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Making a Global Impact
Making a Global Impact Through SISU Schools®By Tom Hawkins, M.A., Ed.D., Vice President of School Start-Ups and School Management As the pandemic forced all of us to re-think approaches and educational offerings, ISS and Lumo Education initiated a collaboration to...
In Tribute to a Legend: Mary Anne Haas
In Tribute to a Legend: Mary Anne HaasWith heavy hearts, we share that Mary Anne Haas passed away this past Saturday, March 8 — notably, on International Women's Day and just over one week shy of her 99th birthday. While ISS marks this loss with great sadness, we also...
Staying True to the Mission of Schools: Learning
Staying True to the Mission of Schools: LearningBy Ben Calsbeek, Middle School Principle, Cayma International SchoolThe Why: Impacting Lives Via Learning A noticeable and positive shift in emphasis from teaching to learning has taken place in education over the past...
Leading from the Side
Leading from the SideBy John Burns, ISS Director of Creativity and InnovationLeading and managing organizational change is a difficult endeavor at the best of times. It requires clarity, foresight, empathy for others and a range of micro and macro strategies....
The Epic Design Challenge Confronting Educators
The Epic Design Challenge Confronting EducatorsBy Homa Tavangar and Will Richardson, Co-founders of the Big Questions InstituteDelta. Omicron. The backlash to equity-informed curriculum and “honest” history. Challenges to voting rights and democracy. Mistrust of media...
Leadership Spotlight: Erin Michelle Threlfall
Leadership Spotlight: Erin Michelle ThrelfallISS Leadership Search was honored to support the Primary School Principal search for Shekou International School in Shenzhen, China. Congratulations to Erin Michelle Threlfall for accepting the position, beginning August...
Teacher Feature: Coral and Ennis Johnson
Teacher Feature: Coral and Ennis JohnsonThe Johnson FamilyEducators Coral and Ennis Johnson came to the February 2019 ISS job fair in San Francisco, seeking to teach abroad. Our team had the joy of celebrating with them as they accepted a new chapter for their family...
Designing Future Learning Spaces
Designing Future Learning SpacesBy Austin Sakong, Senior Associate, FXCollaborative Architects LLPFew things occupy me as much as the question of how we occupy learning spaces. In part, it’s because I’m an architect who designs schools for a living; my days are spent...