Culture change in a lockdown
It’s not just schools who have had to adapt, Munir Mamujee is the Managing Director of a UK based teacher recruiting agency. On March 17th he and his staff packed up the office and went home to work.
It’s not just schools who have had to adapt, Munir Mamujee is the Managing Director of a UK based teacher recruiting agency. On March 17th he and his staff packed up the office and went home to work.
Will Bedford of ISC Research, asks how resilient the international schools’ market has been in historic times of crisis and how this might inform future planning.
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary deeds and extraordinary deeds call for extraordinary people to carry them out. Robert Lloyd Williams looks at the needs of teachers and how they might be supported as they switch to online teaching.
Whatever else changes in education after the lockdown, according to Ger Graus, Global Director of Education for KidZania, widening horizons and raising aspirations must become an integral part of the ‘new normal’. Social mobility should at the heart of all we do.
Stephanie Quayle of ISC Research looks at how schools may be coming through the lockdown phase in China, and what we can all learn from their experience.
School personnel need to provide a safe, supportive environment where children feel free to discuss their thoughts and feelings about war. Leah Davies advises that by listening carefully and answering questions on a level students can comprehend, children will learn that they are not alone in their concerns.
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.
Feature image: Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay
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.
Educational technology is central to the construction of a modern program of learning, argues Matt Harris. To be properly implemented and sustained over time it must have the committed support of a transformational leadership team.
Kyle Kopsick considers that we need to think hard about our global values and examine what we teach and how we teach it using the challenging perspective of postcolonialism. What? Read on!