in the Diploma Programme Assessment procedures.
• Be familiar with the EE processes and requirements through relevant training.
• Follow best practices by collaborating with other EE Coordinators as part of a professional learning community.
• Together with the IB DP Coordinator, establish an internal calendar of assessment deadlines, in order to spread student workload.
• Ensure supervisors where possible have no more than 4 Extended Essays; liaise with Personal Project coordinator to prevent overloading certain staff.
• Ensure that the reflections on planning and progress form (RPPF) is completed by the student and supervisor.
• Liaise with the librarian to ensure that candidates have access to valuable sources, appropriate methods, and accurate information.
• Conduct academic integrity sessions for students to ensure they are aware of and following these guidelines

Conduct standardization meetings as needed with supervisors to discuss several sample scripts, understand the criteria, and try to reach consensus on Predicted Grades.

• Oversee the timely submission of essays and RPPFs to ManageBac.
• Assist in the verification of final submissions and their upload to IBIS.
• Report students who are not meeting EE deadlines to the Advisor and DP Coordinator and assist in communication with parents.
• Celebrate EE achievements by organising an EE fair, presentation, showcase, or event.

Responsibilities relating to different groups:

Students

• Provide comprehensive information on the Extended Essay, its aims, requirements and assessment.
• This includes exemplars, criteria and supporting documents.
• Monitor progress of students using the Extended Essay option on ManageBac.
• Ensure that each student has a supervisor who is a member of staff within the school.

Teachers

• Ensure that supervisors are familiar with EE requirements through training and sharing of documents, such as exemplars, support documents and relevant IB publications.
• Conduct in-service professional development for teachers as needed/appropriate on supervision and assessment of EEs.

Parents

• Provide information to parents during Curriculum Evening.
• Ensure that parents are consistently informed of the performance of their children via ManageBac messages and email, as appropriate.

Secondary School Educational Leadership Team

• Ensure the IB DP Coordinator is informed of student progress.
• Reflect upon EE results annually and submit cohort observations and analysis to the IBDP Coordinator.

Interested candidates should apply via our website with a full letter of application.

Applications should be addressed in PDF format.

We are looking forward to receiving your application.