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January 2019
THE CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP (ML COURSE) | HANNOVER | 24-25 JANUARY 2019
This core module focuses on the unique and crucial aspect of effective operation of international teacher leadership at the middle level. During the course, participants explore critical aspects of the middle leader role, enhancing understandings, developing knowledge and building and practising skills aimed at strengthening their effectiveness as middle leaders. Participants leave the course with clear plans to assist them in the practical and effective application of their learning. The course will address the following questions: What does research claim…
Find out more »DESIGNING ADULT LEARNING (ML COURSE) | HANNOVER | 26-27 JANUARY 2019
Designing Adult Learning is a hands-on interactive course that gives teachers effective facilitation tools to lead teacher teams. Whether you are interested in being a subject area leader, department head, grade-level team leader or are just interested in being an effective team member, join us! The course will dive deeply into effective facilitation strategies, adult learning theory, leading dynamic and productive professional learning communities, differentiated professional learning models,The A and tools for expanding your professional learning network. This course is…
Find out more »February 2019
Having Hard Conversations | 5-6 February 2019 | Madrid
Course led by: Jennifer Abrams As educational leaders and colleagues, we often come up against situations where difficult topics must be addressed - with supervisees, colleagues, parents or students. What do we know about the best strategies for those moments? What questions should we be asking ourselves before we speak, and what environments are best for when we do speak? Based on Jennifer's books, Having Hard Conversations and Hard Conversations Unpacked, and her work with conflict and interpersonal communication, this…
Find out more »BUILDING & LEADING TEAMS (ML COURSE) | MADRID | 19-20 FEBRUARY 2019
In this two-day course, these questions are explored: What are some characteristics of a highly functioning team? How can I facilitate the creation of a team focused on student learning? How can protocols, structures and norms facilitate thinking and a focus on student learning? What types of conversations are critical, and when are they likely to occur? What processes and behaviours can be prepared in advance to enable difficult situations and conversations to be well managed? From the extensive body…
Find out more »2019 Multilingual Learning Conference (London) | 1-3 March 2019
Join us in London for our 2019 conference, “Unity through Multilingualism: Growing Home, Host, and Instructional Languages." Sub-themes include home language, host country language, EAL, language acquisition/foreign language, and more! The conference will include stimulating presentations on a combination of research-based best practices and approaches, as well as opportunities for workshops, discussions and sharing from both experts and participants. Invited conference speakers include: Jim Cummins, Jean-Marc Dewaele, Lise Fontaine, Ofelia García, Fred Genesee, Mary Hayden, Paul Kei Matsuda, Victoria Murphy and Monika Schmidt.
Find out more »March 2019
Rethinking Assessment Summit | March 7-8 | Frankfurt International School
Join Global Online Academy (GOA) in Frankfurt for Rethinking Assessment! Rethinking Assessment is a two-day summit for educators interested in learning about and developing new assessment practices that promote durable and transferable learning. At this Summit, you will become immersed in emerging thought in the field of designing 21st century assessments and have the opportunity to apply these ideas to your own designs.
Find out more »CURRICULAR DESIGN AND LEADERSHIP (ML COURSE) | DOHA | 22-23 MARCH 2019
In this two-day course, these questions are explored: Why is a guaranteed and viable curriculum fundamental and how as a leader, can you ensure its central role with your team? What role do middle leaders play in supporting the curricular vision of the school and ensuring curricular alignment? What strategies and tools can middle leaders practice to facilitate curriculum development and review? At the centre of teacher leadership is a commitment and desire to improve student learning. We know there…
Find out more »Cultivating Mindful Leadership | Madrid | 22 -23 March 2019
Join us in Madrid for this 2 day workshop designed to help school leaders and aspiring school leaders cultivate the skills, knowledge, and dispositions necessary to develop an effective and sustainable approach to leading in complex and demanding school environments through fostering awareness, resilience and wellbeing in self and in others. Outline Educational leaders have highly demanding careers and typically report their jobs are so chronically stressful that they are often unable to renew and recuperate sufficiently. Although research on…
Find out more »April 2019
MANAGING AND EMBRACING CONFLICT (ML COURSE) | MADRID | 9-10 APRIL 2019
This two-day course focuses on the vital work leaders must do to manage and embrace conflict in their professional lives. During the course, participants learn to identify when they are in a conflict and what their roles and responsibilities are within such a situation; strategies and protocols to draw on for further conversations / dialogue / discussion to prepare for, engage in, and manage conflicts; and to explore ways to recognise and avoid conflicts.The course will address the following questions:…
Find out more »2019 Physical Education Conference (Barcelona) | 15-18 April 2019
The Barcelona Team wants to guide you in the next ECIS PE Conference "Towards an Active World." Our theme this year was inspired by the need to promote a more active and healthier lifestyle. Innovative and inspirational PE teachers can promote this change in attitude which in turn can lead to an improvement in the learning process, healthy habits, and overall well-being of our students. Let us share with you new ideas and methodologies to inspire students, and staff, in embarking on…
Find out more »2019 Leadership Conference (Lisbon) | 24-27 April 2019
We are about to explode into an era of exponential learning. In this era, schools should be embracing a transformative purpose of a scale that will keep pace with exponential learning. From artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and data science to synthetic biology, nanotechnologies, networks, and more, schools are environments for cultivating and constructing an appropriate intersection with society, in order to ensure our young people (and our own institutions) are at the forefront of relevance. This new era…
Find out more »September 2019
Special Needs & Learning Support Conference (Luxembourg) | 27-28 September 2019
Organised by our Special Learning Services special interest group, this conference brings together counselling, student services, and other areas of student support. We anticipate around 120 student support staff to join us in September 2019. Please visit this site again, as we anticipate providing further details regarding registration by December 2018. For now, if you would like to register your interest, please visit the link below.
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