Sustainable Visions | TIE Newsletter 5 November 2025 | The International Educator (TIE Online)

5 November 2025

The Art of Seeing: When Words Become Windows

By Dr. Debjani Mukherjee

A simple classroom exercise revealed that seeing isn’t just looking; it’s an emotional, cultural, and intentional act... more

Teaching for Discernment in an AI World

By Samuel J. Richards, Sekou Otondi, and Rachel Hopkins

Grade 9 students at ISK critically explored AI’s accuracy and bias through inquiry, learning to challenge technology, not just use it... more

Building a Sustainable Vision for Physical Education

By Noah Randall and Aaron Beighle

A multi-year initiative at ASF Mexico City unified PE practices, developed a standards-based curriculum, and established sustainable professional learning communities… more

Exploring the Shift From Service Learning to Community Engagement

By Kathryn T. Berkman, Meredith Robinson, and Megan Vosk

This shift in terminology can be leveraged for more meaningful education systems, offering a chance to push service learning beyond volunteer work… more

THE EDUCATION VANGUARD

Rethinking Recruitment in International Schools

By Justin Hardman

Discover how international school recruitment is shifting, from job fairs to evidence-based portfolios, in this insightful conversation with TIE Director Stacy Stephens... more

Building Successful Advancement Through School Community

By Sandra Sheppard

When advancement teams embed themselves in school life, they amplify teacher voices, empower students, and strengthen authentic community connections… more

Barriers and Bridges: Navigating Coaching Challenges

By Jordan Benedict, Dr. Kristen Moreland, and Dr. Sam Olson-Wyman

When trust, time, and leadership align, coaching flourishes; when they’re missing, even the best intentions struggle to take root... more

Self-Management and the Power of the 15-Minutes Strategy

By Don Merritt

A consistent 15-minute block of silent, independent work transforms classrooms, building focus, equity, and stamina for authentic learning... more

THE COMPLEXITIES OF HEAD OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

Leading at the Apex

By Dr. Cinde Lock

To be Head of School is to live at the intersection of vision and detail, to hold the broad umbrella view while never losing sight of the single child standing beneath it… more

PEARLS OF WISDOM

Empathy and Leadership

By Rafael Oscar Espinal Trejo

In this Pearl, Rafael shares a heartfelt reflection on the power of empathy in education and the importance of seeing each child as an individual before focusing on performance or outcomes... more

Fresh Hope: School Startups

By Paul Magnuson

I’ve worked in summer camps for over 20 years. Around about Summer 15 we were trying to have evening campfires with singing and s’mores in a beautiful outdoor location in the woods. Standard stuff, you’d think it would go well. It wasn’t going well at all. It was rowdy, we staff weren’t kumbaya’ing, we were full on crowd-controlling, policing with everything short of batons and protective gear... more

Hiring Is the First Act of Safeguarding

By Lianne Dominguez

When people ask me about safeguarding, they often expect to hear about policies, disclosures, or risk assessments. As a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), I’ve come to understand that safeguarding doesn’t begin with a form. It begins with a person. And often, that person is not a student. It’s an adult we’ve just hired. Safer Hiring is serious business... more

Educational Lessons From the Getty Villa

By Conrad Hughes

The oil merchant tycoon J. Paul Getty was an avid art collector and took his passion to extraordinary heights with the building of the Getty Villa. Off the Malibu coast in the dry Californian hills, he commissioned the building of a palace modeled on that of a Roman patrician’s palace in Herculaneum... more

Pursuing Excellence Through Reflection and Effort

By Matthew Piercy

I love the end of October. In the tropics, we may not see autumn colors, yet transition is definitely in the air. This is the season of harvest and renewal. Makahiki, as it is known in Hawaiian, refers to a full yearly cycle and is marked by the stars, moon phases, and agricultural rhythms... more

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Dr. Kulangara Jacob Johnson has been appointed Director of the Center for Design & Innovation for Public Purpose of American School of Dubai in United Arab Emirates.