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**Welcome to our virtual community!** **Dear Academy Participant: ** **Thank you for agreeing to attend the DP workshop leader, consultant and site visitor training in Miami, Florida on 26-30 October 2011. Indeed, this is an exciting time for you to be joining our IB Educator Network. **

**The general purposes of this training will be to: **
 * **deepen participants’ understanding of programme philosophy, practices, and requirements in order to carry out the specific IB educator network roles. **
 * **prepare participants for their future prospective roles, their responsibilities and duties. **
 * **evaluate participants on their suitability for the specific role **
 * We will be using this virtual community to exchange ideas, opinions and readings before, during and after the Academy. **


 * We encourage you to start this virtual communication by introducing yourselves on the Discussion section replying the "Introductions" topic. **