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[#quoteoftheday] “What we are, they become.” Just a little one about how the people we raise and pour into become like us....
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This page contains many articles I've written over the years in pursuit of learning, reflection, and personal development.
Themes include productivity, wellbeing, teaching, defusing bullying, culture, heritage, facilitation & more.
You will find that some of these posts are originally published on LinkedIn.
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- Mar 30
- 2 min
Contrast in Workshop Facilitation
[#Facilitation + "Contrast"] Sometimes I worry about including simpler tasks like word-matches or other ‘lower order thinking’ activities...
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- Mar 30
- 2 min
A Curriculum for Skills and Economic Growth in Chitral
[#education + #Chitral] The week before, I visited beautiful, expansive, mountainous Chitral, way north of Pakistan. For the education...
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- Mar 25
- 2 min
Highlights from the KSA Trip and Teacher Awards
[#CambridgeMENA + #celebration💃🏻🕺🏽✨] Many of you followed along with the recent #KSA trip where my colleague Ahmed Shalabi...
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- Mar 24
- 1 min
The Value of Competition: Insights from the Race
[#business + #competition] The photo in this post is from a race from last December. I was hugging my competition, this total pro of a...
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- Mar 19
- 2 min
Reflections on Heritage, Race, and Belonging
[#heritage + #CUPA] A couple of years ago, I wrote in my annual review that I kept feeling unsure about matters of heritage and racism. I...
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- Mar 14
- 2 min
Facilitation and Notes about Khobar
[#CambridgeMENA + #Khobar🇸🇦✨ + #Facilitation] Day 3 of 4! ✅ Today’s sessions in #Khobar, #SaudiArabia were such a great vibe! Teachers...
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- Mar 14
- 2 min
Day 2 of Network & Learn Events in Riyadh
[#CambridgeMENA + #Riyadh + #Learning 🇸🇦✨] We wrapped up Day 2 of our Network & Learn events in Riyadh yesterday! Shout out to my...
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- Feb 7
- 2 min
Navigating Career Pivots: Insights for Teachers
[#teachers + #careerpivots] "How do I pivot out of teaching into doing... like what you’re doing?" I was asked this quite a few times by...
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- Feb 7
- 2 min
Visionary Leadership Conference at the GEMS Education Wellington & Qatar
[#leadership + #education] I always know I’ve learned something or it’s resonated if I am still thinking about it some time later....
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- Feb 7
- 1 min
A Poll about Parents in International Education
[#internationaleducation + #business] There's something I've formed a strong opinion about, coming out of a fantastic conference I...
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- May 20, 2023
- 1 min
Assessment for Learning: Shifting Focus from Grades to Growth
[#quoteoftheday💬] “Success isn’t how far you got, but the distance you travelled from where you started.” - Steve Prefontaine....
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- Apr 19, 2023
- 1 min
Considerate Teaching: Reflections on Differentiation for Educators
Reflecting on last term, the topic of #differentiation came up over and over again for #teachers I met using Cambridge University Press...
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