Podcasts about concordia international school

While the sun was rising behind Doug Grove, the Head of School at Concordia International School in Hanoi, Vietnam, we were recording our first international podcast the evening before. In this engaging conversation, Doug talks about his path to accepting the call to work internationally. Always interested in learning and experiencing new things, Doug and his wife took a major leap by studying the Asian culture and acclimating themselves to a whole new world; first in China and now Vietnam. He talks about the challenges and benefits of working internationally and encourages those who may be interested in working abroad that it may not be as difficult as one may think.

In this episode, we chat with Everett Hill, Secondary Vice Principal at Concordia International School. He's an American who is living and working in Shanghai, China. He talks with us about what life is like in one of Asia's most iconic cities and the challenges of living there with his family during the Zero Cover Years. Everett gives listeners thinking of taking the plunge to work overseas some great advice and he talks about his education podcast “Classrooms in Crisis.” , Follow the Podcast on social media: Join the AWESOME GROUP: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/652187626755803 Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/MadForMaple Instagram (travel and life): https://instagram.com/jlandkev Instagram (nature stuff): https://instagram.com/shizenwildlife YouTube: http://youtube.com/@busankevin  Follow Everett on Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/everettis1 Listen to “Classrooms in Crisis”: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/classroomsincrisis

Live from the 2019 LCMS National Youth Gathering, Meleyna and Henry, students of Concordia International School Hanoi, join Andy to share their stories of life and school in Hanoi. Learn more at concordiahanoi.org.

Live from the 2019 LCMS National Youth Gathering, students Judy, Tim, Amber, Aaron, Zoe, and Joy, along with Family Life Counselor Chris Mizel from Concordia International School, Shanghai, join Andy to share their stories of being students in a vibrant international school. Learn more at concordiashanghai.org.

Tanea is a biology and environmental science teacher at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, AZ. Before 2015, Tanea taught internationally at the Wells International School in Bangkok, Thailand, and Concordia International School in Shanghai. Back in 2012, Tanea was a member of the JASON Project Teacher Argonaut Program, on which she went on an expedition that explored the waters of the Black, Aegean and Mediterranean Seas off the coasts of Turkey and Cyprus. More recently, Tanea has been involved with the American Modeling Teachers Association and she has run Biology Modeling Workshops. Tanea earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from California State University-East Bay, a Master of Education from ASU, and a Master of Science in teaching earth science from Wright State University.

Dennis, a Google Certified Teacher and STAR Discovery Educator, has been a cutting-edge teacher for 20 years. He is currently in his third year as Technology Coordinator at Concordia International School in Shanghai, China. Dennis is also the co-host of the Tech Talk Roundtable podcast, sharing valuable information about integrating technology in education. In this episode, Dennis joins Brent to share stories of the joys and challenges of teaching in another country.

Doris talks to Anne Love of Concordia International School in Shanghai, China. Anne is the High School Academic Innovation Coordinator as well as a teacher of science and social entrepreneurship at her school. They discuss how Anne has changed her social entrepreneurship course using the Korda Method. She shares the shift in her instructional practice, which has changed the way she is teaching skills in the classroom.

Mark Johnson, a teacher at Concordia International School in Shanghai and four of his students talk about the international collaboration they have created to recover the voices and stories of Montana's Chinese community by arranging to translate Chinese-language documents in the Montana Historical Society collections. Specifically, the collection examines the challenges facing the Chinese community in the post-World War II era as families struggled to reunite, but were hindered by the Chinese civil war and the tensions of the Cold War. June 4, 2014. www.montanahistoricalsociety.org

If you are a school leader or someone looking for advice on how to bring superb speakers to your school or to add a student-centered US national history project to your program,  be sure to give history teacher Mark Johnson a call. Or at least an email; maybe even a tweet.Mark Johnson is a US History teacher at Concordia International School Shanghai and a leader in bringing the U.S. National History Day program to Asia. NHD empowers students as historians through their History Day program. It takes the best parts of Social Studies education (analysis, critical thinking, problem solving, creative synthesis) and incorporates these elements into project-based learning that can fit into any History classroom."The National History Day program makes history dry no more." Mark JohnsonTweet ThisBioMark Johnson has taught at Concordia International School for eight years where he started National History Day in international schools. Since then, the growth of NHD internationally has been rapid and widespread.Mark was the 2013 21st Century Learning teacher of the year.Mark's Other Awards Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award, National Council for the Social Studies, 2013-2014 Love of Learning Award, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2013 Charles Redd Center K-12 Teaching Western History Award, 2012 & 2013 HISTORY Channel Award for Service, 2012 James M. Becker Award for Global Understanding, National Council for the Social Studies, 2011 Holocaust Educator of the Year, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, 2006-2007Connect with Mark Twitter: @BigSkyHistory Linked in:  Mark Johnson Website: MontanaChinese.org

Anne Love is a high school science teacher who has taught biology, IB biology, environmental science (IB and AP), chemistry, earth science, physics, forensic science and ecology for over 15 years. She has taught at public schools in the United States and international schools in Bulgaria, the Philippines and now at Concordia International School in China. She is passionate about traveling, education, learning new things, and most recently, coffee; thanks in part to a social entrepreneur class she and her husband Patrick have developed at Concordia. In this podcast, Anne will share with us the steps she has taken to create and propel this new founded passion for coffee. [This podcast is one of ten in the HowTo@ConcordiaShanghai series. For information on how to contract the Limitless platform to benefit your organization connect with Ally.]

Bob and his family moved from Minnesota to Shanghai in 2012 for their expat experience. During their time in Shanghai, Bob worked as a Marketing Director for Covidien’s Emerging Markets group, while Darcy lived the tai-tai life and kids Kiana and Eric attended Concordia International School. Their time in Shanghai was rich and rewarding, and having repatriated two months ago, they’re currently navigating their way back to life in Minnesota.

Introductions Michael Lambert, a Middle School teacher from Concordia International School in Shanghai joined Jeff and David for tonight’s show. Essential Question How to go deeper in student learning? Why go deeper? David: See his blog post. Jeff: Engage student and allow them to be nodes of information. Take away from the discussion- Mike's 5 Strategies for Deeper Learning: Go one to one with laptops so students have access to information to answer their questions. Let's students "rewind", go back to information when they need to further their understanding. Project-based Learning: cross discipline the learning in real world applications. Example: Mike's class visited a bike shop which connected economics, science, math and community building. They also went to a landfill, about learned alternative fuels and made further connections to being better citizens of the Earth. Visuals- let the images tell the story. Strong connection to student brains. Evokes the emotion which brings attention which drives learning. Using graphs. How to filer the information, make meaning of it. Media Literacy. Build in multi-sensory experiences. Get the kids outside the classroom and engage in field trips, real world--new brain experiences. These are deeper. Sometimes means making mistakes, being uncomfortable which leads to learning. Teachers need to let go. Let the kids be more in control. We need to be the coach. We can be co-learners. Inquiry. Everyone provides questions. Help students take their passions and questions to design question to research and then come up with more questions that they want to answer. Make connections across the curriculum then lead to questions and further applications that combine subject areas. Cannot be narrow with our curriculum. Ready to go in different directions. We need to really focus on teaching students to be learners. If they are truly going to be independent life long learners, they have to have the skills to be active learners. What does a shifted school look like? Jeff: What is a Shifted School? A school that understands that learning is a 24/7 activity and engages students in THEIR spaces to learn. A school that instead of forcing student to come to them to learn, they go to them and create learning opportunities where the students are. They use tools that are familiar to the students, that engage them in the learning process and allow them to not only connect nodes of information, but also always them and teaches them to be a node as well. David: What shifted looks like see 21st Century Schools & his post on the topic. School 2.0 wiki by Steve Hargadon as a place to read opinions on what shifted schools look like and add your opinion. And listen to episode 8 where Brent Loken talks about Hsinchu International School. Mike: If you are using strategies for deeper learning and helping kids make connections, you are really focusing on learning which is what shifted schools are all about. We need to look at our pre-service teacher programs to shift them where teachers learn teaching 2.0 strategies while taking part in mentoring programs to get them up to speed. Blog Posts of the Week: Jeff: Remote Access A Difference Mark's EdTech Learning is Messy David: See Margaret's comment for SOS episode 3. Sign Off * Next show is Wednesday April 30th at 8:00 PM Shanghai time. Note: This is a different day and time than our usual show. * Our guest will be David Navis of Hong Kong International School. * Essential Question for the show: When not to use technology? * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Brent Loken, the Director of Curriculum and Innovation at Hsinchu International School (HIS) joined Jeff and David for tonight’s show. Brent has a Web site and a blog where you can read more about his ideas. Essential Question How to Shift? David> See his blog post for his Top 10 list of steps to take to shift. Jeff> We need to think about the effect of small, start up schools like HIS and how they might bypass the traditional schools to offer the 21st century learning that our international corporate parents are realizing their children need. Take away from the discussion> -It is usually an evolutionary approach in most schools for them to slowly make the shift to School 2.0. -So much more difficult to shift schools with history and culture that won't adapt. But we cannot stop our efforts! -If you are fortunate to be at a small school or one just starting up, you have a much better chance of getting everyone of like minds and beliefs onboard to take a more radical approach. -"Rethink everything". "Needs to be a revolution". “Be bold”. -The curriculum is not fast enough to keep up with the learning community of a shifted school. Must be ready to adapt it as your school adapts to the learning needs of its students. -Possibility of competition from start-up schools? Just like in the business world. -Healthy competition in schools provides more choices for parents and to choose from. Blog Posts of the Week Jeff: New Literacy Leader Talk The Learning 2.008 Conference in Shanghai! Brent: Arts and Smarts article Whole Child article A Mind at A Time by Mel Levine David: Powerful Learning Practices 9 Principles for Implementation: The Big Shift Leading the Shift in International Education Sign Off * Next show is Thursday April 18th at 7 PM Shanghai time. * Our guest will be Michael Lambert of Concordia International School in Shanghai. * Essential Question for the show: How to go deep in learning? Why go deep? * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.