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29 January 2025

By Sarah Ssengendo

In our rapidly changing world, how do we keep the curriculum relevant and engaging for our students? Tips to power up learning in any class context... more

By Leticia Daza

The impact of investing in teachers goes far beyond the classroom—it shapes the future of our students and the communities they will lead… more

By Daniel Whitaker

EARJ’s "Power-User's Guide" exhibit sparked critical thinking, empowering students to become active agents of change in a more just world… more

By David Whitmarsh

Locally hired teachers in China's IB schools bridge cultures, model International Mindedness, and deserve equitable pay, growth, and recognition... more
PEARLS OF WISDOM

By Neelu Kalro

In this Pearl, Neelu reflects on her three decades of learning, highlighting the importance of tapping into personal strength during challenging times… more

By Veronica McDaniel

Join the global movement against human trafficking by participating in #MyFreedomDay, a student-led day of action dedicated to raising awareness and driving change... more

By Bridget Raju

Educators must foster critical thinking skills through thoughtful design, helping students evaluate information, solve problems, and make confident decisions… more

By Anthony Harris

Learners face many challenges in second language acquisition. Strategies for building self-esteem and success for multilingual learners… more
THE COMPLEXITIES OF HEAD OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

By Dr. Oli Tooher-Hancock

Explore the evolving role of a Head of School, balancing immediate needs with visionary leadership to empower students and navigate future challenges... more

By Nicole Levina Maria Demos

Highlights from a keynote presentation at the recent SENIA conference exploring the vital link between advocacy and agency in supporting students... more
OWLCAST PODCAST

By John Papadakis and ACS Athens students

The inspiring journey of the Intersection Club whose innovative project captivated educators at the IB Global Conference… more

By Donica Merhazion

Teachers shape spaces based on their view of safety, but learning requires meeting students' needs. How can we ensure students feel safe… more
By John Mikton

2025, this will be the year whatever I write—you will have your imprint and input on it. Be it for grammar, syntax, spelling, brainstorming, or just checking if something makes sense, questions, the sentence flow, etc. All communication, writing… mine and around me you will be there. So this one I am doing alone, my spelling, sentences and ideas might be fragmented with errors, but for this time I am fine with that... more
By Conrad Hughes

“Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it,” said the Ancient Roman Stoic Epictetus. Born into enslavement in 50 AD, he eventually gained freedom and lived as a teacher in Rome until he was exiled and died some 85 years later in the Greek city of Nicopolis. Stoicism is a powerful philosophy based on self control and acceptance. Central to its worldview is the idea that it is not by talking about ethics that we become an ethical person... more
By Dan Kerr

So it’s that time of the year again when I get to order books for my birthday, which is my favorite gift ever because it keeps on giving for months and months and months. The deal is that I have to finish reading all of last year’s books before I get to order new ones, and I’m excited about ordering the list below in the next few days... more
By Paul Magnuson

For the past fifteen years, I’ve focused on supporting teacher and student agency. For teachers, our motto is, “Continually becoming the professionals we already are.” I’m realizing that for students we don’t have a particular motto. Help us out! What might be a good student agency motto? more
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World Economic Forum
Russel Ellicott has been appointed Principal of Misk Schools, Boys' Schools in Saudi Arabia.
Calley Connelly has been appointed Deputy Director of the International School of Prague in the Czech Republic.
David “Cal” Callaway has been appointed Director of the International School of Prague in the Czech Republic.
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Check out the TIE Event Calendar for upcoming events, webinars, job fairs and more...
Search Associates Job Fair
Feb 1 - 2, 2025
 
AAIE 59th Annual Global Leadership Conversation
Feb 3 - 5, 2025
 
ISS EDUrecruit® Job Fair Washington DC, USA (In Person)
Feb 6 - 9, 2025
 
2025 AISA Global Issues Service Summit (AISA-GISS)
Feb 13 - 15, 2025
 
PTC-TLI Teacher Leaders: Coaching and Supervising Your Team (online 15 Feb - 12 Apr)
Feb 15, 2025
 
PTC-GTC Who’s Next on Your Governance Team? Six ‘Musts’ for Succession Planning
Feb 16, 2025
 
Diversity Collaborative Members’ Meeting
Feb 17, 2025
 
AISA West Africa Level-up Learning Event
Feb 22 - 23, 2025
 
PTC-EAL Instructing and Assessing Multilingual Learners (IAML) (online 23 Feb -- 26 Apr)
Feb 23, 2025
 
ISS EDUrecruit® iFair® (Virtual)
Mar 8, 2025
 
EARCOS Teachers' Conference 2025
Mar 19 - 22, 2025
 
PTC-CTC Culturally Responsive Counseling in the International School (online 22 Mar - 17 May)
Mar 22, 2025
 
AMISA Virtual Job Fair
Mar 27, 2025
 
PTC-GTC International School Governance Matters! (In person)
Apr 4, 2025
 
PTC-GTC International School Governance Matters! (In person)
Apr 5 - 6, 2025
 
AMISA Educators' Conference
Apr 8 - 11, 2025
 
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