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September 2018
Managing & Embracing Conflict (ML Course) | Berlin | 14-15 September 2018
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, what their roles and responsibilities are. Participants also learn strategies and protocols to draw on for further conversations / dialogue / discussion, to prepare for, engage in, and manage conflicts, and explore ways to recognise and avoid conflicts. The course will address the following questions: --What are…
Find out more »Designing Adult Learning (ML Course) | London | 22-23 September 2018
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 »Building and Leading Teams (ML Course) | Mumbai | 25-26 September 2018
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…
Find out more »Governance Retreat (Düsseldorf) | 28 September 2018
How does the relationship between the board and the head manifest itself within the framework of Strategy and Vision? What are the roles and responsibilities of each, and what does leading practice look like, in terms of this partnership? How do we dream about (and plan for) the future, alongside the normal business of the board? Join us for a one-day Master Class in governance and leadership where we will focus on these questions and more. This highly interactive retreat…
Find out more »October 2018
2018 ECIS & AISAP Admission and Advancement Conference (Waterloo) | 4-6 October 2018
ECIS and AISAP (Association of Independent School Admission Professionals) have teamed up to provide a dynamic professional development and networking conference. This will be a place for professionals in admission, enrolment management, and advancement of independent and private schools to gather to learn new skills, enhance existing skills, and share best practice. We can be stronger together by learning together! Be ready for an exhilarating three days packed with new discoveries, insights, deep-dive sessions, and more. It's going to be…
Find out more »Curricular Design and Leadership (ML Course) | New York City | 13-14 October 2018
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 »November 2018
Assessment and Leadership (ML Course) | Berlin | 2-3 November 2018
What role do teacher leaders play in ensuring teachers are engaged in current, best practice around assessment? In this course we will cover key areas to deepen the understanding and best practices that should be at the heart of student learning. Explore how you can influence and support the use of internal assessment data to inform teaching and learning. Walk away equipped with practical knowledge, powerful strategies, and with protocols and tools for assessment leadership. In this two-day course, these…
Find out more »2018 Educators Conference (Luxembourg) | 16-18 November 2018
The theme of this year's conference is The Language and Design of Learning -- and do we have lots of learning in store for you! The first 1.5 days are dedicated to deeper learning formats, what we call POPs (problems of practice), where we work together to solve problems of practice and implement immediately in school, with an eye to evidence of impact. The second 1.5 days are filled with eye-popping workshop sessions, led by fellow practitioners who are passionate…
Find out more »February 2019
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
Future of Education Now (Beijing) | 14-17 March 2019
Come engage with educators from around the world at Western Academy Beijing, as we explore ways in which schools have made significant shifts in how students learn and how teachers teach. In short, the Future of Education Now is about the transformative work that is happening in schools. However, rather than focus on the theoretical, we will feature transformations that are already underway, so that educators and leaders can take this knowledge and experience back to their schools in order…
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