Principal's Blog

What If We Inspire Our Students to Cultivate Moral Ambition?

by Amulya Malaki Dear Aspiring Leader, If you are preparing to lead an international school today, you are not simply assuming the mantle of academic stewardship. You are stepping into a profoundly ...

Elevate Wellbeing Without Adding More

by Cassandra Clark There is a moment in almost every school year when someone says, “We should really do something about wellbeing.” It usually comes after a difficult incident, a spike in behaviour ...

Teacher Recruitment in International Schools: Tame, Critical, or Wicked?

by Emmanuel N Barthalomew This reflective piece, as most of my writings tend to be, is a summary of my musings. Between teacher interviews across subjects, phases, and leadership posts, I’m also ...

Head and Heart – A Balancing Act

by Lisa Thorpe With over 20 years in education, including a decade in senior leadership, I have cultivated a leadership style that is uniquely my own, rooted in heart, experience, and ...

Recruitment vs Retention

by Rowena Minney Retention. The Real Measure of a Recruiter’s Success? This article has taken me a while to write, and I’m actually glad it has. Although not a complex topic, the many conversations ...

Sustainable International School Change Management

by Dr Dan Gilfillen Working in bilingual and international schools around the world for the last 16 years, one area of leadership has become apparent to me as a crucial element of ...

Cultural Quotient: The Most Important “Q” in International School Leadership

by Ariane Baer-Harper My passion for speaking about cultural competence in school leadership started subtly over the years of working in international schools across several continents. It grew during ...

Peace Based Educational Leadership

by Estelle Baroung Hughes I. Conceptualizing peace in international education Peace is a spiral of hope that starts at the level of self and spreads out towards others and the world. Because peace ...

The Honeymoon Period

by Simon Attwood I landed my dream job. Of course, one could argue that, just over two months in, it’s still the honeymoon period, but actually, I’m not convinced that there is a honeymoon period. A ...