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Saturday Jun 19, 2021

47 - D. Arnie Bieber reflects on a school director’s learning journey in International Schools

Saturday Jun 19, 2021

In this week's podcast, we spoke with Arnie Bieber, Director of the International School of Prague (https://www.isp.cz), on leadership, challenges, wisdom and reflection on being an international school leader of the last 25 years around the globe.

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https://school21c.org/

@arniebieber

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Monday Jun 07, 2021

46 - John Mikton talks about tech and teaching in COVID times

Monday Jun 07, 2021

This week on the podcast we are delighted to have returning guest John Mikton. John is the Tech Director of a large International School in Luxembourg and we have a wide-ranging chat about the current situation with rolling lockdowns and schools having a fluid situation with opening/hybrid learning / teaching online.

Some of the topics we discuss are:

COVID one year in - lessons learned
Teaching online - are teachers adjusting their teaching style for online teaching - more flipped approach? Are there still some teachers resistant to this and trying to replicate classroom instruction?
What have we seen in terms of teachers working from their existing classrooms or from home for remote learning
How are the parents handling the current situation
What's happening with PD - mostly on hold?
School tech/IT teams teamwork and culture - Are most still going in to school, or hybrid/work from home? How is it going?
Different support requests? The increased volume of work?
How is existing software holding up? What new systems have thrived in COVID times?
Are many schools signing up to both Google and Microsoft?
How are tech coaches handling this - are they teaching 1:1 online or in person at the school. Are they helping teachers adapt their teaching styles?
Future of PD and conferences?
Changing role of Tech Director? Change in composition of their teams?
Issues with International School enrolments if this situation continues through 2021

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Sunday May 30, 2021

45 - Peter Nicholson - Social impact entrepreneur and co-founder of Baobaobooks

Sunday May 30, 2021

In this week's podcast, we spoke with Peter Nicholson. Peter is Part of an organization called Baobabooks and they've been doing some amazing work in trying to leverage the capacity of young kids and adolescents to be able to publish creative writing, short stories, picture books and he has created an ecosystem to support schools in this project.

About Peter Nicholson:

Born and raised in California. UC Berkeley undergraduate degree (biochem & immunology) and then MBA at UCLA. Now fellowship at Stanford. Successful healthcare career but now more and more focused on social impact related initiatives that intersect with my interests.

About Baobabooks:

Platform arose out of my frustration with the amount of non-productive time my kids were spending on the internet. Facilitates differential learning and purpose built for classroom based and distance learning and available in six languages (more to come). Building a global community focused on creativity.

Baobaobooks Overview for schools: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nVi1ySWDt-PNj9qWzbFcUg6rpemq4g4_/view

Peter Nicholson on Social Media:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-nicholson-b9b3ab1b7/

Baobabooks on Social Media:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/baobabooks

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Baobabooks

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

Twitter:https://www.twitter.com/baobabooks1

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Thursday Apr 29, 2021

44 - Nancy Squicciarni - Head of Community Relations at the International School of Luxembourg

Thursday Apr 29, 2021

This week new co-host John Mikton leads a chat with Nancy Squicciarni, the Head of Community Relations at the International School of Luxembourg. We have a wide-ranging discussion about online teaching and learning events, and talk about #ISLLoft a hugely successful PD series of events founded and run by Nancy for International Schools worldwide.

About #ISLLoft:

Since 2010, ISL has been hosting professional learning opportunities for international educators. The school has had the privilege to collaborate with Chapters International, ECIS and Learning2. In light of COVID_19, “face to face” conferences were no longer an option. ISL decided to redesign and reformat professional learning as the ISL Virtual Learning Loft (#ISLLoft), a series of 1-hour webinars for educators. Connecting all #ISLLoft attendees’ hearts was the priority, in resonance with the concept of Head, Heart, and Hands from Transformational Learning which provided the approach when planning and organizing events.

About Nancy Lhoest-Squicciarini:

Presently, Nancy is Head of Community Relations at the International School of Luxembourg. She is a trainer for the Principals’ Training Center and the ECIS Middle Leaders Certificate Programme. Nancy is also one of the network leaders for @WomenEdBeLux, a global grassroots movement that connects aspiring and existing women leaders in education and a member of the ECIS Women in Education Special Interest Group (SIG)

Nancy Squicciarni on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-lhoest-squicciarini-64563838/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NancyinLux1

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