A Happy Accident For the past nine years, I have been deeply entrenched in the dynamic world of international school admissions – a role that helped me discover my innate abilities and brought me inexplicable fulfillment and satisfaction. What makes this journey...
It was an honor for the International Community School of Addis Ababa to host a Professional Learning Institute for school advancement in Addis Ababa in November 2023. This year’s conference fell on a weekend, which made it more convenient for many schools to...
Want to know more about how Kim Natassja Samuel and her team are implementing new ideas and new tools, with (in her words) “a touch of creativity”? She generously expands on her Roundtable answers with more details about how they have adapted their work and...
IAB: Tell us about your background and experience in international school education. FD: My background is as an Early Childhood educator and I have a Master’s of Psychology with a focus in education. I have worked as an educator since 1997 in several international...
A friend and veteran Director of Admissions once said to me that becoming an admissions officer wasn’t something she had aspired to be. I shared the same sentiment. However, life has a curious way of leading us down unexpected paths, and sometimes, those paths lead us...
When I became a teacher at 21, I envisioned spending my entire career in the classroom. Enthusiastic and energetic, I stayed on top of the latest educational trends and became a valued member of the international schools where I worked. However, as the years passed,...
Our Family’s 30 Month Journey For the last 10 years, my wife has been an international school secondary humanities educator while I have been an at-home dad to our two Autistic and ADHD sons, who were born in 2012 and 2013. From October 2021 to April 2024, we sought...
In 1988, my elementary school was introduced to a tool that would revolutionize teaching and learning as we knew it. It was so powerful some wondered whether it would destroy the need to learn. Some teachers wanted it banned or considered using it cheating or...
Being originally from the UK, our friends thought we would opt for the ‘British’ school. However, our faith in the International Baccalaureate programmes and those all-important recommendations from other parents led us to select the ‘American’ school. As we only...
In a world where independent schools are facing the challenges of a cost of living crisis, changes in government regulations (for example VAT implications under a Labour government in the UK), and a fiercely competitive environment, adopting a sales oriented approach...
