Welcome to the Voice of TIE podcast, a space for stories, insights, and conversations that uplift the profession of teaching and inspire positive change in international schools. For nearly 40 years, The International Educator has served this community through recruitment resources and a dedication to amplifying the voices of international educators around the world. LISTEN NOW ON YOUTUBE LISTEN NOW ON SPOTIFY
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TOP STORIES
By Vickie Swann
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From quiet coaching conversations to shaping whole-school culture, teacher leaders amplify collective efficacy, strengthen practice, and drive lasting change... more |
By Ayrton Green, Grade 12 student
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A moving reflection on migration, loneliness, identity, and belonging as one student discovers friendship, confidence, and personal rhythm through change... more |
By Beatrice Innocenti
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From Alpine privilege to migrant classrooms, education is less about content and more about human dignity, attention, and shared questions... more |
By Neila Steele
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A reflection on presence, fear, and being with someone in their darkest moment, for counselors, educators, and trusted confidants… more |
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, JUSTICE, AND BELONGING
By Abena Eduam-Baiden
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We need to reflect on the labels our institutions default to and ask whether they truly make space for the communities we serve... more |
By Ahmad Fadli
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When Global Perspectives shapes curriculum but not policy, a disconnect emerges between what students are taught and how education systems operate... more |
By Amin Hussain and Sagda Khalil
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Creating welcoming, inclusive schools during Ramadan means honoring Muslim students’ faith through empathy, access, understanding, and thoughtful support... more |
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THE VOICE OF TIE
The Voice of TIE Podcast By Stacy Stephens
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International recruitment expert Mark Weber examines today’s changing teaching market, hiring realities, candidate strategies, and evolving challenges facing international educators... more |
By Stacy Stephens
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Schools can move from theory to practice, building growth and appraisal systems that are consistent, fair, and genuinely improve teaching and learning… more |
The Voice of TIE Podcast By Stacy Stephens
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Hear Kyle Wagner and Grade 7 students share how Montessori learning builds independence, confidence, and real-world skills through authentic voice and responsibility... more |
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWS
By Kim Cofino
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Educator-led communities foster collaboration, mentorship, innovation, and meaningful professional learning grounded in classroom practice and relationships... more |
By Ximena Daza and Gregory Hessee
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One school created large-scale, interdisciplinary PBL that changed their Classroom Without Walls journeys into meaningful, academic experiences... more |
By Oceane Jullien
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From one email to a 13-school event: how the Languages Olympiad uses teacher agency and admin trust to bring students a new language learning opportunity… more |
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PEDAGOGY & LEARNING
By Dr. Virginia Rojas
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A research-based look at how the monolingual habitus can be reframed as an opportunity to rebuild a multi- and plurilingual habitus in international school contexts... more |
By David William Sheehan
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International schools ask students to speak up but rarely design the conditions that make speaking safe. Voice is a system, not a sentiment... more |
By Matthew Parr
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Learning has shifted from textbooks to pathways. Less visible, more authentic. The key question is not “what page are you on?” but “what did you learn"... more |
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 | THE PRINCIPALS' TRAINING CENTER |
By Katie Wellbrook
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In this Pearl, Katie shares how recognizing her tendency toward constant motion and achievement led her to reframe success through the practice of stillness and presence… more |
By Maria Camila Ardon
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In this Pearl, Maria shares how leading with empathy can transform both student behavior and relationships within a school community... more |
By Brianne Sheets
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Each increment of time holds immense possibilities for connection, growth, and transformation… more |
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STUDENT VOICE
By Christina Samson, Grade 12 student
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Using a Catholic missal essay format, a Filipino student in Japan explores belonging across generations through faith, language, and migration... more |
By Chris Perakis and Anna Rose Sugarman
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Practical strategies and classroom examples of how student voice enhances ownership, engagement, and reflection... more |
By Naima Umiryayeva, Year 12 student
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If students grow up surrounded by AI tools but aren’t taught how to use them intentionally, they’ll struggle to stop themselves from using AI every time... more |
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LEADERSHIP
By Dr. Richard Harrold
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Effective postgraduate mentoring develops confident, independent researchers while strengthening lifelong learning, research quality, and meaningful contributions… more |
By Federico Verri
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Small exceptions quietly reshape culture, staff trust, and standards. Compassion without consistency can create confusion and weaken culture... more |
By Sandy Sheppard
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An inside look at how the International School Yangon continues to evolve its admissions approach through relationships, connections, and family experience... more |
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
By Nathan Haines
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If we give up on this cognitive and creative work of teaching, both a source and the outcome of our professional knowledge, our profession will suffer; it may even be lost... more |
By Dr. Gregory Hedger and Anshu Verma
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In times of disruption, responsible use of AI supports school leaders with planning, communication, and continuity while keeping people at the center... more |
By Cora Yang and Dalton Flanagan
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We need to treat AI integration like any other pedagogical strategy, with backward design. The C.R.E.A.T.E. framework transforms your ideas into reliable educational assistants… more |
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LIFESTYLE AND WELLBEING
By Sandy Sheppard and Stacey Wotton
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Their stories are different, yet the same; they both, at their essence, are about young people and their determination to succeed no matter what barriers are placed upon them... more |
By Sarah Ssengendo
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The brain is the center of learning. How might schools become places where mental health and wellbeing are learned about, practiced, and supported... more |
By Mushfiqua Zabeen
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What began as structured activities for community projects grew into powerful acts of empathy and purpose... more |
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