The International Schools Podcast

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Saturday Sep 25, 2021

54 - A conversation with Lawrence Tijjani - Happy2Host Web Design Agency | Founder of Just A Guy | Former Computing teacher

Saturday Sep 25, 2021

In this episode, Lawrence shares running a London-based Web Design and Development Agency called Happy2Host, and founding Just a Guy, a social enterprise that offers a whole range of services to help 14-25-year-olds navigate their way through life. Exploring the journey of an educator to social entrepreneur and design agency founder happy2host.com and justaguy.co.uk

About Lawrence Tijjani

Lawrence has been involved in Education for over 10 years, he began as a Computing teacher, progressed to Strategic IT Lead and later Head of Faculty. He introduced and developed a successful Computing curriculum at KS3 through to A-level, co-ordinated the implementation of IT within a new build and introduced and implemented the use of G-Suite for Education across his school. Lawrence was able to forge excellent relationships with students, staff and parents as a pastoral lead, which is where he honed his ability to engage others.

Lawrence left classroom teaching four years ago to take up an exciting IT consultancy role supporting schools with the use and development of G-suite for education, e-safety and general Edtech. As a Google for Education Certified Trainer and Innovator, he regularly delivers PD to Educators and to those beginning their own EdTech journey. Lawrence has presented at BET twice, in 2019 on Google’s Applied Digital Skills and in 2020 he led a wellbeing session ‘Solve for Happiness’.

Lawrence has a wide outreach, delivering PD sessions to Educators and their students both domestically and internationally in countries such as Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland, and Qatar. He enjoys problem-solving with different institutions, drawing on his rich and varied experiences from the classroom, as a school leader and now EdTech consultant. He is a knowledgeable, energetic, and engaging facilitator, able to motivate students and other educators to utilize the power of digital skills in the curriculum.

Lawrence uses his voice in the EdTech training community to champion diversity and inclusion. He believes that everyone should be able to have a seat at the table and works to create accessible high-quality training and opportunities for others. In 2020 he created and led an exciting mentoring program sponsored by Google Applied Digital Skills for 35 Black and Asian Educators to become certified Google Trainers, the first cohort is on track to become fully certified by July 2021. Due to the success of this program, the first of its kind, Lawrence has launched another mentoring program in partnership with Google for Education UK that provides opportunities for an even broader range of underrepresented Educators in the UK and Ireland called the Inclusive Google Trainer community.

In addition to his EdTech roles, Lawrence has a social enterprise called Just A Guy Foundation which works with disengaged and disadvantaged students. They provide a range of assemblies, mentoring, and workshops to support young people in driving their own social mobility. The Foundation has hosted successful notable events in the past such as ‘Step up with Digital Skills’ in 2019, which was a training day for 15-17-year-olds sponsored by Google Applied Digital Skills, and in 2020 an online careers fair for students that had work experience canceled due to COVID-19.

Lawrence Tijjani on Social Media

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/justaguy_LT

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lawrence-tijjani-97338013

Website: happy2host.com

Website: justaguy.co.uk

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Saturday Sep 11, 2021

53 - A conversation with Al Kingsley - CEO of NetSupport, Multi Academy Trust Chair, Apprenticeship Ambassador, Author and Speaker

Saturday Sep 11, 2021

In this episode, Al shares his journey of working in the Education Technology space. His role in supporting schools and the learnings and experiences highlighted in his new book My Secret #EdTech Diary. Al shares anecdotes and his experiences exploring the opportunities, challenges, and changes in Education Technology in schools today and the impact on educators and students.

About Al Kingsley

Al has spent the last 30 years in the EdTech space and 20 of those as a school trustee and governor.

He is group CEO of NetSupport, an internationally acclaimed EdTech vendor, and has lived and worked in both the UK and US. He is Chair of two multi academy trusts and an alternative provision academy, all in the East of England.

Alongside these roles, Al also sits on the Regional Schools Commissioners’ Head Teachers board for the East of England and North-East London and is an independent Chair of the county’s SEND board.

As a firm supporter of lifelong learning, he is also a regional Apprenticeship Ambassador and Chair of the Employment & Skills board for his region’s combined authority.

An active writer about all things EdTech, including his new book “My Secret #EdTech Diary”, he is also a member of the Forbes Technology Council and sits on the advisory council for the Foundation for Education Development.

Al Kingsley on Social Media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alkingsley1/

Twitter: @AlKingsley_Edu

Websites:

NetSupportSoftware.com (Company Website)

bio.link/kingsley (Personal Website)

authory.com/AlKingsley

Resources:

Free Digital strategy guide - https://www.netsupportsoftware.com/digital-strategy/

To delve a bit deeper into the broader role of EdTech in Education, you can find my details about Al's book here - https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ak5H39NNyqAzhKtO99D2t96cTSQnEw?e=SsaRXk

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Saturday Aug 28, 2021

52 - A conversation with Declan Burke, Vice Principal - Educational Technology at International School of Tanganyika

Saturday Aug 28, 2021

A conversation with Declan sharing his learning and stories from being in the Banking business then becoming an International Educator as the IT Director. Currently at the International School of Tanganyika Tanzania. Sharing his experience working both in Asia and now Africa and the opportunities and challenges: https://www.istafrica.com/welcome

Declan Burke on Social Media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/declan-burke-85841014/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/declanburke75

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Saturday Aug 14, 2021

51 - A Conversation with Dr Denry Machin, author of ’International Schooling: The Teacher’s Guide’

Saturday Aug 14, 2021

John and Dan chat to Denry about the opportunities and challenges of working internationally, they debate the qualifications needed (PGCE's and PGCEI's), discuss how to get jobs, and explore why the international school industry has grown so dramatically. See teachabroad.ac for book links.

Dr Denry Machin on Social Media

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

Medium: https://denrymachin.medium.com/

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