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5Rs Partnership: Special Promotion for ECIS Member Schools: Save with their unique tools to build recruitment, retention, and word of mouth in schools
ECIS Schools and The 5Rs Partnership 2021 Special Offers, Discounts, Promotions
Special offer from The 5Rs Partnership to ECIS Member Schools 2021!
For ECIS Member Schools only, The 5Rs Partnership is currently offering until 28 February 2021 a special promotion on its unique suite of tools to build recruitment, retention and word of mouth in schools:
- The School Reputation Assessor: $5,000 USD: http://5rspartnership.com/products/reputation-assessor/
- Fee Strategy Monitor: $5,900 USD: http://5rspartnership.com/fee-strategy-monitor/
- Marketing Message Optimizer: $5,900 USD http://5rspartnership.com/marketing-message-optimiser/
Special Offer/Discount/Promotion:
- Sign up for any single tool above and pay just $4,500 USD! Save up to $1,400 USD!
- Sign up for any two tools above and pay just $8,000 USD! Save up to $3,800 USD!
- Special Offer/Discount/Promotion: Sign up for all three tools above and pay just $10,000 USD! Save $6,800 USD!
Recent School Client Testimonials who have undertaken these Tools:
2021 – Head of Marketing, Kazakhstan International School, Almaty, Kazakhstan:
“Despite Dr Stephen Holmes’ excellent reputation, he has exceeded my expectations! I have been working with Stephen for 6 months, and the transformation at KIS (Kazakhstan International School) has been phenomenal. I can highly recommend his services. Thank you Stephen for your support!”
2020 – Head of School, St. Stephen’s School, Rome, Italy:
“Dr Stephen Holmes is a truly gifted consultant, steeped in the reality and ambition of the independent school world, but flexible and sensitive enough to customize his findings to the lived reality of particular schools.”
2020 – Head of School, Aoba-Japan International School, Tokyo, Japan:
“Often it’s hard to really know the reputation of a school by looking inside from the inside. Stephen Holmes and the team at The 5Rs Partnership have provided Aoba-Japan International School with a validated objective assessment of our reputation. Their assessment is valuable to us because it informs, affirms and confronts our thinking and planning.”
2020 – Senior Vice President, GEMS Education, Dubai, UAE:
“Dr Stephen Holmes has been working with a number of GEMS schools over the past year on how to differentiate each of our schools not only from each other but also from competing schools. During that time, he has brought to us at GEMS and applied unique tools that he has developed over a long period of time specifically to provide schools with platform for identity building and differentiation, most especially through the crucial areas of teaching pedagogy and curriculum. This has provided our schools with a whole new lens as to how they might effectively distinguish themselves and build authentic positioning.”
For More Information:
- About Us: The 5Rs Partnership, established in 2004, based in Singapore, is a specialist strategic planning, marketing, market research, reputation management, and governance consultancy for schools and universities to build success. The 5Rs Partnership services are known and sought after globally – commissioned regularly for major education projects in each of: Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, South America, the US, UK, and New Zealand.
- Our Team – School Specialists: http://5rspartnership.com/school-specialists/
- Client Testimonials: http://5rspartnership.com/client-testimonials/
- Sample Projects – Schools: http://5rspartnership.com/sample-projects/schools/
Contact Us:
Dr Stephen Holmes
Principal and Founder
Email: s.holmes@5rspartnership.com
Website: http://5rspartnership.com/
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Mr Ray Davis
Senior Consultant
Email: r.davis@5rspartnership.com
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The 5Rs Partnership based in Singapore, established in 2004, is a specialist strategic planning, marketing, market research, reputation management, and governance consultancy servicing schools across the world.
The 5Rs Partnership has unmatched expertise, client list and perspective in key areas- our team is led by Dr Stephen Holmes (globally renowned authority in-school marketing and reputation management) and Mr Ray Davis (former CIS global Director of School Evaluation for 800 international schools in 122 countries- and a Head of 4 leading schools internationally). LEARN MORE
Our services are known, commissioned and retained with schools in each of: Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, South America, US, UK, and New Zealand. LEARN MORE
The essence of The 5R’s Partnership’s global acclaim and value to schools for 3 decades is:
- Unmatched school experience, expertise and client base with schools globally.
- We know ‘how to’ build enrolment and retention success in competitive contexts.
- A range of unique, robust, low-cost tools/IP specific to support school success.
- Renowned for delivering deployments that are understood internally and impactful.
- Unmatched advantage in Dr Stephen Holmes, the only full-time consultant with a PhD in-school marketing. LEARN MORE
Tools to Build School Enrolment and Retention in Challenging Times.
For the first time, in addition to our bespoke consulting services, we offer European schools 3 low cost, robust, unique tools and processes to address critical challenges now faced:
SCHOOL ENROLMENT/RETENTION TOOLS | SCHOOL WIDE OUTCOMES/DELIVERABLES | DAYS
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The Reputation Assessor
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360 evaluation and benchmarking of school reputation. Best practice actions and framework to build reputation, word of mouth and referral. | 11 days
€6000 Elapsed time to complete: 4 weeks. |
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Marketing Messaging | 1.How to best compete - optimal messages and cost-effective marketing.
2.Where to compete - right messages for various audiences. 3.How to refine the school offer to align with all marketing messages. |
11 days
€5400 Elapsed time to complete: 4 weeks. |
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Fee Strategy Testing and Setting | A competitive structure. Value for money validation and sensitivity for various fee levels and service bundles. Maximise your attractiveness for parent choice and enrolment. | 10 days
€5400 Elapsed time to complete: 4 weeks. |
THE 5RS PARTNERSHIP MODEL
AISAP
The Association of Independent School Admission Professionals (AISAP) is the primary resource and leading advocate for the community of independent school admission and enrollment management professionals. We provide education and leadership through training and collaborative dialogue, serve as a communications hub for a network of like-minded and connected professionals, and act in a teaching capacity with a focus on partnerships, advocacy, and access. LEARN MORE
ASIC: Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges & Universities
Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges, and Universities (ASIC)
A UK based and government-approved body, our global footprint now spans over 65 countries. With 400+ accredited and member institutions representing a diverse range of education providers, we are now one of the world’s largest international accrediting agencies.
We believe quality assurance should lead to demonstrable impact. ASIC has a proven track record with glowing recommendations from our institutions about the tangible results our work produces.
Our inspectors are keen to reward commendable and innovative approaches. We, in turn, learn from our institutions; allowing us to continually shape our standards with the future of international education in mind.
Beyond our work in the education sector, we are passionate about seeing young people reach their potential. Through our charitable foundation, we fund and support projects that give back to our local community as well as special projects that touch our hearts internationally.
Please head over to the ASIC Global website to learn more.
BlueSky Education: Engage and develop your people aligned to strategic goals
BlueSky Education
Engage and develop your people aligned to strategic goals.
BlueSky is the multi award-winning comprehensive solution that supports school leaders and staff with appraisal, professional development, quality assurance, school evaluation and improvement. BlueSky helps schools and groups to elevate outcomes by putting people at the centre of a professional dialogue.
Appraisal
Create an agile objective cycle, aligning staff development with school and team priorities to build a culture of ongoing dialogue. Streamline and reduce the burden of appraisal practices with activities including objective setting, developmental reviews and self-reflection (against national and bespoke standards) all tracked in one flexible online solution.
Professional Learning
Our powerful platform supports the streamlining of professional learning. House your entire CPD programme and content. Build a culture of collaboration and a shared understanding of professional learning’s impact on organisation goals. All school staff have a lifelong learning portal to engage and record their own career journey.
Quality Assurance
Use BlueSky to create a quality assurance approach that reflects your organisation’s culture, easily and transparently tracking activities such as formal observations, instructional coaching and developmental drop-ins. Our reporting dashboard enables you to identify emerging talent, influence CPD strategy and evaluate teaching over time.
Strategic Development
With BlueSky, all the information gathered at the individual, team and organisation level is used to inform and support the strategic development of an organisation. It also enables easy evaluation of the progress of strategic development aims and plans. BlueSky is equally effective and supportive in a small one form entry school as it for a group of schools.
BlueSky is the only solution of its kind endorsed by ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders) and CST (Confederation of School Trusts). Learn more: blueskyeducation.co.uk
BlueSky Learning - High quality online CPD for teachers and schools
BlueSky Learning is an online platform offering easy-to-access, flexible professional development modules that can be accessed by individual teachers or integrated into school CPD programmes. BlueSky Learning is shortlisted for the ‘Innovator of the Year’ Bett Award 2022.
Featuring 120+ hours of research-based and practitioner-led sessions, BlueSky Learning provides focused interactive learning that enhances current knowledge, develops new skills and improves strategies for classroom teaching and behaviour management.
Individuals use BlueSky’s award-winning portable portfolio to build a complete record of their CPD journey. Senior Leaders use BlueSky’s market-leading tool to report, track engagement and evidence impact.
BlueSky Learning subscriptions are available on an individual, school or school group basis, starting at £40 for an individual, or £375 for a small school. Existing users of BlueSky Education can access a discounted rate. Visit blueskylearning.co.uk to learn more.
Advantages of choosing BlueSky Learning for Schools and Groups
· Research-informed and practitioner-led
· Strategically target and manage learning
· Focused and directed CPD
· Track engagement and evaluate impact
· Cost-effective and time-saving
· Online and flexible
· Professional growth for all staff
Contact Us
T: 01483 880004 E: hello@blueskyeducation.co.uk
Blue Tulip Consultancy
Blue Tulip Consultancy have over 20 years’ expertise on diversity, inclusion and management/leadership development. They support the education and business sectors in developing a strategic and operational approach to the changing stance on inclusive and fair practice. LEARN MORE
Carney Sandoe Associates
CIP: College Internship Program: Summer 2021 dates now available
The College Internship Program (CIP) has announced dates and locations for their 2021 summer programs for teens and young adults with autism and other learning differences.
Next summer, CIP will offer Summer@CIP, their traditional two-week in-person program at five highly-rated college locations in addition to SummerSessions@CIP, a virtual program that was successfully launched last year. The 2021 schedule has been designed to provide multiple options for families due to any possible restrictions surrounding COVID-19. All programs will be offered between June 27th through August 6th, 2021. Program dates and locations can be found on CIP's website.
CIP is one of the world’s most comprehensive transition programs for teens and young adults with autism and other learning differences, offering support with college, independent living, and employment.
"The transition from adolescence to young adulthood for people with learning differences is a critical time in one's life," commented CIP President Dan McManmon. ”Our tight-knit groups of participants will learn strategies for making a well-prepared transition to life after high school including independent living skills, practice socialization and recreation, and college readiness, all in a very safe and structured environment.”
The traditional two-week summer program will be offered on-site at five college campuses where students will live in college dorms and experience a taste of college life. Students will learn new skills that are embedded in CIP’s cutting edge programming that has been crafted to meet the unique needs and interests of students who learn differently. Participants will also spend time with peers exploring activities in the surrounding community with an emphasis on making new friends and having fun.
The virtual program will be offered Monday-Friday July 19-30. Participants will benefit from CIP’s expert staffing, small group cohorts, and ample opportunities for fun and socializing such as virtual escape rooms and scavenger hunts. Participants enroll in SummerSessions@CIP from across the US and internationally. Parent workshops will also be offered.
Kristen, a parent of a recent participant stated “Cameron had a wonderful time, and the summer program really exceeded our expectations, honestly. It’s usually hard to engage students online for so many hours per day, but Cameron came off every evening feeling energized and happy. Thank you.”
CIP has specialized in the educational needs of teens and young adults with autism and learning differences for over 35 years, offering year-round residential and summer transition program options with unparalleled supports since 1984. CIP’s summer programs are designed to offer a pathway for families to help them determine the best next steps for their young adults with learning differences.
Email us at info@cipsummer.com for updated information on tuition, early discounts, and video contest scholarship opportunities, or call 877-566-9247.
DataClassroom
DataClassroom is a web-app for graphing, statistics, and data analysis in the grade 6-12+ STEM classroom.
The tool runs on any device that accesses the internet and can integrate with learning management systems such as Schoology, Clever, and Google Classroom. The tool has been developed by teachers and professional scientists to provide educators the opportunity to integrate next-generation data skills seamlessly with the learning experiences they're already creating.
Product highlights:
- An ever-expanding, searchable library of Ready-to-Teach lessons featuring real data from scientific studies and classic experiments
- Easy-to-use graphing tools that enables students to make expert-level graphs in seconds
- The ability to quickly upload and analyze student and classroom experimental data
- Every statistical test and measurement educators and students need, including hypothesis tests and descriptive statistics
Debra Rader Institute: Join Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding: 20 October 2021
Online Institute via Zoom
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 a critical role to play in nurturing its development.
The coronavirus pandemic has reminded us that we are all part of a common humanity and that we have a shared responsibility to take care of ourselves, each other and the planet we call home. We have been given pause to consider what is most important in life and have rediscovered the need for connection and community, love and compassion. Human beings have an enormous capacity to counteract xenophobia and racism. Ongoing events worldwide remind us of the need to teach for compassionate, respectful, equitable and inclusive human relationships.
Facilitators
Debra Rader, Sarah Kupke, and Kam Chohan are three passionate educators who believe deeply in the importance of developing intercultural understanding for a better world. We are fully committed to promoting an appreciation and respect for difference and diversity, and working with children and adults to create inclusive learning communities where everyone is valued, affirmed and thrives. We have been classroom teachers and administrators, and have worked in national and international schools.
DreamRider Productions
- Based on cutting-edge Canadian educational pedagogy, with students engaged and active learners.
- led by a website that teachers project at the front of the class - plug & play with minimal teacher training required.
- Engages students with fun arts-based activities and 'superhero' missions to lead change in their families, school & wider community.
- Promotes 21st Century Skills, including communication, critical thinking, collaboration & creativity.
Eduro: 10%-off Women Who Lead programme
Eduro Learning is proud to collaborate with ECIS to announce our newest initiative: Women Who Lead. We have interviewed Heads of School, Curriculum Directors, Principals, and Influential female leaders to provide a window into their personal leadership journeys, so you can hear from them, exactly what it’s like to pursue this path. ECIS is proud to offer our membership schools 10% off of the Women Who Lead programme. Please contact membership@ecis.org to find out more about your discount code or about becoming an ECIS School to receive a discount.
Edval Education: Experts in the art of timetabling
Experts in the art of timetabling, Edval Education has been focused on solutions-based software and services for school timetabling for over 20 years. A TES global company, we aim to help schools get better outcomes for teachers and students through smarter timetabling.
A trusted provider of unparalleled software, timetable solutions and support, we listen to our customers, creating innovative software based on their needs and requirements.
We can help with:
Timetabling
- Easily create & maintain school data
- Auto-staffing and auto-rooming
- Automatically spread manage your timetable
- Construct the timetable, by either an automated or a manual process
- Automatically fix teacher and/or room clashes
- Comprehensive class list management
- Export or synchronise with/to third party systems
- and more!
Daily Organisation
- Manage day-to-day variations to your cyclical timetable
- Store teacher, room, class and student information
- Record excursions, events and other non-cyclical timetable activities
- Create and staff exam timetables
- Cover classes and duties with casuals, extras, in-lieus or teacher swaps either automatically or manually
- Manage room changes and bookings
- Produce Daily Bulletins that can be printed or emailed to staff
- Produce Day Sheets that can be printed or emailed to staff to show a teacher's timetable for the day
- Produce analysis reports of staff absences, teacher statistics, cost savings
- and more!
Student Choices
- Easily collect student preferences online
- Ensures students select the correct number and type of subjects to meet school specified curriculum requirements.
- Syncs directly into the Edval timetable file
- Set rules, constraints and prerequisites for courses within Edval
- Secure online interface for students
- and more!
Edval also offer software and services to help schools with Parent Teacher Interviews, Curriculum and school development, timetable construction, school resource optimisation and more.
To learn more and our software and services, click here.
Edmentum
Edmentum: Helping Learners Learn Anytime, Anywhere, and Educators Build School Around Every Student
Putting educators at the heart of everything we do, Edmentum provides award-winning programs that are used by schools across 80 countries globally.
With our programs, personalized, hybrid, blended, and distance learning can become a simple fulfilment for your school.
INTRODUCING OUR PROGRAMMES
EducationCity – Our K-6 program provides educators with curriculum-mapped content and assessments, actionable data, and automated personalized learning for every student across the core subjects.
Exact Path – Our award-winning K-12 program provides adaptive diagnostic assessments that identify learning gaps and create individualized learning paths to promote academic growth exactly where it’s needed.
Study Island – Our K-12 practice and classroom assessment program supports students in achieving grade-level proficiency with engaging test preparation and practice tools for the whole class.
EdOptions Academy – Our K-12 Cognia accredited online school offers additional courses (over 600 courses), including credit recovery and Advanced Placement courses, all taught by certified teachers.
Courseware – Our award-winning K-12 fully resourced, digital curriculum enables course expansion for schools (over 400 courses) with online instruction and assessment journals as an alternative to textbooks.
Social Emotional Courses – Our Partnership with BASE Learning enables us to provide fully remote, CASEL approved, social-emotional learning courses to help develop and support the whole student.
FEV Tutor – Our partnership with this personalized on-demand tutoring service means we can support students 24/7.
See how other schools around the world are using our programs to enhance student growth.
Evidence Based Education: WIN two staff places on the Assessment Lead Programme (worth £1,200)
WIN two staff places on the Assessment Lead Programme (worth £1,200)
Understanding what your students know and what they need next is more important than ever before.
In line with the best available evidence in teacher CPD, the Assessment Lead Programme enables school leaders to make more reliable judgements about what students know, can do, and need next.
Broken down into four modules and delivered entirely online, the programme includes practical tools and resources, guidance for implementation, a collaborative model of development and expert support, sustained over time.
Faria Education Group
Faria Education Group was founded over 15 years ago to transition schools from paper onto a curriculum-focused learning platform, saving schools time while providing a better experience for the whole school community. Today, Faria powers over 10,000 schools & districts and 3 million students with a suite of 6 services: ManageBac is Faria’s flagship product and the leading curriculum planning, assessment, and reporting platform for IB World Schools serving the full IB continuum.
AtlasNext is a curriculum-first learning platform for independent and international schools worldwide. Pamoja provides flexible online learning solutions for students and schools. OpenApply is an online admissions management platform supporting the applicant journey from enquiry to enrolment. SchoolsBuddy is an innovative web and mobile solution for extra-curricular management and online payments. Curriculum Trak provides an integrated platform offering curriculum management for faith-based schools. Together with our integration partners, world-class support, and PD offerings, we offer schools a full range of services to meet all of their needs.
Fairchild Consulting
From MS Suzanne Murray Bed Hons NPQH:
As a Consultant, in the field of Safeguarding, Child Protection, Wellbeing and Inclusion, and as an educator, I believe that my understanding and approach to my work has been shaped by my deep understanding of learning organisations. I offer a range of services to support the education, safeguarding and protection of children in education, sport, extra-curricular and extended learning environments. I believe that policy is only effective when evident in practice and work to ensure that schools and organisations can adopt a strategic approach in a practical manner, allowing for a consistent understanding and implementation. The embedding of a “Culture of Care” which ensures that safeguarding is dovetailed with and builds on excellent pastoral care and wellbeing, ensure that children needs are prioritised and that actions speak louder than words.
Previously as Safeguarding Manager – Asia for the Cognita group, I developed and implemented a safeguarding strategy, within a “Culture of Care” ensuring consistent of practice across all Asia Schools and organizations within the group. I acted as an advisor, supporting training and development, implementation of safeguarding curriculum, case, crisis, and allegations management.
As a skilled administrator, with extensive leadership and management experience in 5 schools, I have led strategic, operational, and cultural change in education. I have experience of conducting school safeguarding reviews in national and international settings. My position and various roles have offered me the opportunity to public speaker at national level in the UK and Internationally and to contribute to the training of others.
I believe we have a responsibility to prepare children for the 21st Century and am I passionate in my belief that we have a moral duty to safeguard and protect all children in all learning environments.
FairChild Safeguarding Ltd
461B Street Lane
Leeds LS17 6RA
Phone number: 00 (44) 7979522742
Email: suzanne@fcsafeguarding.com
FIction Express: 3-MONTHS FREE TRIAL FOR ECIS MEMBER SCHOOLS!
FICTION EXRESS: 3-MONTHS FREE TRIAL FOR ECIS MEMBER SCHOOLS
Fiction Express is an award-winning literacy resource for schools which offers a unique reading experience. It has been designed to improve poor reading habits by connecting students with professional authors, encouraging reading for pleasure through fun co-creation of stories.
Fiction Express covers the four aspects of language learning: reading, grammar, oral skills and writing.
Available in English, both for English-native schools and English Language Training (ELT), and Spanish.
The 6-step Fiction Express methodology has been developed with the goal of increasing children's reading engagement - both in school and at home - by placing them in the centre of the creative writing process and reading experience.
How it works
*READ: Weekly stories published live.
*VOTE: Be part of the story and decide what happens next.
*TALK: Share ideas on the Community Forum and get rewarded.
*ANSWER: Each chapter comes with online comprehension questions.
*ENJOY the projects: Teacher resource to exploit the learning potential.
*MEASURE: Real time tracking dashboard
Findel
Findel draws on deep roots to help schools, nurseries and educational establishments flourish. We’re specialists in educational resources worldwide and have spent over 200 years winning the trust of the educational communities we supply. We know them, value them and make it our mission to understand them, inside out.We strive to always lead the way, supporting educators with new tools and services that help them work smarter and make a measurable difference to future generations.Our range of resources gives schools and nurseries choice, value and quality. We also develop thousands of our own products that simply can’t be found elsewhere, from English, Maths and Computing to Science, Sport and Special Educational Needs. What’s more, every product we create is inspired, tested and loved by teachers. Find out more using the links below.
GL Education
For over 35 years, the GL Education Group has provided rigorous and high-quality assessments for children’s education, mental health, and wellbeing.
Our portfolio of published tests includes widely-used assessments such as the Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT), Progress Test in Maths, and New Group Reading Test. In fact, our resources and services are now used in British, bilingual and international schools in over 100 countries worldwide.
To ensure our assessments incorporate the very latest thinking and research, we have worked together with numerous distinguished organisations in the UK and abroad, including King’s College London, the University of Cambridge, the University of Michigan and the Australian Council for Educational Research.
We are also partnered with numerous professional organisations internationally, such as FOBISSEA, ECIS, BSME and COBIS. In the UK, our many partnerships include the NAHT, ASCL and the IAA.
Assessment has changed dramatically over the last decade and the GL Education Group has been at the forefront of this change. By taking a joined-up approach, our assessments link together to cover the cornerstones of ability, attainment and attitudes, enabling you to build a whole pupil view and improve teaching and learning.
Our pioneering approach is also reflected in the popularity of our online assessments. In fact, we have already delivered over 6 million online tests to date and over 50% of our international customers favour our digital assessments that deliver immediate results and can be used on demand throughout the year. More about online testing
To further increase the value your school gives to each and every pupil, we have also developed an integrated support system that helps you maximise school improvement.
Our international division is supported by its own dedicated Customer Services team who are experienced in the international education market and understand the specific needs of international schools. To discuss your school’s unique assessment and school improvement requirements, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Global Equality Collective
The Global Equality Collective is taking diversity and inclusion a step further and making it easy for you to put equality first. Equality benefits everyone.
GEC Educators will support students as they learn and grow, and our educational organisations will break out of binary thinking about gender and all the assumptions that go along with gender.
GEC Businesses will continue this journey and work on developing a learning mindset about diversity and inclusion, focussing on education and openness to change. GEC-kitemarked organisations ensure that all employees are treated equitably and fairly.
In the GEC world, you will be free to be who you want to be, regardless of the gender you identify as or your intersection of characteristics.
HEDKY: Up to 50% discount for ECIS Members
HEDKY is helping international schools digitise every type of ECA (in primary/secondary/
kindergarten).
Now all ECA programs are on one single App!
For ECIS members, we are delighted to offer for 2021 a discount of up to 50%
Basic licence - 10% discount
Standard licence - 25% discount
Premium licence - 50% discount
International schools love how our platform makes them more efficient.
Get in touch with us to schedule an online demo!
Find out more by visiting www.hedky.fr
ICMEC: International Centre for Missing & Exploted Children: Child Protection Update 7: Parent support over school break
Child Protection Update 7: Parent support over school break
Why now?
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- During the pandemic, sexting behaviour has increased as a way for isolated students to connect with each other or get validation or attention.
- Self-harm and suicide are outcomes of non-consensual sharing of sexual images and of trauma. These numbers are rising globally.
- Parents should know what to do if a child discloses that they have shared a sexual image. Information sheet here.
See trends, research, and news in CP News.
Time for conversations
A number of new tools have been launched to support parent conversations with children around safety and harm.
Research indicates schools and parents await too long before conveying critical information to children about adult content online or healthy touch. Most children have already viewed adult sexual content online by the age of 11.
Good tips for schools to share include:
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- 'talking up' rather than down to the child (framing it as a way for the adult to learn about a child's experiences)
- planning for several smaller conversations rather than conveying information at one time.
- use materials depicting children a little older than your child rather than younger or the same age.
A number of vetted conversation starter videos and resources are at EdPortal.ICMEC.org / Curriculum / Family Resources. You will find curriculum scope and sequence and lesson resources here also.
During this holiday time, you might also provide this more lighthearted conversation between children and parents about social media, consent and 'Sharenting'
Specifically for younger children
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- Build and Talk Lego - A program to support conversations while building about online safety, and abuse prevention. Learn more about the program here.
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- Healthy touch conversation guide here.
- WHO Parenting Infographics (in 70+ languages)
- Hot Chocolate Talk (Committee for Children)
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Specifically for 11 and up
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- Expert on how to speak to children about sexting
- Child abuse content on Pornhub results in calls for conversations with children
- What to do if your child has disclosed sexting or abuse
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Looking Ahead
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An online facilitator course for Parents as Partners, a community outreach framework funded by the Office of Overseas Schools is coming in early 2020. Learn more about Parents as Partners here. The virtual course registration link will be listed in Regional Safeguarding Events in early 2021.
An ICMEC sponsored working group on service-learning and rights-based child protection will be formed next year. The group will draft a resource to support child protection risk assessments and evaluation of children's rights and dignity related to service-learning programs. If you would like to recommend a colleague who is engaged in this work, please let us know. We will aim for diversity in a school location, and participant role and nationality, and may not be able to accept all those interested. If you'd like to be considered, please share your contact details, region and role to EdPortal@ICMEC.org.
This is the final child protection update of 2020. You can view previous updates here. Thank you for prioritizing the care of children during this challenging year. Wishing you peace and health in the new year.
International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children | 2318 Mill Road, Suite 1010 | Alexandria, VA 22314 | +1 (571)302-8912
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Visit the Education Portal at EdPortal.ICMEC.org
Insync Global Education
Insync Global Education, a UK regd company, offers international school owners the unique service of a company to which they can outsource the management of their school and its operations. This provides school owners with the knowledge that their operations will be optimised across to maximise the potential for its financial success, and their pupils’ best outcomes.
As well as management, we offer a complete 360° service including advisory, consultancy, audit, financial, and accreditation support for schools offering English, American, IB, and French curricula, whether you are at the concept stage, or have been open 40 years. Our support could include embedding a manager with you to train your management team, to placing one leader, or a complete complement of leaders from the COO to middle managers. We also provide complete governance and management training.
To find out more about IGE and what we offer go to: International Schools Management and Consultancy (insyncglobaleducation.com)
To find out more about IGE’s outsourced management service go to: Management solutions and consultancy for your international school (insyncglobaleducation.com)
To contact us, go to: https://www.insyncglobaleducation.com/international-school-management-consultancy-contact
International Education Services
International Education Services is quickly becoming recognized as one of the industry’s fastest-growing recruitment firms in the education field. We endeavor to facilitate professional partnerships between international schools and educators by building meaningful, long-lasting relationships through transparent communication and personalized attention.
Our vision is to unite schools and education professionals with the common goal of building school communities that value safety, inclusion, and integrity and guiding students to become well-rounded lifelong learners and global citizens. This is confidently achieved through our ability to understand what schools require and what the teachers are looking for in their placements. As a result, we acquire the best candidates and achieve the best results. LEARN MORE
isams
Launching in 2005, iSAMS became the first supplier of fully web-based Management Information Systems for schools around the world. Since then, we have continually developed our software to enrich the future of education and empower the continued success of schools and their students. We’re proud that we now support over 950 schools in more than 80 countries. As their trusted MIS partner, we provide these schools with an effective system that can be accessed anywhere and at any time whilst enhancing every aspect of school life – from supporting rapid growth in student enrolment and streamlining accounting and fee billing processes, to managing essential student data and offering compatibility with multiple curriculums. Find out more by visiting www.isams.com.
Lantana Publishing: The New York Times select "A Story About Afiya" as one of the 25 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF 2020!
Lantana is an award-winning children’s book publisher and social enterprise with a mission to publish inclusive books celebrating diversity, social and emotional learning and environmental sustainability.
We work with authors from under-represented groups, and from across the globe, and print our books with non-petroleum-based inks on Forest Stewardship Council certified paper to minimise our carbon footprint.
For ECIS members, we’re delighted to offer a 10% discount on book purchases from our site, using coupon code ECIS10 at checkout.
LATEST NEWS
Les Elfes International ski & field trips for schools in Switzerland: FREE cancelation / no payment until end of Sept 21
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Since 1987, Les Elfes has been running ski- & field trips for the international school community. Each year, we welcome over 150 schools from all over the world to our campuses in Verbier, La Tzoumaz, and Crans-Montana in Switzerland. We have a portfolio of different carefully designed programs, which ensure enriching “out-of-classroom” experiences.
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- Les Elfes ski trips are starting on 27.11.2021 until 23.04.2022 (package attached)
- We are offering free cancellation at any time with a full refund
- No financial commitment is asked until the end of September 2021
- COVID-FREE camp. Les Elfes camps has been open since Summer 2020 and welcomed around 500 students. Thanks to the COVID-19 measures in place, none has been tested positive.
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Lexis Education
Lexis Education provides a range of expert services internationally in the field of language, literacy, and learning, with a particular focus on the area of English as a second language. These services include professional development, curriculum materials development, classroom-based research initiatives, and general consultancy in language and literacy. LEARN MORE
Moreland University: 1-week professional development course every month, at no charge!
Helping #Schools During COVID-19: Free Professional Development Course
As part of our commitment to educators around the world who are having to toggle back and forth between physical and virtual instruction, we are offering one 1-week professional development course on the 15th of every month, at no charge.
Topics will change from month to month, in order to provide sufficient breadth during the school year, for as long as schools anywhere in the world need to respond to health security concerns for physical classrooms. We recognize that teachers need access to “just-in-time” professional development in order to ensure their instructional effectiveness, and we want you to know that we are here to support you throughout this unprecedented time.
DIFFERENTIATION AND STUDENT-CENTERED ONLINE LEARNING
Building off of the theme of the previous month (see below), this PD allows candidates to make use of data to create an inclusive classroom led by students and focused on their needs.
The start of a new year is an optimal time to establish or re-establish goals for the social and emotional (SEL) wellbeing of students and teachers. In this course, participants will learn tools and strategies to mindfully integrate SEL within curriculum and instruction as a means to foster a classroom culture of wellbeing, engagement, and achievement. Tapping into professional learning communities, participants will build community among colleagues to support student growth and development.
DURATION: 1 WEEK. Your cohort kicks off with a one-hour synchronous class meeting, with structured activities and assignments to be submitted during the week.
CLASS MEETINGS: You will start your cohort with a class meeting on: February 15th
CE CREDIT: 1 CEU (15 clock hours)
COST: NO CHARGE!
The Safeguarding Company - MyConcern: 5% discount off the annual license fee for ECIS Member Schools
The Safeguarding Company, formerly One Team Logic, provides the only truly 360º approach to safeguarding available today through our range of solutions that prevent, reduce and eliminate abuse, harm, and neglect; solutions that protect the wellbeing, health, and human rights of children and adults all over the world.
You may know us best for MyConcern, our award-winning, secure and easy to use the system for the recording and management of all levels of safeguarding and pastoral concern, but we also provide Sentry, an SCR solution that supports the safer recruitment process, Clarity, our multi-establishment solution that gives high-level, anonymized reporting at group level and world-class customer service, advice and support.
MyConcern, is a safeguarding solution designed by child protection experts with backgrounds in policing, social care and education and used by thousands of schools across the UK and in more than 30 countries around the world. MyConcern enables early intervention by helping pastoral leaders to identify patterns and trends through centralised, secure record-keeping and case management. The platform gives peace of mind to teachers and safeguarding leads and is a powerful tool for school leaders to demonstrate the effectiveness of their pastoral support arrangements to inspectors and other stakeholders.
ECIS members are eligible for discounted access to MyConcen, talk to us to find out more.
“MyConcern gives me peace of mind that all the information I need to protect students has been accurately recorded and I can access this securely at any time.”
– Alka Maher, High School Counsellor, ACS International School Doha
Exclusively for ECIS members: MyConcern offers a 5% discount on our annual license fee, which may be more affordable than you think – we pride ourselves on being exceptionally competitive simply contact us to discuss your needs.
NEO LMS: Disaster-Proof Learning Kit, Free resources for educators and a Special offer
Disaster-Proof Learning Kit
Recent events have pushed most schools and universities to find alternative teaching and learning methods, having to rely mostly on distance learning solutions.
That's why we created this page full of helpful resources and tools for educators looking for an easy way to get started with e-learning. We'll keep updating this page with new resources while you keep learning and teaching. LEARN MORE
SPECIAL OFFER
Fast Start Bundle for Schools and Universities
We want to support schools by providing a fast solution to get started with e-learning and quickly set up a learning environment using NEO LMS.
That’s why we created a Fast Start Bundle to help schools speed up their transition to online learning. This bundle includes all the essential tools and services schools need to move classroom activities online, while also making them more engaging and effective.
Find out what’s included in the Fast Start Bundle right HERE.
ABOUT US:
NEO by CYPHER LEARNING
NEO is a world-class, award-winning learning management system (LMS) for schools and universities. The platform is known for delivering a great user experience while incorporating all the essential tools schools need to support effective teaching and learning.
NEO is a product of CYPHER LEARNING, a company that specializes in providing learning platforms for organizations around the world. CYPHER LEARNING provides a similar LMS for use by businesses called MATRIX and an LMS for use by entrepreneurs called INDIE. CYPHER
LEARNING products are used by over 20,000 organizations, have millions of users, and have won several awards.
Institutions throughout the world use NEO as their tool of choice to manage all classroom activities. NEO is used by organizations ranging from large universities such as STIs in the Philippines, school districts such as Santa Barbara Unified School District, and small schools with 20 students in Spain.
What makes NEO the best solution for schools:
- An intuitive design that keeps users engaged
- Powerful features that support efficient teaching and learning
- Cloud-based architecture that ensures a fast implementation
- Reduced costs and license fees based on your needs
NHL Stenden University
NHL Stenden. Groundbreaking.
By expanding your boundaries there is no telling what you might accomplish. That is why we challenge our students, staff and partners every day to discover and develop their talents, as part of a journey that transcends the limits of their own professional field and immediate environment.
Our multi-campus university of applied sciences is firmly rooted in the northern part of the Netherlands while at the same time maintaining a strong international focus. At all our Dutch and international branches, we are always looking for new ways to successfully integrate education, research, and the latest developments in the professional world. Our students embark on teaching experience placements each year and are placed at a range of international schools on 6 continents. We are proud of our network of international partner schools and excited to explore further possibilities to broaden our students' horizons continuously.
Our students, lecturers and researchers work together in small teams on real-life assignments and share their innovative ideas in practice. Our courses incorporate the latest developments in international education and our study programmes actively address the issues international education is faced with in its global context.
NHL Stenden offers 2 unique Bachelor degree programmes in the field of International Teacher Education:
· International Teacher Education for Primary School (ITEps)
· International Teacher Education for Secondary Schools (ITEss)
About 600 students from across the world are currently enrolled in these programmes, ready to make their mark in the world of international schools.
More information? Please contact Mr Peter Elting at peter.elting@nhlstenden.com
Oxford International Study Centre: Support for students applying to Oxford and Cambridge for October 2022
Guidance, advice, and academic support for students applying to Oxford and Cambridge, entry October 2022
If you have students who are considering Oxford or Cambridge the summer months are the time to start to plan the application. They will need to make important decisions and submit the application, and registration for admissions tests, by October 15th 2021. This deadline and the following information is for students applying for undergraduate courses. For postgraduates, the application procedure and dates are different and vary from subject to subject.
We can offer help and academic support for postgraduate applicants and for further information please mail me at this address. Oxford International Study Centre has many years of experience supporting students in their preparation for admission to Oxford (or Cambridge, where the application process is very similar).
We do this in three ways:
- Guidance with the personal statement. This is usually under the supervision of a Senior Tutor in the chosen degree subject, and the content and structure of your statement is checked by the Principal before submission;
- Tuition for the admission tests. This is in the hands of our tutors who have extensive experience in teaching for these tests. Several of them also teach for the University. We draw upon our bank of samples and past exam papers.
- Interview preparation. Over many years we have compiled a collection of sample interview questions, often drawing upon our academic connections in the University here.
We provide guidance from two tutors, one a subject specialist, the other dealing with more general questions . Our programmes can be taken online or in Oxford. They are designed for individuals and we offer flexible packages. If you would like a quotation, without commitment, please send details of the student’s present studies, chosen degree course, and any other relevant background information. We will then get back to you with suggestions and fees.
We are at present offering :
- A free guide to applying to Oxford or Cambridge
- An initial 30-minute telephone consultation with the student, without charge
Please contact Carolyn Llewelyn by phone or email:
Tel: +44 (0)1865 201009
Pearson
Pearson is the world’s learning company and the UK’s largest awarding organisation. Our mission is to help people make progress in their lives through learning. We provide world-class educational content and digital services to international schools, to enable more effective teaching and personalised learning and to help learners increase their skills and employability prospects.
We partner with schools, universities and employers globally to offer qualifications to over 3.4 million students a year: our International GCSE and International A level qualifications are most closely aligned to the British education system and BTECs, our popular, career-focused qualifications developed in partnership with employers can be studied alongside academic qualifications in a broad and balanced curriculum.
Browse our international schools website
Real Training
Real Training is an established online training provider offering level 7 courses and qualifications in leadership, inclusion, SEN, educational testing and access arrangements. Through these courses, ECIS membership schools and individuals have a unique opportunity to develop their understanding, skills and confidence in a chosen area to make a positive impact in their setting.
Some of our courses include:
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International Award for SEN Coordination (iSENCO)
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Certificate of Competence in Educational Testing (CCET)
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Certificate in Psychometric Testing, Assessment and Access Arrangements (CPT3A)
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Click on the course links above to find out more! If you have any queries, please contact us on +44 12735 358080 or email us at info@realgroup.co.uk
Don’t just take our word for it, here are some of the positive things our delegates have had to say about us and our courses:
“For the first time I actually understand what I am aiming for in my job. All the practical tasks were applied in reality and really helped. The depth of understanding and a sense of what my job is supposed to be empowered me and transformed the way I carry out my job. It is the first training I have done which actually trains you for the job you do. Definitely do it. It's the best course I have ever taken and I have completed a degree, Masters, a Grad Dip, an AMBDA, a PGCE, and now this!!” - Sarah Brown completed iSENCO 2020, based in France.
“The course staff are experienced, knowledgeable and helpful. The materials are relevant and reusable long after the course is over. I feel I have a wealth of documents etc that I will refer back to for the rest of my career. I took the course to deepen my own knowledge and to have a more structured approach to headship and you have met those needs head on and in an enjoyable but informative manner." - Liam Bellamy completed NPHG 2020, based in Bahrain.
"I loved the learning experience and particularly the fact that I could adjust studying to my personal needs and time. The flexibility of the course together with the support from the course leader and tutor made this experience valuable and stress-free at the same time." - Maria Pantoulia completed Dyslexia: Leadership & Intervention (SEND Programme), 2021 based in Luxembourg.
Rediker
Rediker Software’s Administrator's Plus® is a cloud-based PK-12 student information system that helps international school educators manage student data, attendance, report cards, schedule building, billing, and more. Administrator's Plus is seamlessly integrated with the TeacherPlus web gradebook and the ParentPlus web portal, creating an integrated, secure online solution for school management. We serve hundreds of international schools around the world and offer many features not found in other systems. Learn more
Riverside Learning Center
The Riverside Learning Center is a pedagogical research and training organization, based in Ahmedabad, India, with a global reach in over 12 countries. RLC offers customized training programs that provide ecosystem-wide solutions to transform school cultures with processes and pedagogical practices designed for the 21st-century learner. We believe that Design Thinking, with empathy at its core, is the key to create a unique and user-centered approach to learning and building school systems. RLC uses this approach in its training programs to transform schools from a standardized “one size fits all approach” to schools that value agency, co-creation, and character over compliance, instruction, and only content.
The Six Pillar Platform
The Six Pillar Platform is a robust framework of processes and practices under the six pillars of Curriculum, Parent Partnership, Community, Personal & Professional Development, Admin and Leadership. Purposeful practice of these processes under the Six Pillars cultivates what we refer to as a HumanE Ecosystem.
Read more about all of their offerings: LEARN MORE
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SAVVAS Learning Company
At Savvas Learning Company, we believe learning should inspire. By combining new ideas and new ways of thinking and interacting, we design next-generation learning solutions that help prepare students to become global citizens in a more interconnected, digital world.
Formerly known as Pearson K12 Learning, Savvas carries on a longstanding tradition of innovation and leadership in K-12 education. We take pride in developing the highest quality curricula used by more than 40 million students in over 10,000 school districts and 125 countries. Our award-winning programs, developed by leading authors and educators and supported by best-in-class professional learning, leverage the power of data and advanced technology to deliver immersive, personalized, and flexible content that connects teachers and students with real-world learning experiences.
Our digital solutions are powered by Savvas Realize™, one of the edtech industry's most versatile learning management systems, with features specifically designed to help teachers seamlessly shift between in-person, remote, and hybrid teaching and learning environments. Through Realize, Savvas provides sustainable and equitable digital solutions so that students can maximize their learning anytime, anywhere.
- myView Literacy™ International, K-5, a comprehensive, interactive literacy solution grounded in the science of learning.
- myPerspectives®, a powerful student-centered, teacher-inspired English Language Arts (ELA) program for grades 6-12 that provides engaging, next-generation learning experiences.
- enVision® series for grades K-12, offering a comprehensive math curriculum in a research-based, classroom-proven lesson design.
- Experience Chemistry™, a brand-new innovative high school chemistry program that focuses on the student experience with hands-on and virtual activities that encourage students to investigate real, compelling phenomena.
- Miller & Levine Biology, created by the nation’s best-selling high school biology author team, immerses students in biological inquiry where they interact with natural phenomena through project-based learning, case studies, and performance tasks.
- elevateScience™, a phenomena-based K-8 science program that focuses on analysis, critical thinking, and designing solutions as students take on the roles of scientists and engineers.
- myWorld Interactive, a K-8 social studies curriculum that encourages active inquiry while introducing civics, economics, geography, and history concepts.
- US History Interactive ©2022 and World History Interactive ©2022, which offer a new approach to learning history, making it more experiential, inclusive, and engaging with activities that appeal to students and help them better understand events that have shaped history.
- Project Imagine: US History and Project Imagine: World History, a digital high school history program that invites students to become time travelers — allowing them to virtually see, hear, and feel history as it happened.
Spokes Education: 15% discount on all digital learning services and UnfoldEd Online courses
Spokes Education is a friendly, UK-based e-Learning company that specialises in providing online and blended learning services. As a social business, Spokes Education’s team of experts ensure that they go above and beyond to support not-for-profit organisations, and every course they make promotes accessibility for learners at all levels. Utilising a diverse skillset in learning design, e-learning development, creative design, and animation, Spokes Education work hard to create eye-catching, immersive, and pedologically sound courses at all price points.
They provide users with a unique and enjoyable learning experience, whether that is a mobile-friendly microlearning module or a fully accredited blended post-graduate programme. Spokes Education also offer a range of support services, including individual and group training sessions, consultancy, the creation of guidance documents and explainer videos, LMS administration, and end-user support. They will also soon be launching UnfoldED Online, a learning platform containing a series of specialist off-the-shelf courses aimed at the Education sector. LEARN MORE
Swiss Leadership Academy
With their online masterclasses, Swiss Leadership Camp, workshops at schools and student leadership conferences, SILC Academy deliver customised experiential programmes for students ages 9 to 17 for top international schools around the world. All SILC Academy programmes combine fun team-building games, challenges, and outdoor activities with a selection among their wide range of student leadership and personal development modules, aligned with the school, and fully conform to Covid protection guidelines. The practical and experience-based curriculum was developed based on our 12-year partnerships with many ECIS member schools such as Collège du Léman in Geneva, Collège Champittet in Lausanne, British School of Bratislava, International School of Luxembourg, American School of Paris, Berlin Brandenburg IS, and Rome International School. To request a free proposal, or to find out more, please email campmanager@swissleadershipcamp.com
Sea & Island Adventure Camp - Corsica
A unique programme seamlessly blending in elements of adventure and exploration, bonding, learning and personal development over the course of two weeks of sailing on yachts around the coast of Corsica, doing new and exciting activities each day on sea and land while enjoying the breathtaking views Corsica has to offer. LEARN MORE
Summer Leadership Camp - Switzerland
Students from all over the world join the Summer Leadership Camp for a fun, meaningful and transformative summer experience in which they discover themselves, learn important life skills, build lasting friendships and unique memories while exploring the Swiss mountains through a programme like no other. LEARN MORE
Texthelp: 10% discount from the cost of a whole-school licence fee!
All ECIS member schools are entitled to a 10% discount off a new whole-school subscription to any
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The Read&Write toolbar offers essential literacy support for a wide range of SEN students. It’s also an excellent support for EAL students. Read&Write can help reduce cognitive load, ease anxiety, support comprehensible input, build confidence and improve output. While also building vocabulary and understanding in context across any subject and content type.
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Read&Write includes access to OrbitDoc, bringing accessibility and annotation tools to PDF, with an optional upgrade option for more fantastic PDF features.
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EquatIO helps make maths digital and accessible. This fantastic and easy to use software gives your students the opportunity to show their mastery of maths, in a way that best suits them. They can speak, draw or type problems and equations directly onto their device, as well as add visuals and manipulatives.
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WriQ, a Chrome Extension for Google Docs, is a writing achievement and assessment tool that supports both teachers and students in the writing process. For the teacher, WriQ saves time by auto-marking spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors, as well as seamlessly integrating rubrics for delivering qualitative feedback. It enables the use of data to identify patterns in writing performance, track progress and support curriculum planning. For the student, it uses a combination of gamification, nudge theory, and research around writing bursts, to motivate them to work on improving their writing.
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Fluency Tutor is a tool to help build confidence and fluency in reading. Students can be assigned or even choose a text of interest to them and hear it read aloud. They can look up unfamiliar words to build understanding and then practise reading it aloud. When they are ready, they can record themselves and share the recording for you to mark and give feedback. Reading efforts and progress can be tracked over time on the Fluency Tutor dashboard. This gives you easy access to key metrics to show improvements over time.
We also have a special Read&Write group licence offer for schools to use Read&Write only with their SEN students (75 students or less) - contact us for more information at international@texthelp.com
Theoryofknowledge.net
Theoryofknowledge.net was founded in 2009 by Michael Dunn. He was fed up with students solely exploring the IB Theory of Knowledge course (TOK) using textbooks that, although undoubtedly well-written and up-to-date when written, soon lost their relevance and impact upon publication.
Our resources are updated each and every month, ensuring they are truly relevant and real-world. Theoryofknowledge.net provides a library of authentic resources to approach TOK teaching the traditional way and also via the development of the Big Question Framework, which offers a completely new approach to TOK. It takes teachers away from the shopping list mentality of moving through the course via the themes and areas of knowledge. It also makes it much easier to create a fully-integrated course across the other Diploma subjects.
The recent addition of a new DP Integration Tool delivers a time-saving and inspiring method of supporting integration. The latest resource addition is the pre-TOK course and the Middle Years Newsletter which are designed for students aged 12 - 15, to help them engage with the latest events and issues going on in the world, and develop their understanding via discussion, activities, and further research. Members and non-members can also explore TOK learning and development opportunities via Michael's regular free and paid-for webinars and also via online or in-school workshops.
Theoryofknowledge.net is dedicated to revolutionizing not just resources for TOK, but also how to conceive of the course itself. We pride ourselves on encouraging real-world critical thinking - amongst both learners and educators. Today we have just over 1,100 member schools using our resources and showing their appreciation for our approach to TOK.
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From humble beginnings in a garage in England to supplying over 84 countries across the globe, we have been talking to educators and inventing new reasons for children to love learning for over 30 years. With your help, we have created thousands of reasons to love learning and each year around 400 new resources are invented. From printed books to programmable floor robots, we keep on inventing because you tell us to, and because everyone loves a “wow”. LEARN MORE
World Academy of Sport
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The World Academy of Sport is a dynamic organisation passionate in the belief that sport can inspire and develop communities the world over. Through the power of education and sport, human legacies become tangible to provide long term positive impact. Our mission is to provide learning pathways for participants in the international sport sector through exceptional education programmes and partners. The WAoS fully online education pathway now takes participants from high school to Postgraduate education to create structural change where learning and education can assist organisations and individuals in achieving their strategic goals. We invite you to explore the different opportunities across the WAoS education pathway: LEARN MORE
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WAoS & WOA celebrate new cohort of Olympian AFEC Assessor: LEARN MORE
NEXGEN CAREERS: A great saving for ECIS Member schools: Don't miss out!
Nexgen Careers will soon unveil an exciting new partnership with one of the main career & college prep platforms used in international schools. To celebrate this, we have what we think is a great offer for ECIS schools: full access to our unique EX³ Schools Career Framework and Micro Projects for just $500 (usual price $750).
If your school signs up before the 1st of August 2021, they have access until August 2022 to utilise our future career resources for school staff and students.