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CAWS 2025 Spring Seminar - Four IB Faciliators, Maria, Kelsey, Chloe and Miriam

CAWS IB Training, Lake Tahoe

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

California Student Art - IB Global Conference, San Diego

Training with friends in a beautiful place - Lake Tahoe 2025

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

Teaching by day, fun by choice

Who won the CAWS SWAG Challenge?! 

California Student Art - IB Global Conference, San Diego

Tampa team enjoy their Lake Tahoe training

Over 100 attend CAWS 2025 Fall Forum - Growing IB Learners: The IB from TK to Career

Training done, Lake Tahoe fun in the afternoon

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

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

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

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PYP Smiles

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

IB Association Meeting 2025, Washington DC

CAWS Welcomes Ethiopian IB Educators!

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Great food always provided!

Nevada IB Teachers, Close to home at Lake Tahoe

Your CAWS Team - 2025 Fall Forum

CAWS welcomes Monterey educators to IB Training at Lake Tahoe


CAWS Welcomes the IB Global Conference to San Diego 

CAWS/We Help Two 2025-02026 Service Project - Support Families of Los Angeles County Fires

CAWS 2025 Spring Seminar with Chloe and Kelsey - Leveraging Unit Planners

CAWS IB Teacher Training, Lake Tahoe, CA

Washington state particpants love CAWS Training every year

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

Happy tree sniffing winner from Mexico City!

CAWS Vendors 

Huge thanks to Gene for serving the best food at any conference - CAWS appreicate you!

CAWS 2025 Spring Seminar - What Set's IB Apart?

Reeve Garcia, Bon View Elementary CAWS Student of the Year

Register for CAWS 2026 IB Workshops at Lake Tahoe

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Where pedagogy meets the pines and the Pacific
 
Lake Tahoe
19-22, June 
23-26, June
 
***NEW***
 
San Diego
Coming in March 2027

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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CAWS PYP Calendar of Virtual Roundtables, 2025 - 2026

I hope to see you on March 25 from 3:30-4:30pm as we share thoughts and practices on Approaches to Learning.  Everyone is welcome as we discuss ideas on how we are to create the best learning environments for our students.

Continue this page to join us through our link.

I hope to see you there!

Liz
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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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Capitol Advisors Legilative Updates

Four informative updates on:

Governor Releases Education Budget Trailer Bill

Legislature Takes Aim at Social Media Companies

Congress Finalizes FY 2026 Education Funding

LAO Weighs in on Governor

Newsom's Charter School Proposal

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Save the Date for CAWS 2026 Fall Forum

The IB Framework: The Key to Aligning School-Wide Systems
 
October 26
Orange County Department of Education
 
 
Growing Global Learners: The IB Framework from TK to Career

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2025 Changes to the Law - Full Report

Earlier this week, our team finished sending our Changes in Law summaries, outlining new laws impacting schools. We want to make sure you have links to all sections.

1.    Curriculum and Instruction
2.    Early Childhood
3.    Facilities
4.   Governance and Operations
5.    Human Resources
6.   Immigration
7.   School Finance
8.   School Safety
9.   Student Services
10.   Technology

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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.
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CAWS 2025-2026 Member Schools: Educator & Student of the Year Applications Open

 
There are only a four days left for Tom Krucli to receive your CAWS 2025/2026 Membership payment if you wish to select a CAWS Student of the Year or submit nominations for 2026 CAWS Educator of the Year. CAWS membership for eligibility for these nominations will close on March 25 and all nomination applications with supporting documents are due by April 8, 2026.

Membership in CAWS is extended to all IB authorized and candidate schools in the state of California. The annual membership is $200.00 for each authorized programme and $100.00 for candidate schools. Open for details
 
 
 

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