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Founded in 1965, ECIS (the Educational Collaborative for International Schools) is a non-profit global membership organisation that provides professional learning, research, advocacy, and grants and awards for the benefit of its members.
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?