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
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TOP STORIES
By Dr. Christi Chase
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Learn how actionable feedback, reflection, and family communication elevated swimmer performance, strengthened team culture, and inspired lifelong growth... more |
By Dr. Debjani Mukherjee
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Through research, students examine how art explores social issues, experiences, and culture, revealing it as a powerful form of inquiry... more |
By Emily MacLean
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In this episode of Lead Her Higher, education leader Bambi Betts explores what it truly means to lead for learning in complex global school systems... more |
By Dr. Priscilla Bade-White
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An academic examination of a tiered approach for mental health and social-emotional learning in East Asian international schools… more |
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, JUSTICE, AND BELONGING
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 |
By Rachida Dahman
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Ethical classroom attention shapes judgment; repeated omissions erode trust, turning institutional commitments into contradictions rather than lived realities… more |
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THE VOICE OF TIE
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 |
By Stacy Stephens
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Teaching quality does not improve through compliance architecture. It improves when schools build cultures where professional growth is expected, supported, evidence-based, and sustained over time... more |
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL NEWS
By Katherine Deutsch, Kim Bentley, and Will Kirkwood
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Zurich International School shared a collaborative framework for aligning accreditation with strategic vision... more |
By Mick Amundson-Geisel
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Collaboration and connection opens pathways and opportunities for students across the Myanmar community... more |
By Nick DeForest
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With familiar challenges topping the list, this year’s survey inspired a new approach, tackling each concern through in-depth discussions... more |
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PEDAGOGY & LEARNING
By Stephen Kaye
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The limiting factor in science exploration is rarely the child's mind. It is the adult's imagination about what the child's mind can hold... more |
By Sarah Ssengendo
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High expectations has become a cornerstone of contemporary education. But, how do we ensure that all students are able to meet high expectations... more |
By Colt Turner
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Implementing standards-based assessment, grading, and reporting practices effectively often requires educators to identify and adjust past perspectives... 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 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 |
By Dr. Cathy White
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Small, unacknowledged tasks create invisible workloads for teachers in international schools. Leaders can help reduce the burden... 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 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 |
By Anthi Patrikios and Jemo Ergen
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How one school in Kenya engaged parents to strengthen their safeguarding work by focusing on emotional wellbeing and safety through relational practice... more |
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