By Shwetangna Chakrabarty
Students at Utahloy International School Guangzhou (UISG), in Guangzhou, China decided to focus on staff and student wellbeing to mark Teacher Appreciation Week and organized five days of fun and fundraising. .. more
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By Doline Ndorimana
A scent is natural and emanates from the environment. A perfume, on the other hand, is an artificial overlay that tends to create a mood yet doesn't linger long. In my experience, DEI work can tend to function like a perfume. What's in the air at your school?. .. more
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By Robbie Jefferiss
Covid-19 has definitively changed many industries, and Robbie Jefferiss thinks college counseling might be one of them. Is it time to acknowledge that campus visits and college fairs are an outdated model of recruitment in the zoom era?. .. more
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By Alec Aspinwall
In a chapter book created with the help of international school counselors, teachers, principals, and heads of school, Grade 5 twins Patrick and Patricia (aka X-Pats) leave their home country and start new adventures abroad at an international school.. . more
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By Alexandra Ritt Gustad
& Esther Bettney
Translanguaging is the adaptable way in which multilingual people use their languages to communicate. As the action and practice of using a person's full linguistic repertoire to construct meaning, we should be deploying this approach more broadly with our students.. .. more
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By Dr Karen L. Taylor
In an ideal world, feedback and instruction are intertwined and multidirectional. Karen Taylor offers some thoughts on how to make sure that the feedback we offer students is focused specifically on how to improve their work and takes form of questions rather than instructions.... more
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By Libby Sievert
With Schutz American School nearing its centennial celebration, the design team launched a collective process aimed at re-imagining campus. The visual art building got an extraordinary makeover in the most challenging of conditions ... more
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By Tim Johnson & Tony Winch
When the authors decided to give more autonomy and control to their students, some failed to prioritize work, but many adapted well. The new approach generally made students more responsible for their learning, boosted achievement, and taught critical skills. .. more
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By Kim Marshall
Many school leaders turn away from conflict and never realize its potential for promoting growth rather than disorder. When they don't step up, problems fester unresolved, including mediocre and ineffective teaching, racial microaggressions, and systemic inequities. .. more
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What exceptional work have your students produced
this year?
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By Daniel Kerr
This past year has been traumatic for many of us. I think the first step toward healing is for all of us to find space to unpack and talk about how we have been affected and changed since this all began. It can be overwhelming if you stop and think about all of it, which is why it is so easy not to. So many of us keep focused on the silver linings and little joys and gratitudes as a nice defense mechanism... more
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By Matthew Piercy
What could be harder to turn around than a 220,000 ton ship measuring nearly a quarter of a mile long? The education system. The Evergreen serves as a fantastic metaphor. Traction continues to be gained, however, as educational systems move from compliance to empowerment. .. more
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By Margriet Ruurs
Poetry is a universal language. These books, both new and old, invite readers to explore the world... more
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By Paul Magnuson
My colleagues and I have frequent conversations about teaching and student agency. We do so because we are working together with a set of creative elective courses within our traditional school. We call our program Edge, because it is a bit on the fringe, perhaps even a little edgy. There are no grades and we let the students self-organize. Well, mostly. Often we get a little uncomfortable as we watch our students struggle to self-organize... more
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Dominique Velociter has been named Interim Head of School for the French-American School of Princeton, USA. She has led in Head of School roles since 1994. Most recently, Dominique served as Superintendent of Dar Jana International School, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Sam Mills is now Head of School at Sias International School in Zhengzhou, China—an ISS-managed school that opened in August 2020. Sam was most recently the Chief of Staff/Staff Attorney at the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.
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Pamela Chandler is the new Head of Elementary at The International School - Portland, in Portland, Oregon. Most recently, Pamela was the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme Coordinator at the Stamford American International School in Singapore.
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Kim Brettschneider
& Dallas A. Grundy
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Check out the TIE Event Calendar for upcoming events, webinars, and job fairs on- and offline within the international education world.
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May 11th-18th
May 17th 2021
May 19th-23rd 2021
May 19th 2021
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May 22nd 2021
May 23rd 2021
May 27th 2021
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June 19-25, 2021
June 19-25, 2021
June 28 - July 4, 2021
June 28 - July 4, 2021
June 28 - July 4, 2021
July 7-13, 2021
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July 16-22, 2021
July 16-22, 2021
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July 16-22, 2021
June 21-25, 2021
June 21-25, 2021
June 21-25, 2021
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June 28 - July 2, 2021
June 28 - July 2, 2021
July 5-9, 2021
July 5-9, 2021
July 12-16, 2021
July 19-23, 2021
July 19-23, 2021
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