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14 January 2026

By Stacy Stephens

Phase Four is not simply about being selected by a school; it is about making a decision that you can step into with confidence, integrity, and preparation... more

By Cora Yang and Dalton Flanagan

A step-by-step guide to building a culture of open mindedness and responsible exploration of AI that prepares our students for the future… more

By Nathan Haines

The motto of the Critical Global Citizenship course at ISK, "learn from and act with," sits at the heart of meaningful global citizenship... more
PEACE YOU HAVE MY WORD

By Anuoluwapo Zahra Onabanjo, student

A student poet explores how ancestral wisdom, not AI, guides humanity toward peace through memory, culture, and the teachings of our elders... more

By Elke Greite

When leadership mirrors learning, schools move like a murmuration—coherent, adaptive, and purpose-driven, with agency and collective growth at the center... more
MULTILINGUALISM IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

By Jon Nordmeyer

Investment in instructional scaffolding can empower all teachers to design and use approaches that balance challenge and support... more

By Dr. Kathryn Handy

Empowering middle leaders as instructional leaders increases teacher investment and leads to more consistent implementation of school priorities... more

By Anthi Patrikios and Jemo Ergen

How one school in Kenya engaged parents to strengthen their safeguarding work by focusing on emotional wellbeing and safety through relational practice... more

By Sean Davis

A spontaneous teachable moment prompts Grade 9 students to immediately apply Hofstede's concepts, validating the framework and showing the power of inquiry learning... more
PEARLS OF WISDOM

By Angela Collins

Experience showed that taking time to understand hesitant teachers, parents, and mislabeled classes changes narratives and builds trust... more
FUTURE DESIGN LEARNING PODCAST

By Tim Logan

Listen now to some of the things happening around the world for pathways through high school from the voices of the young people involved in them... more

By Mick Amundson-Geisel

Collaboration and connection opens pathways and opportunities for students across the Myanmar community... more
By Lianne Dominguez

It has been almost two years since I left an organization that shaped a significant chapter of my professional life. I am deeply rooted and grateful for the work I do now, but as 2026 begins, I find myself intentionally remembering something beautiful from an earlier season of my journey… more
By Kenya Washington

Change is the great constant. Without it, schools stop learning; people stop growing. But I think the goal isn’t about starting something new. It’s about the “marriage-ment” of it all: successfully linking initiatives to the traditions that already exist… more
By Matthew Piercy

Surely I am not the only educator who is tired of watching lipstick being put on pig after pig. Apparent improvements on the surface without really addressing what is required. Intentions and measures taken to raise test scores, create policies around AI usage, and nail down portraits of graduates. Each might appear successful but ignores the deeper issues… more
By Shwetangna Chakrabarty

There is something profoundly wrong when education teaches young people how to compete, consume, and survive, but forgets to teach them how to be human. And the cost of that loss is devastating: young children picking up the gun; a world unsafe for the very people it was designed to sustain; war and hatred… more
By Conrad Hughes

The other day I was walking the school at one of our campuses and enjoying some early years teaching. Observing some of our master teachers, three points came to mind… more
By Matt Brady

Schools invest millions in learning management systems, collaboration platforms, and digital tools, yet many teachers avoid technology, IT departments still field the same support tickets, and administrators struggle to measure real impact… more
CURRENT CONVERSATIONS

Alex Jordan and Ben Lovett
Columbia University
Liz Cho has been appointed Deputy Director of American International School of Vilnius in Lithuania.
Chris Cronin has been appointed K-12 Assistant Principal of Nakornpayap International School in Thailand.
Philippe Caron-Audet has been appointed Head of School of Neuchâtel Junior College in Switzerland.
Have you announced
your new position yet?
Check out the TIE Event Calendar for upcoming events, webinars, job fairs and more...
EARCOS More than Celebrating Diversity: Principles for Meaningful Equity Efforts in Schools
Jan 16, 2026
 
PTC-GTC Strategic Policy: Missing Link for Governing
Jan 18, 2026
 
NESA 2026 Educators Training Institute
Jan 22 - 24, 2026
 
PTC-CTC Mental Health and Well-being in International Schools: A Primer for School Counselors (online)
Jan 24 - Mar 21, 2026
 
Diversity Collaborative Member Meeting
Jan 27, 2026
 
ISS Toronto Job Fair
Jan 31, 2026
 
PTC-TLI Teacher Leaders: Coaching and Supervising Your Team (online )
Jan 31 - Mar 28, 2026
 
AAIE 60th Annual Global Leadership Conversation 2026
Feb 2 - 4, 2026
 
AISA Transformative Technology Summit
Feb 7 - 8, 2026
 
PTC-GTC Who's next on your governance team? 6 'Musts' for Succession Planning
Feb 15, 2026
 
PTC-EAL Instructing and Assessing Multilingual Learners (IAML) (online)
Feb 22 - Apr 25, 2026
 
ISS Virtual iFair®
Mar 7, 2026
 
EARCOS Teachers' Conference 2026
Mar 18 - 21, 2026
 
PTC-CTC Culturally Responsive Counseling in the International School (online)
Mar 28 - May 23, 2026
 
PTC-TLI Curriculum - The Heart of the Teacher Leader Role (online)
Apr 4 - May 30, 2026
 
PTC Leadership and Team Dynamics (online)
Jun 20 - 26, 2026
 
PTC INSTITUTES
TLI - TEACHER LEADERS
Jan 31 - Mar 28, 2026

Apr 4 - May 30, 2026

PRINCIPALS' TRAINING CENTER
Jun 20 - 26, 2026

Jun 22 - 28, 2026

Jun 22 - 28, 2026

Jun 22 - 28, 2026

 

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