The Identity Conscious Educator - Building Habits and Skills for More Inclusive Schools and Tools for Implementing an Identity Conscious Practice.

Feel prepared and empowered to strengthen your school’s mental health culture. You’ll leave this workshop feeling equipped and confident to contribute to a supportive mental health culture, reduce the risk of suicide and self-harm in your community, and lead your school through a mental health crisis.

The 2025 International School Business Management Institute by Sage Consultancy will take place from 18 to 20 September at the International School of Amsterdam, offering a hands-on development experience for international school business and operations leaders.

Come learn about the seven, science based, moves teacher and author, Lindsay Kemeny, made in her classroom to ensure reading success for all her students. She will share seven ways teachers can modify what they are currently doing to transform their reading instruction. Each “mighty move” focuses on a critical area of foundational reading, from the most efficient ways to teach phonemic awareness and phonics to how to boost comprehension.

The Hampstead Dyslexia Clinic presents an interactive workshop tailored for both primary and secondary educators to help understand the complex difficulties of dyslexic learners, reimagine the classroom with creative teaching methods and ultimately increase accessibility for all learners in class.

Engage and empower student thinking, not just deliver information. This workshop helps educators shift from a culture of "just getting through the curriculum" to fostering engagement with ideas and one another, and to be empowered to take action. Conversations and reflections will be grounded in creating and sustaining a classroom culture that values powerful thinking, deep understanding, and student ownership of learning.

Education can be transformed if we eradicate our fixation on big data like standardized test scores as the supreme measure of equity and learning. Instead of focusing on “filling” academic gaps, we must re-envision the system from the ground up—with classrooms, schools and systems built around students’ brilliance, cultural wealth, and intellective capacity. This call to action has never been more timely. By breaking down street data fundamentals: what it is, how to gather it, and how it can complement other forms of data to guide a school or district’s equity journey, author Shane Safir will offer an actionable framework for school transformation and Aaron Tyo-Dickerson will share a curated selection of technology tools and services designed to streamline your Street Data workflow.

Join us for a transformative workshop on inclusion led by renowned inclusion specialist, Shelley Moore! Shelley will set the stage by helping participants calibrate their understanding of inclusion and how it has evolved over time before shifting mindsets of how we understand, respond to and plan for the diverse groups of students in our care.

Current research shows, time and time again, that movement and exercise have a positive impact on student cogniiton, learning and self regulation at all ages. What exactly is the research saying and how do classroom teachers combine more movement into the school day without impacting their programme?

Join Dr. Lynne Kenney and Wim van Gelder for two days of engagement in practical applications of the latest research from the fields of neuroscience, kinesiology, cognitive science and neuroeducation.

The Veracross Summit 2024 is an educational and networking summit for private and independent schools. We hope that you’ll be able to join us for an exciting and informative series of sessions and talks from experts in edtech and school administration.

We’re hosting a CIS Workshop on 23–24 April for In-depth training to help international educators manage allegations of child abuse against an adult. It’s a professional learning experience tailored to international school communities. The goal is to return to your school ready to support the development of a community-wide safeguarding culture. Learn more on the CIS website.

Educators are at a crossroads and the global call for institutions to address their inequitable structures is ringing loudly. For teachers and school leaders who are hearing that call, this workshop offers knowledge and guidance for becoming a totally inclusive school.

Join Emily on a deep dive into the what, why, and how of LGBTQ+ safety, equity and belonging in schools. You will take away foundational knowledge about LGBTQ+ child development, vocabulary and key concepts, as well as a framework for considering decision-making. Participants will be supported to develop an individualized LGBTQ+ equity commitment plan, specific to your role, context, and priorities within international education.

As more K-6 teachers look to add high-yield tasks to their repertoire, the struggle to make it all work becomes real. Let’s examine how problem-based lessons can be used throughout the scope of a unit and how we can harness their power to move student thinking forward. We’ll identify strategies and explore some tasks that help us find a healthy balance between application, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency.

The Centre for Development Learning & Technology at the International School of Amsterdam is proud to be hosting the Appsevents European Google for Education Bootcamp on 17 November 2022 and Summit on 18 & 19 November 2022. It will be a truly world-class Google Professional Learning event.

Sometimes you need something that’s made just for you. Bringing our expertise to your school and working with our partners from various fields, we support you to intentionally design the experience of your school.

Dr. Ron Ritchhart is currently the Director of the Worldwide Cultures of Thinking Project, having served for 25 years as a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero. This seminar will focus on developing the kinds of thoughtful learning environments that foster powerful learning for both students and teachers.

Dr. Ron Ritchhart, Principal Investigator for the Cultures of Thinking Project and Senior Research Associate at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero, will lead this seminar, focusing on developing the kinds of thoughtful learning environments that foster powerful learning for both students and teachers.

Many of us dread having a hard conversation. It isn’t easy but it is necessary. How do we find voice around what matters? This workshop helps us acquire skills to be able to better have more humane and growth producing conversations with colleagues, parents, supervisors and others.