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Matthew Ignash
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About
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Systems & operationsfriction, found and fixed

Vertical Alignment Dashboard

Designed and shipped

A live, shared map of skill development across grades 6 to 12. One view of a whole department, instead of scattered spreadsheets.

Systems & data↗

Digital Hall Pass

Led the IT and admin team

A whole-school movement system replacing paper passes, designed with a cross-functional IT and admin team.

Operations↗

IA Moderation Tool

Built

A tool that keeps IB internal-assessment marking calibrated and fair, built with Apps Script and an IBIS export.

Assessment↗

Theatre Booking Manager

Designed and built

A booking system for the school theatre that takes the friction out of shared-space scheduling.

Operations↗

Grade 6–12 House System

Designed and ran

A school-wide belonging structure for grades 6 to 12, with a weekly house block, events, and student leadership roles. Built at a previous school.

Student life↗

MAP & WIDA Dashboards

Built, and co-led the assessment review

Data dashboards for MAP and WIDA results, plus a co-led review of the school's external assessments. Built at a previous school.

Systems & data↗
Curriculum designlearning, redesigned

Earth & Environmental Science

Lead designer

A full course rebuild around four throughlines and AI-integrated assessment, eight units redesigned from the ground up.

Curriculum↗

Collaborative Science Project

Co-led with colleagues

A cross-disciplinary IB Sciences project connecting to CAS and regional issues, co-designed with colleagues.

Curriculum↗
Co-design, research & capacitybuilt with people, tested honestly

Parallel Design Labs

Designed and ran

Paired cohorts of students and teachers learning AI together and co-building real classroom tools. An intergenerational model, focused on the skills they build and piloting what works.

Co-design↗

BoodleBox Study

Designed the study

A classroom pilot comparing two AI platforms, BoodleBox and Flint, focused on the skills students build rather than the content they cover.

Research↗

Compass Point

Designed and launched

A transparent, equitable pathway for leadership development across the school.

Leadership↗
AI & innovation practiceAI as a thinking partner

Inner Council

Built

A multi-agent system for structured thinking: expanding knowledge and holding an inner dialogue across perspectives.

AI practice↗
matthewignash.com
An instructional leader who builds systems and develops people, across four countries.
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