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January 2021
MIDDLE LEADER CERTIFICATE: BUILDING & LEADING TEAMS: 27 & 28 JANUARY 2021
MIDDLE LEADER CERTIFICATE: BUILDING & LEADING TEAMS Wednesday 27 January (9:00 - 11:00) , (11:30 - 13:00) Thursday 28 January (9:00 - 11:00), (11:30 - 13:00) Facilitated by: Nancy Squicciarini, Head of Community Relations, International School of Luxembourg ECIS is working in collaboration with AGIS (The Association of German International Schools) to bring you the Building and Leading Teams course (part of the Middle Leader Certificate Programme). This course will be split into 4 sessions across 2 days and…
Find out more »MIDDLE LEADER CERTIFICATE: MANAGING & EMBRACING CONFLICT: 27 & 28 JANUARY 2021
MIDDLE LEADER CERTIFICATE: MANAGING & EMBRACING CONFLICT Wednesday 27 January (13:00 - 14:30), (15:00 - 16:30) Thursday 28 January (13:00 - 14:30), (15:00 - 16:30) Facilitated by: Helen Morgan, Coach-Trainer-Consultant-Keynote This 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…
Find out more »Implementing a Resilience-Based SEL Program: Promoting Student Success & Providing a Social-Emotional Vaccine: 28 Jan 2021
Implementing a Resilience-Based SEL Program: Promoting Student Success & Providing a Social-Emotional Vaccine Jan 28 2021: 15:00 PRESENTER: William G. Nicoll, Ph.D. & Monica A. Nicoll, Ph.D. Resilience Counseling & Training Center Description: Social-Emotional Competence is now recognized as being of equal, if not greater, importance than academic competence in determining students’ life success. The degree of social-emotional competence might well be thought of as one’ Resilience Quotient (‘RQ’). Research indicates it is one’s RQ (not IQ,…
Find out more »February 2021
WELLBEING CAFÉ: EXPERT TIPS FOR CLEARING A CLUTTERED MIND: 03 FEBRUARY
Welcome to the Wellbeing Café: a series of bi-weekly community conversations via Zoom, facilitated by CreatePositive. All over the world, cafés are welcoming places to pause, gather, exchange news and views and to be refreshed and inspired. EXPERT TIPS FOR CLEARING A CLUTTERED MIND: 03 FEBRUARY This week: Filter out the noise! With books like "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo, people are talking about the positive effects of decluttering. Given educators' seemingly endless…
Find out more »OUTREACH MARKETING IN A VIRTUAL WORLD: 04 FEBRUARY 2021
Outreach marketing in a virtual world 15:00-16:00 GMT Innovation. Design thinking. STEAM. Maker spaces. Our schools have become incubators of 21st-century skills. We are building new spaces, enhancing technology in our curricula, and creating new faculty titles. But, in enrollment management, are we selling these concepts in the same old way? With creeping tuition and lower demand especially in early childhood programs, schools need to reinvent practices that used to be state-of-the-art, such as the typical open house that was…
Find out more »ECIS/ICMEC: HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GROUP: 09 FEBRUARY | 11 MAY 2021
ECIS/ICMEC: Healthcare Professional Practice Group: 09 FEBRUARY | 11 MAY 2021 Intended Audience: Medical professionals, their supervisors, and child protection designates/deputies. Join us for a healthcare professional discussion group. This meeting will enable healthcare professionals working in schools to discuss challenges, model practice, and anonymized cases with Dr. Jordan Greenbaum, child abuse physician with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC). The size of this event will be restricted to enable discussion and participation We intend to offer…
Find out more »DESIGNING ACCESS FOR ALL: 09 & 16 FEBRUARY 2021
Designing Access for All Facilitated by: Jim Ellis & Mark Overmyer Please note: This course is spread across two days (09 and 16 February 2021). How can educators use the concept of access to provide students with opportunities to maximize their independence? In this interactive workshop spread over two, 90-minute sessions, Jim Ellis and Mark Overmeyer invite you to think beyond differentiation and toward universal design as an efficient and impactful method to help students become agents of their own…
Find out more »Making the Leap: Unique Challenges Women Face in Pursuing a Leadership Role: 10 February 2021
Making the Leap: Unique Challenges Women Face in Pursuing a Leadership Role 10 Feb 2021 : 10:00 PRESENTER: Kim Cofino, Co Founder & CEO Eduro Learning Description: Over the past year, Kim Cofino has interviewed over 70 successful women leaders in educational settings around the world to better understand the unique experiences women face in pursuing a leadership role. From Heads of School, to Curriculum Directors, to Principals and Influential Leaders, these interviews were designed to be intentionally inclusive and authentically represent…
Find out more »TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING: 11 FEBRUARY 2021
Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding The purpose of the Institute is to engage in personal and collaborative learning to further develop intercultural understanding in ourselves, each other and the children we teach. Essential Questions ● What is intercultural understanding and why is it imperative? ● How can we nurture and develop intercultural understanding in ourselves, each other and children? ● How does intercultural understanding promote inclusion, equity and social justice? ● How does intercultural understanding foster character and…
Find out more »CANversation: Design for Change: Kiran Bir Sethi and Sarah Kupke | 12 FEBRUARY 2021
CANversation With Kiran Bir Sethi and Sarah Kupke A free webinar from ECIS. 12 February 2021 | 13:00 GMT Join Kam Chohan, ECIS CEO, in conversation with two very dynamic and inspirational educators. During these challenging times, we all need some positivity and good news to inspire the international education world. Kiran Bir Sethi is a Designer who became a Teacher, a Principal who grew into an Education Reformer and subsequently morphed into a Social Entrepreneur. A trained Graphic Designer,…
Find out more »MULTILINGUAL WEEK | 22-27 FEBRUARY 2021
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Our Monday through Saturday theme ‘Collaborations: Developing Every Student’s Linguistic Repertoire’ has been selected as we wish to recognise that collaboration across subjects and school roles can lead to tremendous opportunities for creativity, innovation and enriched perspectives throughout the language learning process. We are committed to discovering and highlighting successful collaborations that may be occurring between researchers, class teachers, language specialists, students and school leaders. Subject to the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are hoping that…
Find out more »March 2021
PHYSED MONTH: MARCH 2021
PHYSED MONTH: MARCH 2021 Get ready for a full month of amazing physical education inspiration, plus some sporty perspiration! Although we're online and would much prefer to be in Amsterdam as originally planned, we'll still have great keynote speakers, dynamic workshops, and an opportunity for some beneficial activities. We'll be announcing more keynotes and workshops over the next few months, so please watch this space for more information. We can't be in the same space, but we can still learn,…
Find out more »ECIS LEADERSHIP SUMMITS: 10 MARCH 2021
ECIS LEADERSHIP SUMMITS: 10 MARCH | 13:00-14:00 FOR ECIS MEMBER SCHOOLS During these very unique and challenging times, it's imperative that we support each other and share best practice. How do we ensure our schools continue to thrive? How do we maintain cohesion with our staff and students? Our best hope is that this can become a safe place for leaders to connect and collaborate! Welcome to the ECIS Leadership Summits, an online collaborative session to discuss issues and solutions,…
Find out more »INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT – FROM ADVERTISING TO APPOINTMENT 18 & 25 MARCH 2021
Due to popular demand, we now have further dates for this workshop. Inclusive Recruitment: From Advertising to Appointment ‘Lived Experience’ One of the root causes in the gap of having a diverse staff representation at all levels is largely due to ineffective recruitment processes. The processes need to be robust in monitoring and evaluating that all outcomes through the recruitment intake cycle are fair and reasonable. The sessions will explore how to ensure that recruitment systems that are put in…
Find out more »April 2021
DIVERSITY & BELONGING, LEADERSHIP 2021: 08-10 APRIL 2021
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! For over 55 years, ECIS, our members, and the communities we serve have faced significant challenges and come through them all by supporting each other and working together. Through the power of commonality and inclusion. It certainly is the most surreal time; thankfully the spirit of community has been re-energised, however, there is still so much more to do. We would suggest that at no other time have International School Leaders had the opportunity to carefully consider…
Find out more »May 2021
LIBRARIES VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: MAY 27-29 2021
LIBRARIES VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: MAY 27-29 2021 Bringing the world together is ultimately about bringing people together - the members of our school communities and those who are part of our much larger global society. It is about learning to live together on this large planet we call home. It is about sharing multiple ideas and viewpoints, and learning from each other. We work to promote the ideals of diversity. The ideals of unity. Not only in our student body and…
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