Tamara Lechner and Elke Paul Co-Founders Create Positive: www.createpositive.org
Educators and entrepreneurs Tamara and Elke share the journey of Create Positive http://www.createpositive.org and how they are supporting educational organizations with programs, workshops, and coaching in the area of wellbeing. They share how together they transitioned to creating Creative Positive their learnings and challenges as women leading a startup. We will explore their approach and areas […]
A conversation with Gregory Hedger Director at The International School Yangon (ISY) and Max Hedger
Greg shares a personal story about his 15 year old son, Max. This summer, Max and Greg will canoe the Mississippi source to sea. Their relationship, and their trip, are unique. Greg’s son is a former street kid from Myanmar. When Max was 9, Greg and his wife met Max, and through a series […]
A conversation w/ Dr Yuhyun Park – Founder of DQ – Global Standards for Digital Literacy, Skills, and Readiness dqinstitute.org
Dr. Park shares her journey founding the DQ Institute, writing her book IQ EQ DQ New Intelligence in the AI age, Digital Citizenship and Literacy and her work across the globe focused on these areas. Together we explore the challenges of the digital landscape students and parents are navigating, the learnings from her work, and […]
A conversation with Dr. Helen Kelly, Researcher, writer, speaker, consultant on school wellbeing drhelenkelly.com (The Positive Principal)
Dr. Helen Kelly shares learnings from her research, work and workshops on wellbeing focused on supporting and guiding schools, educators and school leaders. We take this opportunity with Helen’s expertise to better understand strategies and the creative challenges schools encounter engaging with school wellbeing and how the pandemic has impacted this area and awareness. How […]
School Closure- looking back & forward 18 month on!
Guests : Tim Evans : Founding Educational Technology Coordinator at Stamford American School Hong Kong, Jason Reagin: IBCP Coordinator & MYP Design EducatorI Chadwick International School Dave Freeman: Director of HR and Operations at Nuna, James Sayer : Director of AppsEvents, Asia & Middle East. Throughout the pandemic International School Podcast connected with educators focused on supporting education technology from around the globe […]
A conversation with Andrew Hoover, Head of School, The American International School Chennai (India)
In this conversation, Andrew reflects on his experience as a Head of School in India navigating leadership in this complex changing world. In addition, Andrew shares the skills, dispositions, and knowledge that young aspiring leaders want to explore and consider as they look for professional opportunities with school leadership in International Schools. About Andrew […]
A conversation with Wolfgang Soeldner, Head of Global Education at i3-Technologies
Wolfgang shares his journey working in International Schools and in the education technology industry. His roles as Education Technology facilitator, Coordinator, Leader, and currently Head of Global Education. Wolfgang shares the learnings, reflections of navigating an international school education work environment and education technology industry. Moving between these. Wolfgang Soeldner on Social Media […]
A conversation with Oliver Page CoFounder and VP Sales USA & Leo Shortland Chief Operating Officer @ MyNutkase
In this conversation with Oliver and Leo, we explore how does an idea started at an international school in Rome transforms into an international company with a global presence, the creative tensions and challenges of running and leading a startup in the education sector, and how Leo and Oliver manage and lead their teams. Learnings […]
A conversation with Craig Kemp Co-Founder at EduSpark, speaker, workshop host and consultant
Craig shares the journey of creating the EduSpark Professional Learning Platform, why this platform, the vision and juggling multiple projects focused on professional learning and then launching EduSpark. What does professional learning look like for schools and educators in the next few years, has COVID reframed our understanding of virtual professional development. About Craig […]
Andrew Hallam – Author of ‘The Millionaire Expat’ and ‘Balance’
My wife recently gave me a copy of ‘The Millionaire Expat’ by Andrew Hallam. I loved the book and connected with Andrew on Linkedin. He agreed to chat on the podcast, and here we are. (This is an excellent testament to LinkedIn as a networking tool!) We learn all about achieving financial independence, work-life […]