Matthew Savage, Principal at the International Community School in Amman, Jordan, shares insights into ‘the Mona Lisa Effect’ – a model for personalised learning, which enables us to see beneath the masks that children assume as part of their everyday lives.
Paul Cabrelli identifies five essential qualities of effective school boards.
How three key planning elements can link to form a sustainable strategic plan.
Why flexible strategic plans serve schools well in periods of uncertainty.
Paul Cabrelli looks at the importance of sustainability for strategic planning.
As recruitment has become even more challenging and time-consuming, we think ‘Yes, quite possibly!’ Beth Owen, CEO and co-founder of Searchality, explains the thinking behind her new platform, how it is designed to be different and how it saves people time.
Former Principal of Bangkok Patana, Mrs Nicolette Quekett is 100 years old on April 14. Another former Head of School, Andy Homden, looks back on her remarkable life.
Demand for international education in China continues to grow – but how is the market changing, and what challenges face the sponsors who want to open new schools? Anne Keeling has all the data.
Marine biology is an area of increasing importance to many young people. Jasmine Spavieri looks at the work of Alnitak, and invites schools and students to become involved – by cruising the Mediterranean Sea this summer.
In every outdoor activity there are countless risk factors that must be considered to ensure safe operation and an enjoyable experience. David Gregory suggests a triangle of threats need to be managed – and that this analysis can be applied to other types of risk management.
David Gregory is an experienced outdoor edcuation and ski intructor, based in Australia. On a recent trip to Canada however, he faced a new challenge on Whistler Mountain and realised he had become complacent, and this was undermining his skills as a teacher.
During the summer of 2018, over 1,000 international school teachers and leaders completed the first ever international school wellbeing research. The findings were instructive, reports Anne Keeling.
Taking up a principal’s role for the first time – or taking over at a new school – is tough for anyone. Ciaran McMahon suggests that you have to adjust, be patient, listen, get the right people on your side and acquire “the knowledge”, and thinks they should be more like lambs than lions.