The International Schools Podcast

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Saturday Jun 18, 2022

72 - School Closure- looking back & forward 18 month on!

Saturday Jun 18, 2022

Guests : Tim Evans : Founding Educational Technology Coordinator at Stamford American School Hong Kong, Jason Reagin: IBCP Coordinator & MYP Design EducatorI Chadwick International School Dave Freeman: Director of HR and Operations at Nuna, James Sayer : Director of AppsEvents, Asia & Middle East.

Throughout the pandemic International School Podcast connected with educators focused on supporting education technology from around the globe touching base on the pandemic, how schools pivoted to support learners, and each sharing from their geographic context. 18 months on, a chance to reflect together again on shared experiences . Here they share their learnings from the pandemic and and what the future might look like in schools and organisations .

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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022

71 - A conversation with Andrew Hoover, Head of School, The American International School Chennai (India)

Tuesday Jun 07, 2022

In this conversation, Andrew reflects on his experience as a Head of School in India navigating leadership in this complex changing world. In addition, Andrew shares the skills, dispositions, and knowledge that young aspiring leaders want to explore and consider as they look for professional opportunities with school leadership in International Schools.

About Andrew Hoover

Andrew is originally from Boston and now calls Oregon home. He joined the American International School Chennai (India) as Head of School in 2011. From 2005-2011, he served as the Middle School Principal and Director of Strategic Planning and Implementation at the American School of Bombay. He taught social studies and served in several leadership roles at The American School in Japan from 1994-2005, and began his career as a history teacher at the Poughkeepsie Day School. Andrew studied history and English literature at Macalester College and, later, political-economic geography at The University of Iowa. In 2002-2003, he completed the educational leadership program at the University of Oregon. Andrew currently serves as the Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the Near East South Asia Council of International Schools and as a Commissioner of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Andrew is married with two grown children.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ahoover6

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-hoover-1243a611/

Resources

Check out the mission-focused ecosystem we have created at AISC – AISC in Brief

Check out how we have framed our Big Ideas – Mission, Values, and Vision

Check out the vision for the future of AISC - AISC’s Futures Plan

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Saturday May 21, 2022

70 - A conversation with Wolfgang Soeldner, Head of Global Education at i3-Technologies

Saturday May 21, 2022

Wolfgang shares his journey working in International Schools and in the education technology industry. His roles as Education Technology facilitator, Coordinator, Leader, and currently Head of Global Education. Wolfgang shares the learnings, reflections of navigating an international school education work environment and education technology industry. Moving between these.

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wsoeldner

Web: https://www.i3-technologies.com/

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Saturday May 07, 2022

69 - A conversation with Oliver Page CoFounder and VP Sales USA & Leo Shortland Chief Operating Officer @ MyNutkase

Saturday May 07, 2022

In this conversation with Oliver and Leo, we explore how does an idea started at an international school in Rome transforms into an international company with a global presence, the creative tensions and challenges of running and leading a startup in the education sector, and how Leo and Oliver manage and lead their teams. Learnings and reflections from their journey.

About Oliver Page

Oliver founded his first startup NutKase Accessories when he was 17 and studying in high school in Rome Italy. NutKase Accessories is a device protection company focused on designing and manufacturing protective iPad, Chromebook, and Laptop cases for the K12 Education, Health Care, and Enterprise markets.

Oliver led the sales and growth of the company into the 7 figures and now supplies customers in 50 countries around the world.

After his one year of studies in the UK, he attended Draper University of Heroes, a Silicon Valley school for entrepreneurs founded by Tim Draper (An investor in Tesla, Twitch, Skype, Baidu, Hotmail). Whilst there, Oliver co-founded a business called Flowity that won first place at the Draper Demo Day and received an investment from Tim Draper.

After living and working in the Bay Area for two years, he returned to Italy to co-founded Scooterino, a scooter ride-sharing business that won a grant from the European Space Agency and subsequently raised $800k of follow-on venture capital. Oliver is also a keynote speaker and has spoken at corporate, education, and private events around the world, including two TEDx's.

Oliver is also an angel investor in Zaptic and StudyTracks and a fellow of the Sigma Squared Society (formerly Kairos Society).

Oliver Page on Social Media

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

About Leo Shortland

Leo Shortland is an Australian entrepreneur who has worked in three continents, started a Georgian Wine Import business (King St Imports), a menswear direct to consumer brand (Divaska), and after joining K12 focused accessories company (NutKase) quickly became a partner in 2017 before his appointment as Chief Operating Officer in 2021.

While working to scale NutKase towards a $100M business, Leo has been an ardent supporter of digital nomadism and remote work, travelling to over fifty countries in the past decade and making investments in high growth EdTech startups.

Good entrepreneurs can change often; the best change all the time. Leo’s driving passion is to change himself and to transform the companies and the employees he leads.

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leo_shortland

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lshort10/

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