Perspectives in Practice | TIE Newsletter 17 June 2026 | The International Educator (TIE Online)

17 June 2026

Regional Lessons on Teaching in the Age of AI

By Fatih Unal

A regional AI in Education Conference created a space where educators could move beyond headlines and explore how AI can be used thoughtfully, ethically, and effectively in schools… more

Designing Learning First: Rethinking Technology in the Classroom

By Itzel Madero Hernandez

We know technology doesn't improve learning on its own. How do we make sure students do the thinking, and that tools support rather than replace it... more

Student Agency in the Art Classroom

By Dr. Debjani Mukherjee

Art education should not only teach technique; it should create opportunities for every child to discover where they thrive... more

Success Without Generosity Is Just Arithmetic

By Tara Dunphy

Year 9 Enterprise students in Bangkok built businesses, engaged markets, and demonstrated success through generosity, community values, and shared impact... more

What Would You Like TIE to Explore Next?

At TIE, our best content begins with the questions, challenges, and ideas that matter most to international educators like you. Take the TIE survey and help shape the conversations ahead... more

Will You Stay or Will You Go?

This TIE series guides international educators through the key stages of the recruitment cycle, offering practical tips, reflection prompts, and strategies... more

SAFEGUARDING IN SCHOOLS

Making the Case for Safeguarding Supervision in International Schools

By Dr. Leila Holmyard

International schools must navigate complex child protection cases across diverse legal and cultural settings in a context of rapid technological change and increasing polarization… more

Why International School Leadership Is Increasingly About Interpretation

By Joshua Darryl Sussex

Leaders must consider how decisions will land across different groups, and how competing interpretations may affect trust, morale, coherence, and institutional legitimacy… more

Community Lacking Representation: A Contradiction in International Schools in Africa

By Janine da Silva

Elevating local voices into leadership is more than an act of equity; it is the structural integrity required to fulfill the very promises these schools were built upon… more

MAKE IT MINDFUL: INSIGHTS FOR GLOBAL LEARNING PODCAST

Hidden Oases

By Seth Fleischauer and Dr. Maggie Broderick

This episode explores how specialist classrooms create hidden oases of belonging where marginalized students find safety, identity, engagement, and reasons to remain in school... more

Growing Through Partnership Between International and Local Schools

By Andres Rodriguez

By working hand-in-hand with local leaders and teachers, we aren’t just sharing lessons; we are co-creating the future of education… more

What Did a Year of Scandinavian Studies Teach Me?

By Paul Magnuson

I finished up my final report this morning, in which I describe the eleven courses I created for myself this past school year, all in the pursuit of learning more about Scandinavia. I proofed it quickly and then wrote at the bottom: This final report is formally submitted, to myself, on May 21, 2026… more

Parenting: The Difficult Art of Letting Go

By Conrad Hughes

The other day, a parent described himself to me as a “Train Schedule Dad”, a term I was not familiar with. This is someone who manages family trips and daily life with the precision of a railway conductor. This can be added to the different descriptions of parenting in the 21st century that we have become familiar with over time… more

Blue Skies Leadership Podcast – Episode #23

By Daniel Kerr

Are your school’s hiring policies unintentionally filtering out your next rising star? When international schools hunt for new educators or leaders, it is incredibly easy to fall into a hyper-myopic trap. We obsess over specific resumes, exact curricular checkmarks, or even preferred accents… more

Global Book Recommendations

By Margriet Ruurs

Diversity, how others live, choices you may have to make… These are the themes that tie these books together. From a picturebook about heritage to a teen novel about different viewpoints. Happy reading and sharing with students... more

The Sky Is Falling. Again. But What If It Is? (1 of 6)

By Nicholas Alchin

I remember the public information films of the 1970s and 80s, when nuclear annihilation was treated as a practical household problem. We were told Stay indoors. Close your curtains. Place yourself under a table. The assumption that after a thermonuclear exchange, you’d want to get the curtains right was presented without irony. We lived with that terrifying background hum for decades… more