Staying & Leaving | TIE Newsletter 1 March 2023 | The International Educator (TIE Online)

1 March 2023

Instant Orchestra

By William Norris

A sustainable and innovative model for music-making within a general music curriculum… more

Supporting Stayers To Thrive: Invest in Your Nest

By Dr. Rebecca Bower and Steven Ayling

For cross cultural kids, global mobility is an inextricable part of their experience growing up within the international school community… more

Who Are We, Who Do We Serve, and What Do We Do?

By Lee Fertig

What do we need to do as stewards of our educational institutions to prepare international schools for the next 20-30 years… more

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Considerations Before Signing a New Contract

By Kenya J. Washington

You’ve updated your CV, attended the job fair, and you’re ready to sign on the dotted line… more

Understanding the Marginalized Journey Within Our Community

By Juan Jacobs Sheblak

More work is necessary for our students to feel that every child matters… more

PEARLS OF WISDOM

Post-Pandemic Reflection

By Nicholas Kolentse

As we move ahead, we have the opportunity to create a new normal that best serves the interests and needs of our… more

Self-Licking Lollipops

By Damian Bacchoo

Do international schools exist to perpetuate privilege? There is a need at times to remind ourselves what we think the purpose of education is… more

Journalism in Schools: Benefits Beyond the News

By Ahaan Chakrabarty, Year 12

A student's experience learning through journalism... more

UNHINGED COLLABORATION PODCAST

Problematizing Your Definition For Collaboration

By Tricia Friedman and Kathleen Naglee

Explore the “Unhinged Quarterly Review” resource, developed for teams to use in order to feed their curiosity about what collaboration is…. more

GUIDANCE FOR GLOBAL FAMILIES

Getting Prepared: Developing Skills for Student Wellbeing Before Going to University

By Natasha Winnard

Strategies to support international educators whose children go overseas to university… more

Artificial Intelligence and Society: Implications for Educators

By Conrad Hughes

What strikes me is less the fact that just about everybody is on their phones and more what they are doing on their phones... more

A Year of Resilience

By Shwetangna Chakrabarty

24th February 2023 marked a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has been a year of extreme resilience for the people of Ukraine and their leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In the words of Zelenskyy, “We have become one family…” This should become the definition of global citizenship in international education... more

The Histories That We Learn

By Conrad Hughes

My life changed when I relocated to Eswatini (then Swaziland) to attend a United World College, Waterford Kamhlaba, which was also an established anti-Apartheid school. Here I learned shoulder to shoulder with the children and grandchildren of Nelson Mandela, Albert Sisulu, Mosiuoa Lekota and Desmond Tutu... more

Wholesomeness in Reduction

By Matthew Piercy

Before biting into a protein bar the other day, I contemplated how the very thing I was about to eat was analogous to schools. The front of the wrapper was not the image of an athlete. Nor full of color or fancy font. Rather it was simple. What if schools were as transparent... more

Our Greatest Teachers

By Daniel Kerr

So over the past couple of years, we have made it a top priority to ensure that students have a stronger and more impactful voice in all aspects of our school organization. One example of this priority can be seen in our current curriculum committee structure... more

CURRENT CONVERSATIONS

The Book That Exposed Anti-Black Racism in the Classroom

Ibram X. Kendi
The Atlantic

Stanford Faculty Weigh In on ChatGPT’s Shake-Up in Education

Stanford Graduate School of Education

The Tail is Wagging the Education System

Katie Martin, Devin Vodicka
Getting Smart

APPOINTMENTS

Liam Hammer has been appointed Head of School of the International School of Lusaka in Zambia.

Katherine Gendy has been appointed High School Principal of Al-Bayan Bilingual School in Kuwait.

Mark McCallum has been appointed Director of the International School of Dongguan in China.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Check out the TIE Event Calendar for upcoming events, webinars, job fairs and more...

PTC-EAL Instructing and Assessing Multilingual Learners(IAML)(asynchronous)

Feb 12 - Apr 22, 2023

PTC-CTC Mental Health and Well-being in International Schools (six synchronous sessions)

Feb 25 - Apr 22, 2023

Whiteness Accountability Group for International Educators

Mar 2, 2023

Search Associates Job Fair-London

Mar 18 - 19, 2023

PTC-GTC Put Teeth and Meaning into the Head’s Evaluation

Mar 19, 2023

EARCOS 19th annual Teachers' Conference

Mar 21 - 25, 2023

AMISA Annual Educators’ Conference

Mar 28 - 31, 2023

AISA Supporting Inquiry-Based Learning with News Media Resources

Mar 29, 2023

AISA Predicting and Managing Risk: A Seminar and Discussion to Mitigate International School Challenges in 2023

Apr 12, 2023

AMISA From Foundations to Fluency: The Science of Reading in Action

Apr 12, 2023

EARCOS Anti-Human Trafficking in Schools: What we can do to take action

Apr 15, 2023

Using ChatGPT & Generative AI to Foster the 4 C's

Apr 18, 2023

AISA A Whole School Approach to Supporting Students with Eating Disorders

Apr 19, 2023

Whiteness Accountability Group for International Educators

Apr 20, 2023

AISA 2023 School Heads Retreat

Apr 28 - 29, 2023

Search Associates Job Fair-Dubai

Apr 29 - 30, 2023

PTC INSTITUTES

TLI - TEACHER LEADERS

PTC Teacher Leader Institutes Curriculum—The Heart of the Teacher Leader Role

Jun 28 - Jul 2, 2023

PTC Teacher Leader Institutes Leadership Tools

Jul 4 - 8, 2023

PRINCIPALS' TRAINING CENTER

PTC Creating an Effective School (online)

Jun 17 - 23, 2023

PTC Curriculum Leadership

Jun 19 - 25, 2023

PTC Instructional Supervision and Evaluation

Jun 19 - 25, 2023

PTC Assessment Leadership (online)

Jun 26 - Jul 2, 2023

PTC Curriculum Leadership (online)

Jun 26 - Jul 2, 2023

PTC Leadership and Team Dynamics

Jun 27 - Jul 3, 2023

PTC Creating an Effective School

Jun 27 - Jul 3, 2023

PTC Leadership and Team Dynamics (online)

Jul 5 - 11, 2023

PTC Assessment Leadership

Jul 5 - 11, 2023

PTC Technology Leadership (online)

Jul 5 - 11, 2023

GTC - GOVERNANCE

PTC-GTC Put Teeth and Meaning into the Head’s Evaluation

Mar 19, 2023

PTC-GTC Becoming an Effective International School Board Chair

Apr 30, 2023

PTC-GTC Welcome to the Board!

May 28, 2023

CTC - COUNSELORS

PTC-CTC Getting to Solutions: The Heart of Counseling

Jun 22 - 26, 2023

PTC-CTC Essential Skills for International School Counselors

Jun 28 - Jul 2, 2023

PTC-CTC Mental Health and Well-being in International Schools

Jul 4 - 8, 2023

RECENT JOB LISTINGS

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Primary/Elementary Art (China)

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Secondary Principal (Japan)

EAL (China)

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High School Physics (Georgia)

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Primary/Elementary Physical Education (Thailand)

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High School English (China)

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Primary/Elementary EAL (China)

High School Other (Vietnam)

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