Global Headquarters
24 Greville Street
London EC1N 8SS
Tel. +44(0)20 7824 7040
Email: ecis@ecis.org
North America Office
1701 K St NW, Suite 250
Washington DC 20006
Tel. +1 202 455 0967
Email: ecis@ecis.org
24 Greville Street
London EC1N 8SS
Tel. +44(0)20 7824 7040
Email: ecis@ecis.org
North America Office
1701 K St NW, Suite 250
Washington DC 20006
Tel. +1 202 455 0967
Email: ecis@ecis.org
ABOUT ECIS
Founded in 1965, ECIS is a non-profit global membership organisation that supports schools in the areas of teacher development, leadership development, recruitment and human resources, governance and risk, and global advisory, complemented by grants and awards that illuminate significant impact.
Our mission is to transform lives through international education.
Our mission is to transform lives through international education.
School in an Age of Autonomous Agents With Free Will
/0 Comments/in Leadership /by Kevin J RuthDespite the jargon-laden title of this post, the content is about a simple matter: do we, as human beings (as educators, in our case), really know ourselves as well as we think we do?
Feeling Small and Out of Depth
/0 Comments/in Development, Leadership, Learning /by Kevin J RuthHow good are you at getting out of your comfort zone? How often do you spend time with people who stretch your thinking?
Powering Ahead: Alternative School Models
/0 Comments/in How We Do School, Leadership, Organisational Change, Systems Thinking /by Kevin J RuthJust as Tesla automobiles are becoming a more common sight around the world, one wonders when alternative school models (ASMs for short) will gain similar traction?
A Flawed Question
/0 Comments/in How We Do School, Leadership, What I Am Reading /by Kevin J Ruth“For an eight-year-old, what is the best thing to study, given the choices of a career?”
Measure the Treasure: Leadership Transition
/0 Comments/in Biases, Leadership, Organisational Behaviour, Organisational Change /by Kevin J RuthThe leadership search has concluded, and the appointment of the new head of school has been splashed across the main communication channels of the school and featured on the search firm’s website as an example of a successful placement.
Digital Lipstick
/0 Comments/in How We Do School, Leadership, What I Am Reading /by Kevin J RuthIn all the hype around (digital) citizenship, (digital) learning, (digital) marketing, (digital) this, and (digital) that, have we considered whether we’re simply applying (digital) lipstick to everything under the sun, yet not fundamentally changing anything? To refer to Vaasu Gavarasana, are we placing lipstick on a legacy pig?