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by Joshua Darryl Sussex There is a moment that most international school leaders recognise. You arrive in a new context, a new country, a new school, a new community, carrying approaches that worked well elsewhere. You have led staff meetings with those approaches. You have resolved the conflict with them. You have built cultures with […]

by Donnah Ciempka There are moments in every international school when the rhythm shifts—when classrooms empty, farewells are spoken, contracts conclude, and families quietly begin packing their lives into boxes. Transition is not a single event marked on a calendar; it is something lived, felt, and carried by an entire community. As school leaders, we

by Dr. Howard Stribbell When I attended the #LYIS26, conference in Hanoi, I expected strong sessions, thoughtful dialogue, and practical takeaways. What I did not expect was how quickly I would notice something else. It showed up in the conversations between sessions, in the quieter moments over coffee, and in the way people spoke when