THIS MONTH IN ITM
This month, Dr. Rita Ke Ren asks what highly effective schools have in common when it comes to inclusion, Joanna Povall looks at the crucial importance of local community membership for international schools and Matt Topliss reports from Kyoto about how a global initiative strengthened his school’s ties with their local community.
Danny Mayson-Kinder reports from Australia about how a family tragedy led to a national initiative that is having a major impact on student wellbeing and Mark Beverley describes an initiative at Sevenoaks School that is helping to define exactly how Smartphones affect school life – how the positives can be accentuated and the negatives mitigated.
Barbara Stoecker continues her series that looks at how best practice in EAL pedagogy can be applied across the curriculum by looking at the role of keeping a glossary, Hamza Yassine wonders if schools are making the most of their powerful MIS and in the light of the devastating earthquake in Venezuela, Adam McRoy reflects on what happened in 2008 in Sichuan.
Finally, Paul Cabrelli and Andy Homden reflect on how partnered international school might develop in the future.
EDITORIAL: AUGUST 2026
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY If you have been lucky enough to be on the founding team of an international school you will
LEADING FOR BELONGING
SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS AND INCLUSION Dr Rita Ke Ren from the Institution of Child Education and Psychology Europe (ICEP) considers the questions that
A KINDER WORLD
FROM AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS TO A GLOBAL MOVEMENT Danny Mayson-Kinder reflects on the work of the b kinder foundation in Australia and its
FROM KYOTO TO THE WORLD
THE CHANGING FACE OF CLIMATE EDUCATION An international climate symposium opens new pathways for students at Kyoto International School. Principal Matt Topliss
MISSING THE POINT?
IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Hamza Yassine looks at how schools may be under-using their MIS and what they can do about
GLOSSARY BUILDING
GOOD FOR EAL, GOOD FOR ALL In the third article about using EAL teaching techniques in other subject areas, Barbara Stoecker looks
A BRICK IN THE WALL
ADDRESSING THE SMARTPHONE PROBLEM Mark Beverley, Director of the Institute of Teaching and Learning at Sevenoaks School discusses the development of a
SICHUAN, 2008
WHY WE REMEMBER Adam McRoy recalls his experience of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan and why it is always remembered in China
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS, LOCAL CULTURE
LEADING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES For Joanna Povall, successful international school leadership requires consistency, care and kindness to blend local and international cultures. Global
PARTNER SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE
How will partnered schools change in the next ten years? As well as asking where new markets for international schools are likely to emerge
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