ES FACULTY POSTS
Elementary School Faculty Blog – April 9, 2021
Thank you, Delphine. We appreciate all that you have done for us and our school.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – April 2, 2021
Each day this week has seen more emails from families preparing to leave Yangon and we expect that this will continue throughout this quarter.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – March 26, 2021
I have a tremendous amount of respect for you all. It means a lot to be part of this group and I think it will mean even more as time goes on.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – March 19, 2021
We might not feel like experts but today’s assembly was a chance to remind ourselves that we are now good at many things that we did not know how to do at all just a matter of months or weeks or days ago.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – March 12, 2021
The reality of the current situation can make finding the bright side difficult. But research shows that in difficult times, it is important for our mental health to allow ourselves to acknowledge that times are difficult and to feel rather than suppress negative emotions.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – March 5, 2021
We have long term, yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly plans but our planning and preparation has now taken more of a day by day focus. It will therefore need to be very fluid as we plan for our students’ safety and wellbeing, connectedness, and learning.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – February 26, 2021
June is coming!
Elementary School Faculty Blog – February 19, 2021
To my Myanmar colleagues, on behalf of all my international colleagues, thank you for the support that you continue to give us as we work together for our students in these most challenging of times. We want you to know that we support you and can adapt the way that we work to allow you to deal with whatever you need to deal with outside of school.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – February 11, 2021
Thank you for all the work you have put into reports. Reports provide a very important window into the ethos and operation of a school.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – February 5, 2021
This has been a challenging and unsettling week that has added another level of uncertainty to an already uncertain time.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – January 29, 2021
Teaching is a caring profession and good teachers care a lot. About everything.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – January 22, 2021
By acting and continually improving on what works best for you and your students now, you are creating a new normal that the late Ken Robinson would hope is the lasting legacy of such a difficult time.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – January 15, 2020
This is the first school I have worked in that has a performance culture in which everyone is focused on getting better than they are now.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – December 18, 2020
We go to the break not quite having finished the first semester. At the end of January we will have got to the halfway mark of the 2020-2021 academic year.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – December 11, 2020
Having children on campus this week has given us a real lift as we head into the holidays.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – December 4, 2020
While you are in the middle of reimagining teaching and learning, I was wondering if you would like to share your thoughts or experiences.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – November 25, 2020
According to legendary basketball coach (and teacher), John Wooden, there is an important difference between winning and succeeding.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – November 20, 2020
Is pressure is necessary for people to do their best work?
Elementary School Faculty Blog – November 13, 2020
Childish wisdom mixed with a global perspective and some ‘grown up’ expertise and experience will go a long way in finding the answers to many of the problems that our children will need to solve.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – November 6, 2020
Hello Quarter 2!
Elementary School Faculty Blog – October 23, 2020
In case you are wondering why you are tired, we went online 219 days ago. This is the first chance we have had to rest for a very long time. Your work up until this point has set us up for the rest of the year and the rest of the year can wait for week!
Elementary School Faculty Blog – October 16, 2020
Chinthes Show Their Colors
Elementary School Faculty Blog – October 9, 2020
As expected, we have retained our fully accredited status as a WASC school and this extends to our ISY Nay Pyi Taw campus.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – October 2, 2020
Just be yourselves – positive, proud, and humble.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – September 25, 2020
Alex Grace gave me a book about Winnie the Pooh as a Taoist master. I still don’t quite get Taoism but I have a new-found respect for Winnie the Pooh.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – September 18, 2020
Here we go again! Dr. Ken Robinson says there is no time like the present to reimagine education.
Elementary School Faculty Blog – September 11, 2020
Our first Elementary Faculty Blog post for the year. It has been an up and down week brightened by some very positive feedback from our grateful community.