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Book - School Leaders Matter: Preventing Burnout, managing stress and improving wellbeing

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Saturday Mar 04, 2023

92 - A conversation with Dr. Helen Kelly Author, researcher, speaker, consultant

Saturday Mar 04, 2023

Dr. Helen Kelly shares her latest book "School Leaders Matter." which explores why the school leaders’ role has become so demanding and what governments, schools and leaders themselves can do to support their wellbeing. We together unpack the different areas of the book, the relationship between stress, workload, community and well being and the significant changes in the role. To better understand the causes connected to Leader and Teacher burnout refer to our last podcast Episode #73 where Helen shares in depth the research and understandings of burnout in the workplace.

About Dr. Helen Kelly

Helen Kelly is an author, speaker, consultant and researcher in the field of school wellbeing. Between 2006 and 2020, when she retired from her work as a school principal, Helen led international schools in Bangkok, Berlin and Hong Kong. Prior to this she spent a decade as a member of the English legal profession, representing employees in the area of health and safety at work. She has been researching in the field of educator wellbeing for over a decade.

Helen is most known for her work on school leader and teacher wellbeing and workplace culture. She has a worldwide audience for her speaking engagements, workshops, blog posts and articles. She consults with schools globally, across all sectors, and aims to provide practical support to maximise staff wellbeing and enhance the culture of the workplace.

Helen’s first book School Leaders Matter: Preventing Burnout, Managing Stress and Improving Wellbeing is/was published on 28 February and is available from all major retailers.

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Twitter: @drhkelly

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Website: www.drhelenkelly.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-helen-kelly-65996919/

Resources

Teachers are not to Blame for Their Own Burnout

Teacher Burnout - How poor work relationships damage staff wellbeing

International School Teacher Wellbeing During the COVID 19 Pandemic – The 2021 Report

Improving School Wellbeing Through Positive School Culture WIDEducation Magazine May 2021

In Focus: Covid’s troubling impact on international school teacher wellbeing

Podcast -Wellbeing and Resilience in Schools

Podcast - Teachers are not to Blame for Their Own Burnout

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Saturday Feb 18, 2023

91 - Conversation on education technology integration with Aisha, Dania, Cora and Kim

Saturday Feb 18, 2023

Four educators having worked in Africa, Asia and Europe in education technology in different roles, share their insights and perspective from their respective learning journeys with the question “Does technology integration work in an international school setting, does it enhance student learning and how impactful is it”. An opportunity for us all to reflect on education technology integration, and explore the opportunities and challenges of integration digital skills.

Guests:

Aisha Kristiansen, Digital Learning Leader / Coach

Kahlil (Danai) Maramba, Instructional Coach For Technology

Kim House, Grade 5 Homeroom teacher / Digital Coach

Cora Yang, Whole School Learning Technology Coach

About Aisha Kristiansen

Aisha is the Digital Learning Leader at Stamford American International School in Singapore. She is an accomplished educational leader transforming schools in Australia, Europe and Asia. Aisha holds a Master of Educational Leadership focusing on curriculum, pedagogy and practice.

Aisha enjoys working with teachers and administration to positively impact the learning landscape for students. Beyond her passion for innovative learning and teaching, she enjoys toying with tech, reading and traveling the world with her family.

Twitter: @aishakrist

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aisha-kristiansen-9aa543b1/

Website: www.aishakristiansen.com

About Kahlil (Danai) Maramba

Danai stepped into the classroom 15 years ago in a teaching assistant role. Two years later he started teaching ICT in Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, and Morocco. He progressed to become the Technology Integrationist and Coach in Namibia. He now works at Saigon South International School in Vietnam as the Elementary Instructional Coach for Technology. He has a passion for helping teachers plan and deliver engaging lessons where technology is a ubiquitous tool for learning. He facilitates or hosts conferences where educators share their experiences and have discussions about teaching and learning with technology. Apart from playing tennis with his family, Danai spends his time tinkering and trying new things. Danai is a lifetime teacher and learner.

Twitter @tweetdanai

About Kim House

I am an educational technology coach at an international school in Munich, Germany. I'm originally from California. I predominantly work with elementary teachers and students. I love working with teachers to design learning engagements that get kids excited about learning and using technology. I love STEM and robotics and especially love working with students to make their ideas come to life. I'm a Google Trainer, ISTE Trainer and an Apple Distinguished Educator. I'm a mom of two teenage boys and when I'm not working I love to sing in a band.

Twitter: @techiehouse

About Cora Yang

Cora Yang is a Whole School Learning Technology Coach at Renaissance College Hong Kong. She focuses on PYP and MYP technology integration, such as coding, robotics, VR, digital design (3D, laser cut) and circuit board.

She believes that technology is the bridge for students to connect school with the real world. Technology can offer students more possibilities and opportunities to apply knowledge to different real-life skills.

Cora is a curious learner who is always up for new things and technologies to learn. Just like her curiosity, she loves bringing new technologies for educators and students to enrich the learning and teaching experience.

Cora constantly offers chances for students in her classes to work on project-based, student-centered activities.

She also focuses on gender and race equality in her work, which Cora hopes that she could bring positive impacts on future generations.

Social Media PLN

Twitter: @CoraEdTech

Website: http://coraedtech.com

Resources:

Not all that Glitters is Gold Education Technology Finally Deliver? by Professor John Hattie of Visible Learning and Dr. Arran Hamilton Director of Education at Cognition Education.
"Obstacles to successful ICT integration: lack of teacher confidence, lack of teacher competence, lack of effective training, resistance to change and negative attitudes, lack of technical support and lack of infrastructure" (Korte & Hüsing, 2007)
Anne Gläsel, why teachers are reluctant to incorporate technology into the classroom,
New global data reveal education technology’s impact on learning

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Friday Feb 03, 2023

90 - A conversation with Atul Temurnikar Co-Founder and Chairman, Global Schools Foundation (Singapore) https://www.gsf.info/

Friday Feb 03, 2023

Atul shares his professional journey as a prominent member of the education industry in ASEAN, North & South Asia & Middle East. Now he serves as co-founding trustee and Executive Chairman of Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation (GSF), a not-for-profit organisation. Atul shares his role as a Education Technology facilitator, Coordinator, and Leader reflecting on new technology or innovations in education. and navigating an international school education network and education technology.

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LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/atul-temurnikar

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Saturday Jan 21, 2023

89 - A conversation with Scott McLeod, Professor, Leadership for Educational Organizations @ University of Colorado Denver, and Founding Director, CASTLE

Saturday Jan 21, 2023

Author and professor Scott McLeod shares reflections, learnings ,and provocations based on his last two books, Leadership for Deeper Learning and Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning. We explore the different approaches to technology integration, the challenges and opportunities connected to how school leaders frame these conversations, and what strategies and approaches have been successful in a school setting.

About Scott McLeod

A Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Colorado Denver, Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on P-12 school leadership, deeper learning, technology, and innovation. He is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the only university center in the U.S. dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and is the co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He also is the co-creator of the 4 Shifts Protocol for lesson/unit redesign and the founder of both the annual Iowa 1:1 Institute and EdCampIowa.

Scott has worked with hundreds of schools, districts, universities, and other organizations and has received numerous awards for his technology leadership work, including the 2016 Award for Outstanding Leadership from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Scott blogs about leadership and innovation at Dangerously Irrelevant and is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop facilitator at regional, state, national, and international conferences.

Scott currently serves as an ISTE Ambassador and Community Leader, an InnEdCO Ambassador, and on NAESP’s Professional Learning Advisory Council. He has written or edited 4 books and 170 articles and other publications, and is one of the most visible education professors in the United States.

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Friday Jan 13, 2023

88 - Greg, Warren and Wolfgang with Dan and John look at #ChatGPT3 in Education

Friday Jan 13, 2023

In this special edition podcast Greg, Warren and Wolfgang with Dan and John look at #ChatGPT3, its impact, what it might mean for schools and learning, and a chance to share some ideas on ways to juggle GPT3 , support staff, students and school to cohabitate with #ai in an International School setting.

Guests:

Greg Clinton, Ph.D

Director of Technology at American International School Chennai

Warren Apel

Director of Technology at The American School in Japan

Wolfgang Soeldner

ICT Campus Partner

international School of Geneva ·

About Greg Clinton

Greg Clinton is the Director of Technologies and R&D at American International School Chennai, India. He has also worked at Colegio Roosevelt in Lima, Peru, the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India, and Khartoum American School, Sudan. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies from Stony Brook University. As part of his international school upbringing, he graduated with an IB Diploma from Cairo American College, Egypt.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-clinton/

Twitter:https://twitter.com/gswclinton

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About Warren Apel

Warren Apel is the Director of Technology at The American School in Japan. He has worked in international education for over 20 years, including positions at Cairo American College, the American Embassy School in New Delhi, India and the International School of Amsterdam.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenapel/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/warrena

About Wolfgang Soeldner

Teacher, edtech coordinator, and administrator with over 18 years of experience in international schools. Global nomad, traveler, and lifelong learner, always looking for ways to better myself.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wsoeldner/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wsoeldner

Resources

Articles:

What Is Machine Learning? – A Visual Explanation
How Machine Learning Works
Huge “foundation models” are turbo-charging AI progress
What are foundation models?
Some Moral and Technical Consequences of Automation
Teachers Weigh In on How to Manage the New AI Chatbot
ChatGPT for Educators: An Introduction
Update Your Course Syllabus for ChatGPT by Ryan Watkins (19 Dec 2022, Medium)
The End of High School English by Daniel Herman (9 Dec 2022, The Atlantic)
“Language Game (philosophy)” (Wikipedia)

Books:

Brian Christian: The Alignment Problem
Laura Major: What To Expect When You're Expecting Robots
Noise (2021) by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control (2020) by Stuart Russell
Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence (2022) by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education (2020) by Justin Reich

Short Story:

The Gentle Seduction Marc Stiegler

Podcast:

Babbage: The tech behind ChatGPT
A Skeptical Take on the AI Revolution (Ezra Klein Show, Jan. 6, 2023)

Literature/Film

Klara and the Sun (2021) by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Midas Plague (1954) by Frederick Pohl
The Star Wars narrative universe
Ex Machina (2014, dir. Alex Garland)
Finch (2021, dir. Miguel Sapochnik)
“Liberation Day” (short story, 2022) by George Saunders

Presentation:

Christina DiMicelli: AI - A Discussion for Education

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Saturday Jan 07, 2023

87 - Dan Taylor and John Mikton hosts of International School Podcast

Saturday Jan 07, 2023

Dan and John spend time together reflecting on the past year and looking ahead for 2023. A conversation about professional pathways, traveling and working in Asia with a family, AI cohabitation, digital security, some pandemic learnings, and the wisdom and generosity of our guests.

A special thank you goes out to the team behind the scenes Jane and X for all their work and making the podcast possible. Wishing everyone positive thoughts for 2023, and we look forward to our upcoming conversations in the new year.

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Saturday Dec 24, 2022

86 - A conversation with Ochan Kusuma Powell and Kristen Pelletier of Next Frontier Inclusion: http://www.nextfrontierinclusion.org/

Saturday Dec 24, 2022

Together with Ochan and Kristen we explore the work both have been leading focused on including students with special educational needs in international schools, and the work New Frontier Inclusion has been leading and supporting international schools around the globe. In tandem we will explore the concept of "communicative intelligence' and approaches to developing inclusion at a systems level in an international school setting.,

About Ochan Kusuma Powell

Founding member of NFI Design Team
Devoted career to supporting schools in becoming increasingly inclusive
Global consultant in coaching, collaboration, inclusion
Co-author of several books
Co-editor of NFI publications/monographs on special topics to do with inclusion
At this time, working to support schools in becoming inclusive at a systems level

Resources

Kusuma-Powell, O. & Pelletier, K., Swinehart, J., Editors. (2021). Better Together: Collaborative Teaching and Learning in Inclusive International Schools. New York. Next Frontier Inclusion.
Andrews, A., Kusuma-Powell, O. & Pelletier, K., Editors. (2019). Embracing extraordinary: Including students with intellectual disabilities in international schools. New York: Next Frontier Inclusion.
Kusuma-Powell, O. & Pelletier, K., Editors. (2018). Challenge accepted! Reframing our approaches to behavior management in international schools. New York: Next Frontier Inclusion.
Kusuma-Powell, O. & Powell, W. (December, 2015). “The Changing Face of Learning Support: The Role of
Status in Schools”, Educational Leadership, ASCD, December 2015/January 2016
Powell, W. & Kusuma-Powell, O. (2015). Teacher Self-Supervision: Why teacher evaluation has failed and what we can do about it, John Catt Educational
Powell, W. & Kusuma-Powell, O. “Overcoming Resistance to New Ideas”, Kappan, May, 2015
Powell, W. & Kusuma-Powell (2014) “Personalized Learning and Teacher Expectations, Better: Evidence

About Kristen Pelletier

Founding member of the NFI Design Team
Long serving previous Director of Support Services at the International School of Brussels
World-wide International Schools consultant, trainer, coach, collaborator focused on supporting schools in developing capacity and cultures of inclusion
Co-editor of NFI publications on special topics to do with inclusion

Resources:

Kusuma-Powell, O. & Pelletier, K., Swinehart, J., Editors. (2021). Better Together: Collaborative Teaching and Learning in Inclusive International Schools. New York. Next Frontier Inclusion.
Andrews, A., Kusuma-Powell, O. & Pelletier, K., Editors. (2019). Embracing extraordinary: Including
students with intellectual disabilities in international schools. New York: Next Frontier Inclusion. Kusuma-Powell, O. & Pelletier, K., Editors. (2018). Challenge accepted! Reframing our approaches to behavior management in international schools. New York: Next Frontier Inclusion.

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Saturday Dec 10, 2022

85 - A conversation with Kevin Hawkins and Amy Burke founders of MindWell Education mindwell-education.com

Saturday Dec 10, 2022

Kevin and Amy share their work with MindWell Education, supporting educators and schools around the world with developing well-being. We explore Kevin and Amy's experiences with social and emotional learning and mindfulness in education. What are the opportunities and challenges in supporting educators in an international school context?

About Kevin Hawkins

Kevin has worked with adolescents and young people in various contexts for over 40 years - as a teacher, school head, and social worker in the UK, Africa, and Europe.

He currently lives in Valencia, Spain and was previously in the Czech Republic where for 10 years he was Middle School Principal at the International School of Prague. Kevin trained in mindfulness in Europe and the USA and he has taught mindfulness to students, teachers and parents since 2008.

In 2012 he co-founded MindWell, which supports educational communities around the world in developing wellbeing through mindfulness and social-emotional learning. Kevin is a Senior Trainer for the Mindfulness in Schools Project (UK) and a facilitator of the evidence-based CARE program (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Educators).

He is a regular speaker, writer and presenter on the topics of wellbeing, leadership, mindfulness and social and emotional learning in education. His first book, Mindful Teacher, Mindful School: Improving wellbeing in teaching and learning, was published by SAGE in July 2017. He has recently published his second book, The Mindful Teacher's Toolkit: Awareness-based wellbeing in schools also for SAGE/Corwin co-authored with Amy Burke which was published in 2021.

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Twitter: @kevinjhawkins11

Linked In:linkedin.com/in/kevinjhawkins11

Website: www.mindwell-education.com

Email: kevin@mindwell-education.com

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About Amy Burke

Amy is an educational consultant who spent 15 years as a high school teacher and guidance counsellor in Canada and The Netherlands.

She holds a Masters Degree in Contemplative Education from Naropa University and in 2012 co-founded MindWell whose aim is to support educational communities in fostering wellbeing through mindfulness and social-emotional learning.

She is a lead teacher trainer for the Mindfulness in Schools Project (UK) and is also a facilitator for the CARE program (Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Educators) from the Garrison Institute (USA). Amy is also a Mentor and Staff member for Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme, UK) and has recently published The Mindful Teacher's Toolkit: Awareness-based wellbeing in schools co-authored with Kevin Hawkins (2021 SAGE/Corwin ).

Amy works internationally in schools and universities providing workshops and retreats for educators, students and parents with a focus on self-care and stress management.

Amy Burke on social media:

Instagram: mindwelleducation

Website: www.mindwell-education.com

Email: amy@mindwell-education.com

Linked In: linkedin.com/in/amyburke4

Resources:

Video: Amy TEDx Talk
Mindfulness in Education: Learning from the Inside Out
Video: Introduction to MindWell Education
FREE: Grounding Practices

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Saturday Nov 26, 2022

84 - A conversation David Willows (Co-founder and Strategic Director) and Suzette Parlevliet (Co-Founder and Experience Director) at YELLOW CAR

Saturday Nov 26, 2022

With extensive experience in advancement, communications, admissions and marketing in International Schools, David and Suzette share their journey founding Yellow Car. We explore the unique approach David and Suzette facilitate with schools and organisations, "Experience Strategy", engaging school leaders and school teams to intentionally design the experience of their school.

About David Willows

DR DAVID WILLOWS is Co-founder and Strategic Director at [YELLOW CAR]. Between 2005 and 2022, he was Director of Advancement at the International School of Brussels, Belgium. During this time, he grew to be widely regarded as one of the most innovative practitioners in the field, helping to shape and define the future of Advancement in schools. He was recently listed as one of the world’s Top 10 Global Educational Influencers. An author and regular keynote speaker & trainer at international events around the world, David is passionate about helping schools advance in ways that are relevant for today’s educational landscape.

David Willows on Social Media

Twitter: @davidwillows

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwillows/

Website: www.yellowcar.io

[YELLOW CAR] Community: https://community.yellowcar.io

Fragments II Blog: www.yellowcar.io/blog

About Suzette Parlevliet

SUZETTE PARLEVLIET is Co-founder and Experience Director at [YELLOW CAR]. Previously, she joined the Advancement team at the International School of Brussels, Belgium in 2013. During this time, she oversaw the school’s brand development, communication strategy, web design, and content production until, in 2019, she took up the role of Manager of Experience Design. Today, Suzette brings expert insight into the day-to-day life of an innovative Advancement office and is skilled at supporting others to be successful in their role.

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Twitter: @SuzetteParlevl1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzette-parlevliet-2203967b/

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