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August 2021
Dialogue with Debra: The Nature of Intercultural Understanding: 05 August
Dialogue with Debra: The Nature of Intercultural Understanding: 05 August "I warmly invite you to join us as we explore the nature of intercultural understanding, and meaningful and powerful ways we can encourage and nurture its growth and development." Debra We are partnered with Debra Rader, international educator, author, consultant and workshop facilitator to offer a monthly series focused on Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding. Developing intercultural understanding is at the heart of international-mindedness, global competence and…
Find out more »Maths Routine Icebreakers: 17 & 24 August
Maths Routine Icebreakers: 17 & 24 August Learn about opportunities to have brief conversations with children about number relationships that are often not used as ice-breakers during the first 3 to 4 months of school. These routine discussions increase children's critical thinking skills and believe it or not - if we dedicate 15 minutes to such conversations on a frequent basis, it will develop their reasoning skills and demystify mathematics overall! The example below gives you an idea of possible…
Find out more »ECIS Book Club: Launch Event: 18 August
We are delighted to launch the ECIS book club, designed to promote our love of literature in a positive & nurturing environment. Our purpose remains to bring our community together to learn about and discuss issues that matters to us. We will also be sharing from our recent libraries conference the list of ‘Good Reads’ that were compiled during the conference. Launch Event: 18 August | 17:00 BST We invite you to join us in reading Sathnam Sangera’s Empireland:…
Find out more »Supporting the Mental Health of Students with Additional Learning Needs, post-pandemic: 23 August
Supporting the Mental Health of Students with Additional Learning Needs, post-pandemic Presented by the Student Support Special Interest Group REGISTER HERE
Find out more »September 2021
ECIS Middle Leader Café: Monthly: Sept 2021-May 2022
ECIS Middle Leader Café: Monthly: Sept 2021-May 2022 ECIS is proud to present a forum for Middle Leaders to elevate their voices and embrace the collective wisdom of the international school community. The ECIS Middle Leaders Café seeks out the issues that Middle Leaders want to discuss while creating and promoting a professional learning network. The ECIS Middle Leaders Café provides the forum and the facilitators to unpack these ideas. As Tanya Tucker stated during the ASCD Symposium, “Teacher leadership…
Find out more »ECIS / ICMEC CHILD PROTECTION RESPONSE TEAM WORKSHOP LEVEL I: 13, 20, 27 Sept & 04 Oct
ECIS / ICMEC CHILD PROTECTION RESPONSE TEAM WORKSHOP LEVEL I Monday 13 September (15:00 - 18:00 BST) Monday 20 September (15:00 - 18:00 BST) Monday 27 September (15:00 - 18:00 BST) Monday 04 October (15:00 - 18:00 BST) This course will be split into 4 x 3 hours sessions and will be delivered virtually via Zoom. The Training is aimed at and priced for a team of 5. It will be delivered live by a multidisciplinary team that…
Find out more »CANversation: Yong Zhao | 15 September
15 September 2021 | 13:00 BST (London) Join Kam Chohan, ECIS Executive Director, in conversation with the inspirational and influential education expert, Yong Zhao. This is a free event via Zoom. Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education…
Find out more »Middle Leader Certificate: Managing & Embracing Conflict: 15, 22, 29 September, & 06 October
MIDDLE LEADER CERTIFICATE: MANAGING & EMBRACING CONFLICT Wednesday 15 September (16:00 – 18:00 BST) Wednesday 22 September (16:00 – 18:00 BST) Wednesday 29 September (16:00 – 18:00 BST) Wednesday 6 October (16:00 – 18:00 BST) Delivered virtually via Zoom you will need to attend all 4 virtual sessions in order to gain the certificate 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…
Find out more »The Enrollment Management Association: Annual Conference: Seattle/Virtual: 21-25 September 2021
The Enrollment Management Association: Annual Conference: Seattle/Virtual: 21-25 September 2021 Are you ready to recharge, reunite, and recommit? Enrollment leaders around the world have reinvented their work, their schools, and themselves. Chances are you might be looking forward to an opportunity to fill up on inspiration, energy, and hope. AC21 is the place to start! ECIS is delighted to be part of #EMAAC21. Here's how you can be part of it. DON'T PASS UP ON THIS GREAT OFFER! All-School Online…
Find out more »Middle Leader Certificate: Building & Leading Teams: 28 Sept, 05, 12, 19 October
MIDDLE LEADER CERTIFICATE: BUILDING & LEADING TEAMS Tuesday 28 September (13:00 - 15:00 BST) (14:00 - 16:00 CET) Tuesday 5 October (13:00 - 15:00 BST) (14:00 - 16:00 CET) Tuesday 12 October (13:00 - 15:00 BST) (14:00 - 16:00 CET) Tuesday 19 October (13:00 - 15:00 BST) (14:00 - 16:00 CET) This course will be split into 4 sessions across 4 days and will be delivered virtually via Zoom. In this course, these questions are explored: What are some characteristics…
Find out more »October 2021
Course reflections: Sharing with our learning community: 12 Oct or 23 Nov
Cultivating Connections – A Teachers Toolkit - Course Reflections, Sharing with our learning community Register for either date here: 12 October 23 November Please note: These sessions serve as follow-ups to the Cultivating Connections course. If you are interested in learning more about how you can be part of it, please visit this link and contact Rachel or Ellen. Con
Find out more »Inclusive Recruitment: From Advertising to Appointment: 19 & 26 October 2021
Inclusive Recruitment: From Advertising to Appointment: 19 & 26 October 2021 (09:00-12:00 London) ‘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 place are consistent, inclusive and…
Find out more »Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding: 20 October
TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING One Day Institute in Partnership with ECIS Online via Zoom: 20 October 2021 Introduction It is a challenging yet exciting time to be an educator. Our world, communities and schools are increasingly multicultural, multilingual and multiracial, and respect and appreciation for difference and diversity are needed more than ever. Intercultural understanding is a vital disposition and competence to develop in ourselves, in each other and in the children we teach, and we all have…
Find out more »November 2021
The Gift of Mindfulness: A powerful mental tool to support our ECIS learners with additional learning needs: 17 November
The Gift of Mindfulness: A powerful mental tool to support our ECIS learners with additional learning needs: 17 November Learn more about the incredible benefits of mindfulness. Presented by the ECIS Student Support Special Interest Group. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »March 2022
ECIS / ICMEC CHILD PROTECTION RESPONSE TEAM WORKSHOP LEVEL II: 01, 08, 15, & 22 March 2022
ECIS / ICMEC CHILD PROTECTION RESPONSE TEAM WORKSHOP LEVEL II Tuesday 1 March (15:00 - 18:00 GMT) Tuesday 8 March (15:00 - 18:00 GMT) Tuesday 15 March (15:00 - 18:00 GMT) Tuesday 22 March (15:00 - 18:00 GMT) FORMAT This course will be split into 4 x 3 hours sessions and will be delivered virtually via Zoom. The Training is aimed at and priced for a team of 5. It will be delivered live by a multidisciplinary team…
Find out more »April 2022
Register Interest: ECIS & NEASC Leadership Conference: 06-08 April 2022
ECIS & NEASC Leadership Conference: 06-08 April 2022 Whether you are interested in taking part as a keynote, presenter, delegate, or exhibitor. complete this short form and you'll be the first to know when registration is live. The hope is for this event to take place face-to-face in St. Albans, UK. A separate virtual event will also take place shortly after the end of the face-to-face event.
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