An online parent workshop about raising multilingual children! Rooted in research and grounded in personal and professional experience. Bring your questions with you!

Do your multilingual learners need some additional scaffolding and support in your homeroom classes? Do you wonder what to do when the English Language Specialist is not in the classroom?  This one-day session will provide practical strategies that support multilingual learners in every part of the mainstream curriculum from reading and writing to maths and unit of inquiry.

Despite the common belief that children “don’t see race”, research shows that racial awareness starts as young as three months old. It's never too early to begin having open conversations with your child about race. We will share strategies and resources that will help us feel more equipped to talk about race with the children in our lives. Learn how to approach these conversations with empathy and compassion. This workshop is designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 0-10.

How does our own culture and identity impact the way we teach? How do we make our classroom a learning space where every child feels a strong sense of belonging? In our ever increasing globalized world, understanding and celebrating cultural differences has never been more essential. Are you interested in making your classroom instruction and learning community more inclusive and culturally responsive but not sure how to start? This one-day workshop will focus on strategies and tools to help!

Designed in collaboration with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership www.cisl.cam.ac.uk and Sustainability Education www.sused.org this one-day  Education and Sustainability Leadership Summit (ESLS) at ISA offers the opportunity for strategic engagement, intense reflection and collaboration around leadership, approaches to teaching and learning, curriculum design and infrastructure, led by an experienced, expert faculty drawn from the worlds of sustainability, education and development.
The day, World Earth Day, will bring together students, teachers and leaders from national and international systems of education, with policy makers, leaders in business and industry and climate experts. Together, we will confront the systems failures that have led us to the current climate emergency and embrace the imperative of education and leadership to shape a pathway to a better, more peaceful and more sustainable future. This inaugural one-day summit will create networks of agency and connected action and will be followed by a three-day programme of focused, reflective engagement later in 2023-2024.

The Education and Sustainability Leadership Summit (ESLS) at ISA follows on from successful programs in Asia (UWC South East Asia), Africa (Bishop’s, Cape Town), Europe (Berlin Brandenburg International School) the UK (Dollar Academy, Scotland) and the Middle East (Jerusalem American School).

We all support children! Many schools and families have access to external support services from Speech & Language and Occupational Therapists. Join us to learn from these specialists what the most common student concerns are, how to identify the need for external support services and what tips and strategies you can use in the classroom to further enhance the support students receive.

Explore, with Author Librarian John Schu, how the universal truths found in stories can change us, inspire us, connect us to others, answer our deepest questions, and help us heal.

In this interactive lecture, we will dive into what is necessary to humanize the workplace, why it can seem risky to show up and let yourself be seen, and how it is actually courageous to be vulnerable. You will walk away with new insights, and some practical tools to apply in the workplace on the road to more humanness at work.