Coordinator, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program

Position Type:
Administration and Professionals

Date Posted:
2026-04-27

Location: John Hay Campus

ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students.

CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college.

Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop.

In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work.

BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES

The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

THE OPPORTUNITY
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring the effective administration of the IB Diploma Program (IBDP) and will work closely with school leadership in supporting students and teachers to maximize students' attainment. Quality assurance of teaching and learning in the IB years, providing pedagogical leadership to the IBDP, and promoting the IB ethos will be critical elements of the role.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be responsible for all communications with the IB offices
• Record all communication, forms, documents, and reports from the IB
• Ensure that appropriate student records are maintained
• Contribute to the promotion and development of the IBDP both within and outside the school
• Attend workshops and regional meetings
• Organize internal assessment and moderation of internal assessment, according to the Diploma criteria
• Support the Principal on curriculum developments within the IBDP
• Create and maintain internal assessment calendar
• Work with counselor to ensure students are appropriately scheduled for DP coursework and eligible for the IB Diploma

Examinations:

• Ensure that students are registered for examinations
• Ensure that students receiving assessment accommodations are appropriately registered with supporting documentation to receive accommodations
• Ensure appropriate conduct of examinations (written and oral), including establishing examination schedule, training invigilators, and preparing exam materials
• Ensure that all internal assessment materials are sent to respective examiners
• Send examination answer scripts to IB examiners on time
• Report examination irregularities
• Organize distribution of results
• Work with school leadership to analyze results and adjust program delivery as necessary, including submitting enquiry upon results on behalf of students as necessary

Teaching:

• Ensure that all teachers are suitably qualified and trained in accordance with IB requirements
• Conduct regular meetings with IB teachers
• Provide support and information to teachers new to the IB, especially in pedagogy and assessment
• Conduct quality assurance of the delivery of the IBDP
• Oversee the five-year program evaluation
• Ensure that teachers have access to the most up-to-date publications
• Ensure that teachers have information on current Diploma Program developments
• Coordinate participation in Diploma workshops and professional learning
• Inform all concerned about assessment procedures and deadlines
• Ensure that all documents are completed on time
• Prepare timelines for submission of work to the IB
• Rationalize timelines for students.
• Ensure the efficient administration of the CAS, extended essays and TOK programs.

Students:

• Ensure that all students are clear about the requirements of the IB Diploma Program and are updated as changes arise
• Inform 9th and 10th grade students about the IB requirements
• Participate in recruitment activities to inform prospective students about the requirements of the Diploma Program
• Advise students on subject selection
• Accommodate transfer students and liaise with their former schools
• Monitor students' progress and coordinate support for those experiencing difficulty
• Display empathy for 11th and 12th grade students

Parents:

• Provide comprehensive information to parents about the Diploma Program and the School's milestones.
• Organize parent meetings to:
  • Advise parents on the suitability of the IB Program for their child(ren)
  • Inform parents about the requirements of the IBDP
  • Notify parents about their child(ren)'s progress
  • Keep parents apprised of their child(ren)'s progress in all subjects, the Extended Essay, and the CAS program.

Extended Essay (EE) Support:

• Create EE timeline for students
• Maintain updated EE handbook
• Provide EE orientation to all DP students at the start of 11th grade
• Provide EE information session to all 11th grade parents
• Work with TOK teacher(s) to provide students support with the EE, including research workshops
• Train EE supervisors
• Track student progress and communicate difficulties with parents
• Ensure all reflections and deadlines are met by students and supervisors
• Collect and upload all EEs and reflections

Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS) Support:

• Create CAS timeline for students
• Maintain updated CAS handbook
• Provide CAS orientation for all 11th grade students
• Provide CAS information session for all 11th grade parents
• Train students on the use of Managebac for maintaining CAS records
• Support staff members and community members who work with students on CAS experiences and projects
• Meet with each DP student at least three times for formal CAS reflections
• Collect and read all CAS journal entries
• Ensure all criteria for CAS are met and submit completion forms to IB

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred)
• In-depth knowledge of and familiarity with IB standards and practices
• Experience leading and managing staff
• Experience teaching in the IB program
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, administration, students, families, and key contacts at other organizations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate persuasively with faculty, students, and parents alike
• Excellent analytical skills
• Dedication to academic excellence
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Positive attitude, flexible approach, excellent organizational skills

Salary-$54,920-$76,888

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with a school environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal school environment.
• Must have a valid driver's license and dependable transportation
• Local travel may be required for training/meetings.

NOTE: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility.


EEO STATEMENT

We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105.

The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:

1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

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EEO Statement

We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:

1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800

Cleveland, Ohio 44114

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