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Your CAWS Team - 2025 Fall Forum

Training done, Lake Tahoe fun in the afternoon

Who won the CAWS SWAG Challenge?! 

Your CAWS IB Training Team - Tom, Robin and Matthew

The Oxnard Union High School District Team at Tahoe! This could be your team in 2026!

San Diego in March - This could be you!

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California Student Art - IB Global Conference, San Diego

CAWS Team San Diego 2026

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Great food always provided!

Ponderosa or Jeffrey???? Only a tree sniffer knows for sure! CAWS Lake Tahoe Training

Two of our raffle winners

IB Association Meeting 2025, Washington DC

CAWS welcomes Monterey educators to IB Training at Lake Tahoe


CAWS Welcomes Ethiopian IB Educators!

CAWS IB Teacher Training, Lake Tahoe, CA

California Student Art - IB Global Conference, San Diego

Tampa team enjoy their Lake Tahoe training

CAWS IB Training, Lake Tahoe

Meet our CAWS Learner Profile Instagram San Diego Training Winner

Training with friends in a beautiful place - Lake Tahoe 2025

CAWS Lake Tahoe IB Training, where the pines meet the water

CAWS 2025 Spring Seminar with IB Faciliators and CAWS ED, Chad, Miriam, Phil, Leah and Robin

CAWS Vendors 

Welcome to CAWS IB Training in San Diego!

"Just two girls from Illinois ...." Prizes for smelling a tree

How to relax after training in San Diego

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PYP Smiles - Join our Virtual Roundtables

Nevada IB Teachers, Close to home at Lake Tahoe

CAWS Welcomes the 2022 IB Global Conference to San Diego 

Reason, Reflect, Retain: Brain-Based Strategies for the IB Classroom - CAWS 2025 Fall Forum

Washington state particpants love CAWS Training every year

Building Agency Within the Systems of Your PYP Community - CAWS 2025 Fall Forum

Teaching by day, fun by choice

CAWS Happy tree sniffing winner from Mexico City!

Make plans now for CAWS 2027 IB Training in San Diego!

Register for CAWS 2026 IB Workshops at Lake Tahoe

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Where pedagogy meets the pines and the Pacific
2026
Lake Tahoe
19-22, June 
23-26, June
 
Future CAWS Training
 
San Diego
Offered in March 2027
 
Lake Tahoe
Offered in June 2027
 
Registration will open on August 1, 2026 

Please contact Matthew Davis if you have any questions: Matthew Davis or 619 631-5444.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

Warm regards,
Rick, Robin, Matt, Tom and Jerry

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University Recognition Reminders and Updates, June 2026

A reminder to schools of the upcoming deadline to submit courses to UC for A-G approval.

The primary submission phase closes June 30. It is recommended that courses be submitted to the UC CMP (Course Management Portal) during the primary submission phase to ensure that approved courses are listed in the UC application when it opens on August 1. The CMP will reopen August 1-31 for an additional submission period. After August 31, users will need to wait until next year’s submission period to add courses to their lists.
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Supporting School Leaders Through AI: A Note for CAWS Members

Dear CAWS Leaders,

In all our years in education, we've never seen a moment quite like this one. Between geopolitical pressures, wellbeing challenges and the ongoing work of post-pandemic recovery, schools already have full plates. And now AI arrives too, with its wave of tools, promises, pressure and panic.
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Education Committees Advance Key Bills

The Senate and Assembly Education Committees met this week, with the Senate Committee working through a long agenda – more than thirty bills. A handful of those bills are of particular interest to local educational agencies (LEAs). Specifically, bills dealing with paid pregnancy leave, mandatory sunset dates on new reporting requirements, and comprehensive school safety plans all moved forward this week.
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CAWS Invites You to Save the Date for Our 2026 Fall Forum

The IB Framework: The Key to Aligning School-Wide Systems
 
Monday, October 26
Orange County Department of Education
 
Details to follow
 
 
 

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CAWS 2025-2026 Event Calendar

CAWS is pleased to present our Calendar of Events for 2025-2026. We continue to offer a variety of in person and virtual events that support best IB practices while bringing us together as a community.

Our events will be hosted by global, regional and local IB leaders, CAWS Board Members, IBEN trainers, the Orange County Department of Education Coordinator and CAWS vetted vendors.

Invitations for our upcoming events will be sent to your email. Each in-person invitation will include details about the event, ensuring you have all the information you need for registration. Look for these invitations over the coming months and get ready to engage in enriching experiences.
Orange County State of Education, Hosted by Dr. Stefan Bean, Superintendent; Meet Ocean View High School an OCDE Innovative Grant Recipient Featured Photo

Orange County State of Education, Hosted by Dr. Stefan Bean, Superintendent; Meet Ocean View High School an OCDE Innovative Grant Recipient

Thank you for joining us for the Orange County State of Education.

It was a privilege to come together this month with education, civic and community leaders from across Orange County in support of our students and their future.

We’re grateful for your partnership and for all you do on behalf of students and families.

As we heard throughout the program — and in Adán’s story — students are lifted by the people who notice, believe and stay.

It’s a reminder that no one gets there alone.

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Living Our Mission

In light of recent events across the nation, the California Association of IB World Schools (CAWS) affirms our commitment to standing with and supporting IB school communities throughout California.

As a trusted resource and advocate for IB educators, CAWS is grounded in the IB mission to develop caring, principled young people who contribute to a more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. This mission calls us to attend not only to learning, but to the well-being and dignity of students, educators, and families—and to recognize care as foundational to meaningful education. Continued.........
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CAWS Congratulates Our 2026 Exemplary Educator Award Winners

PYP Award Winner
Loralee Stolzoff
Grade 2 Teacher/Amelia Earhart School of International Studies
MYP Award Winner
Autumn Diaz
Visual Arts Educator/John Glenn Middle School of International Studies
DP Award Winner
Jemima Acantilado
English HL2 teacher/Trabuco Hills High School

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