Entries by ECIS

60 Years of Research on Small Schools

60 Years of Research on Small Schools Stuart Grauer   Smaller learning communities are routinely perceived and treated as “less” by virtue of their size when, in fact, they often offer more in essential areas.   Two Ignored Facts: Schools and school districts have grown steadily in size for well over 100 years. Since the […]

Inclusion, Language, Labelling, Needs, & Belonging

INCLUSION, LANGUAGE, LABELLING, NEEDS and BELONGING An illuminating interview with the founder of Global Inclusion Consultancy, Inclusion Expert, author and trainer, Daniel Sobel, who himself has ADHD and has turned it into his ‘superpower’.   At a time when ECIS has been reflecting deeply on inclusion from an international perspective and reflecting on its own […]

Why observing a music lesson can benefit a modern language teacher

Why observing a music lesson can benefit a modern language teacher   Isabelle Wolfe Language Teacher, International School Aberdeen   Instrumental instruction shares a lot of common traits with language instruction. More importantly, modern language teachers can improve their instruction by observing music lessons.   Noam Chomsky developed in the 1950s the theory of universal […]

Organisational Culture in School Settings

Organisational Culture in School Settings Simon O’Connor Director, Deira International School In the second of these articles, Simon O’Connor, Director of Deira International School, explains how lessons from organisational culture in the corporate world can be applied to school settings. ‘A school leader needs to negotiate the minefield of competing values and understand the social […]

Chatbots are here to stay

CHATBOTS ARE HERE TO STAY Paul Magnuson & Beth Dewhurst   It is impossible to keep up with the flood of blogs, podcasts, and scholarly articles about ChatGPT. Provocative article titles and opinions like The College Essay is Dead (Marche, 2022) and The End of High School English (Hermon, 2022) have helped drive current interest, […]

Culture eats strategy for breakfast

Culture eats strategy for breakfast Simon O’Connor Director, Deira International School With the benefit of hindsight, moving to lead a new school in the middle of a pandemic may not have been best timing. However, when I did, I was very conscious of the fact that many successful school leaders fail in their second position […]

Self-Organised PD, Anywhere, Anytime: Uplift!

Self-Organised PD, Anywhere, Anytime: Uplift! Jennifer Carlson & Paul Magnuson   Introduction   We are two educators at two different institutions on two continents with the same interest: Uplift. To learn how other educators define, think about, experience, and practice Uplift, we invited other educators, and created a platform to share our perceptions, perspectives, and […]

Insightful Stories: Call and Chaos

Insightful Stories: Call and Chaos Jill Canillas Daley PYP LIbrarian, American International School of Lusaka   PART 1: CALL AND CHAOS It’s the noise that makes your blood feel like an ice-laden river. It’s waking up out of a deep sleep at 1 in the morning to turn your buzzing phone over and see you […]