How does a school measure the success of its university guidance programme? What metrics can be used, and what metrics may do more harm than good?
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Educational institutions have long explored methods to respond to student behavioural issues, interpersonal conflicts, and student/staff tensions in the classroom and beyond. Restorative practices offer an alternative approach, looking through a lens of harm, accountability, and restoration.
Area of expertise provided as part of the CIS Affiliated Consultant Network:
Curriculum Design and Delivery (The Arts)
We’re delighted to celebrate International Women’s Day by sharing advice from women leaders across our global community for students in our schools and universities aspiring to leadership roles in their future careers.
Tala Qudah highlights her experience of CIS International Accreditation and being a CIS Evaluator and the impact on her school, their community, and for her personally.
We asked Cath Brew, Lindz Amer and Shaun Delenty about the key challenges educators face as they cultivate belonging for LGBTQ+ individuals.
We asked two specialists about the challenges facing our community related to child protection and safeguarding right now (and what our workshops can do to help).
From cyberbullying to social networking to digital identity, Safer Internet Day each February aims to raise awareness of emerging online issues and current concerns.
The CIS Evaluator Development Programme is a new professional learning opportunity for trained volunteer accreditation evaluators looking to further advance their skills while participating in virtual and in-person team visits.
CIS Supporting Members are long-standing educational organizations, twenty-seven in total, whose strategic objectives support and complement our own. Here’s the story of AIELOC: The Association of International Educators and Leaders of Color, who celebrate their 5th Anniversary.
As a new year dawns, here's a round-up of our most popular blogs in 2022, in case you missed them.
Valérie Besanceney explores how students won't be able to reap all the benefits of their education if unaddressed emotions are impeding their ability to learn. She outlines intentional ways to embed transitions-care within and between schools.
Area of expertise provided as part of the CIS Affiliated Consultant Network:
Curriculum Design and Delivery
Strategic Planning
In a recent CIS project, we asked students from schools and universities about their experiences. Their insights will help practitioners in schools and universities understand the needs of international secondary students transitioning to higher education. The insights will help them consider how to best meet student needs through their transitions programming, drawing on data provided by 94 international students.
We talk a lot about ‘culture shock’, the anxiety and uncertainty created by experiencing a new culture, language, weather, food, and behaviours. But what about the 'health culture shock' that can occur in doctors' consulting rooms in other countries and cultures?