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Q: Does Your School Have A Brand? A: You Bet It Does!
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power branding has on our understanding of companies around the world. When one thinks about companies like Apple Computers, for example, it’s not unusual for people to associate words like hip, trendy, youthful, rich, and educated. This association is by no means an accident, and is another example of the power of effective branding. As proof of this I’m reminded of a story I read this...
Did Socrates Have a Teaching License?
The other day as I was looking at the website of an international school, I noticed an interesting statistic listed on its school profile–100% of its teachers are certified. Now that may not seem very interesting since it’s expected or assumed that anyone who wants to be taken seriously in the teaching profession will get a teaching license. After all, don’t we expect the same from many other professions in the...
Is Balance Possible?
The beginning of the new school year has come and gone and it’s around this time I start to see droopy faced students and teachers roaming the hallways. How can it be that people are already looking so tired by week 5 of the school year? So it’s not surprising that as teachers and administrators, it’s right about now that we start to talk more and more about finding balancing in our lives. But is balance possible?...
Lessons From The Best
For many of us in international education the new school year is already upon us. For some of you diehard holiday lovers this might come with a little dread, but hopefully as an educator you feel at least a little excitement at the beginning of a new school year. Like most summers I planned to do much more then I ever accomplished, which was compounded this year as it was my first time chasing after a 1-year old all day. It really...
Does International Experience Really Matter?
I just survived my 5th trans-Pacific flight with a 1-year old. Gone are the days of in-flight movies and long stretches of time to work, read, or think (oh how good I had it). Today my flights are filled with the feat of entertaining a squirmy child. For any parent who travels long distances with little kids, they know that preparation is as much an art form as it is a necessity. Still you never quite know what’s going to...
Video: “Where Good Ideas Come From” by Steven Johnson
What are you doing this summer with your coworkers or students to innovate for the next school year? Um…sorry did I same something about summer? Who would be so bold as to ask teachers to work over the summer holiday? Certainly we’d never ask that of our students, would we? Sorry, please excuse my sarcasm, but now that it’s mid-July I’m starting to get a little restless. Now before you write a comment...
