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In my role as a head of school and a leadership coach, I have frequently seen the power that coaching can have in supporting individuals and teams in personal and professional growth.

Can Your School Afford NOT to Invest in Coaching?

As international schools globally enter recruitment season, retention of existing staff is a hot topic. Whilst …

Providing opportunities for children with special educational needs - in the locations where they are needed most - has always been at the heart of Kedleston Group’s ethos.

Creating Bespoke Opportunities in an Evolving Sector

Providing opportunities for children with special educational needs – in the locations where they are needed …

Attuning Mind and Heart with the Children’s Interests and Passions

Attuning Mind and Heart with the Children’s Interests and Passions

Eight years ago, the ECE team at Shanghai American School (SAS) started the lifelong journey of …

We can bring environmental education into our classes each and every day and connect our young learners with the natural world.

Connecting the Early Years with Nature

As early years educators, we have an incredible opportunity to impact students in meaningful ways. We …

Using natural learning materials to encourage play and writing literacy

Using Nature to Nurture: Rethinking Learning Environments to Encourage Inquiry, Play and Development

Why do we, as school educators, teach children information they can learn themselves? Children are natural, …

Kindness is seen in positive, personal actions, choices, and behaviour.

Teach Kindness and Transform Your Classroom

Can you teach kindness? Kindness is a character trait and a skill. The eminent Stanford psychologist …

Have you ever had a kindergarten class one period and then fifth grade the next? This is what makes us highly effective teachers and in turn allows us to provide cohesive and appropriate learning opportunities for our students.

Is it magic or science? No, it’s Physical Education!

Think of the last time you went bowling. How long ago was it? What do you …

The fact that teachers do not always believe in the pedagogical expertise of leaders is an unwelcome thought to administrators who were once highly respected instructors, but the farther away educators get from the classroom, the less they may fully understand what teachers experience.

Finding the Balance Between Teaching and Leading

While there are exceptions, most educators who enter school administration were at one time teachers themselves. …

Students who resist direction from a teacher see heroes in high school mentors. Someone like themselves, someone they could become.

Heroes Change Classrooms and Lives

In our high school’s choral concerts, freshmen sing alongside seniors. Young singers perform backup while mature …

Each school approached this year very differently, so before I get to my observations and what students had to say about the year, let me provide an overview of what our year looked like for context.

Hybrid Learning with The Learning Progression Model: A Year in Review

This article was originally published at reimaginedschools.com on July 1, 2021. To say this past year …

I never thought that something as wild as playing with Legos in Paris would be an opportunity for me to explore.

Legos in Paris

I’ve always dreamed of combining my passions of STEAM and traveling. I was born in South …

Let’s dive in a little deeper so we can actually start making the internal shift we need to feel more calm, focused, and energized to accomplish the things we set out to do. 

5 “Stupid” Mind Hacks That Actually Work

My students often look at me incredulously when I share mindfulness tools and practices for the …