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In this episode of the Tes International podcast we chat with Daniel Jones, chief education officer at Globeducate, to discuss how the school group is managing the challenge of the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence, chiefly ChatGPT. This includes working to understand how it could benefit teachers by reducing workloads by generating lessons templates or curriculum ideas, through to the risks it poses from plagiarism to if coursework-based assessment can survive into the future. He discusses how this work has included forming working groups to bring expert insights from across its groups and the need for a continued focus in this area given its rapid evolution.

In the latest episode of the Tes International podcast we chat with Evelyn Twebaze, the head at Oak International School in Uganda. She discusses how the school is coping with rapid growth and the changes this creates - from having to increase classroom sizes to building more accommodation for staff, and ensuring new teachers have the skills required to teach in a modern, forward-thinking way required for the setting. She also discusses the challenge of helping to diagnose children with special education needs and disabilities and provide the necessary adaptations for them, and the tricky art of explaining this to parents who are not always receptive to what they are being told.

We chat with Iain Henderson. Deputy Head (Educational Developments and Partnerships) at Wellington College and Chris Woolf, International Director, Wellington College International, about how private schools can run successful international school franchises. They discuss everything from the importance of regularly checking in with leaders at your overseas schools, to how you ensure you create the right ethos in a new setting that mirrors the home school. We also hear how their own Festival of EDucation is about to go global with new events planned by their overseas partners.

In the latest Tes International podcast we chat with Mark Leppard, the headmaster of The British School Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi about why he still finds time to teach in the classroom despite a school leader - and the benefits he believes this brings to his leadership. He also explains why the school has created its own leadership programme for students to help augment their learning beyond A levels - and how this course has evolved over the years. Finally he talks about how heads can avoid the loneliness that can occur when leading a school and the importance of maintaining close relationships with other senior staff or leaders across your region - or indeed the world.

In the first episode of a new series of the Tes International Podcast, we head to Oman to chat with Kai Vacher, the principal of the British School of Muscat, to hear about an initiative to deliver remote education to a sister school, 1,000km away. He explains how the initiative came to life before the pandemic and grow through various lockdowns to help boost provision for students at Key Stage 3 and 4 and increase pupil numbers too. Vacher also explains about the various hurdles and unexpected issues that can occur developing a program like this - and how to overcome them - to help any other school thinking of doing something similar get a sense of what might lie ahead, and why it's all worth it.

In this episode of the Tes International podcast we chat with Mark Steed, the Principal and CEO of Kellett School, the British International School in Hong Kong about how leaders can give staff meaningful career growth opportunities towards their own leadership goals. He touches on how this involves recognising you may lose talented staff over time - and why this should be embraced - and why existing leaders should spend time explaining the less obvious aspects of leadership to those below them to help set them up for the future

In this episode of the Tes International podcast we chat with Liz Free, CEO and director at International School Rheintal (ISR) in Switzerland, about how she set about establishing a relationship with her board of governors that worked for both her and them to benefit the school, and why this isn't as easy as it sounds. She also discusses the tricky topic of when and how to call on external consultants to help you - from how you pick the right person or organisation for your needs and making it clear what you want them to do - and why sometimes you have to decide their advice is not right for your setting, even if you've paid good money for it.  All that and lots more...

In this episode, we chat with Matt Payne, the head of lower school at Nord Anglia International School New York, to hear about how the school works hard to ensure the induction process for new starters goes as well as possible. He explains how this starts at the interview stage as the school looks to get a sense of how candidates may settle in such a fast-paced and bustling city - and how they help them sort the numerous administrative tasks that await. He also explains why buddy systems are back after the pandemic - and why a scavenger hunt can be a great way to help people learn about their new home.

Tes talks with the principal of the British International School Ukraine, David Cole, about how he and his school community have coped during the Russian invasion of the country – and why keeping education going must remain the top priority, whatever the situation

Building strong relationships with the local community is something all schools seek to do - but it is not something that happens by magic and takes time, trust and effort to create genuine connections and dialogue. This is especially true in the international school sector, where many schools have been perceived as silos of privilege and may have struggled to integrate with the wider community. This was the challenge that faced Jonathan Warner when he became headmaster of the British School of Ulaanbaatar in 2019. However, as he explains in the latest Tes International podcast, he set about changing this from the start across the school - from getting pupils to see the reality of life beyond the school gates to reaching out to local government officials to build relationships and form long-term partnerships. He explains how he did this, the impact it has had, why he sees it as fundamental to the ethos of international education - and what it's like to live and work in Mongolia.

As the pandemic recedes in many countries around the world international schools are reporting an increase in safeguarding concerns as the impact of two years of studying at home and a lack of socialisation takes its toll. With this in mind, we chat with Kate Moskwa, principal of Abdulrahman Kanoo International School (ARKIS) in Bahrain, to hear about how her school has seen this issue play out and the work they are doing to support students and give staff the CPD they need to maintain their skills in this area. We also talk about the wider issues of safeguarding in the international sector - from the cultural differences between settings to the importance of using the expertise of local staff to discuss sensitive issues with families.

As recruitment season bubbles along in the international sector, we chat with experienced international head Jennie Devine to discuss the recruitment challenges, opportunities, pitfalls and trends that international schools - and those looking for new jobs - need to be aware of. This includes the importance of being transparent about a role, its responsibilities and pay, and avoiding issues such as ghosting where applicants are left in the dark about the outcome of an application or interview.

In the latest Tes International podcast we chat with the Secondary Principal at Bangkok Patana School, Bangkok, Matt Seddon, about a major change he introduced on taking up the role in August 2021 around academic target setting. He explains how, concerned targets being set by teachers for students were not ambitious enough and so, to counter this, he has put target setting entirely into the hands of students - guided by data on their expected outcomes - to help ensure everyone is striving for the best possible outcomes in their grades.

In the first episode of the new season of the Tes International podcast we chat with the director-general of the International Baccalaureate, Olli-Pekka Heinonen, to discuss his plans to transform the organisation in a post-pandemic world. This includes everything from how he is looking to embrace digital assessment to how he is thinking about remodelling the Diploma Programme based on his educational maxim of 'head, heart and hands'. He also outlines why he wants to broaden access to the IB to more schools worldwide and the challenges the pandemic has caused - and the opportunities it has created. We also touch on why he wanted to take on such a challenging role and why the history of the IB and the innovation shown by his predecessors has been occupying a lot of his head space since taking on the role in May 2021.

In the latest episode of the Tes International podcast we chat with Douglas Kidd, director of curriculum X at International College Hong Kong about the school's Fleixble Learning initiative, which sees students learning about a huge array of topics, from aliens and animals, to podcasts, poetry and photography. He explains how this came to life during the pandemic and the benefits it had for helping pupils complemented their remote learning with something different and why it carried on when school reconvened earlier this year. We discuss the logistic of getting something like this in motion and how it can evolve to become an integral part of school life.

The importance of having diverse leadership across the international school sector is something increasing being discussed. However, what can schools and teachers at all career stages do to make it happen? Julia Knight is the principal of EtonHouse International School in Bahrain and has been teaching abroad since 2012. She's learned firsthand how to make it to the top of the profession - and seen the hurdles and stumbling blocks that have to be overcome. She chatted to Tes about this journey, the issues she encountered, how they can be overcome and how the sector as a whole needs to work harder to make the path to the top easier for female teachers for the latest TEs International podcast

Being asked to design a new school curriculum is an amazing opportunity - but one that immediately comes with a lot of issues to address - from meeting the needs of those requesting it to ensuring parents understand its purpose. This was the challenge facing Brendan Law, the director general of Misk Schools Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and Dr Terence Brady Misk, Innovative Curriculum Development Lead, as part of their work developing an entirely new curriculum as part of the Vision 2030 strategy in the country. They joined us on the latest Tes International podcast to explain what’s informed their curriculum planning, the innovative approaches they are taking around leaderships and internships and how they're drawing inspiration from other approaches across the world.

This edition of the Tes International podcast is a special episode that brings you a discussion held between three of the biggest names in education research at the World Education Summit, for which Tes was the media partner. In the discussion are: Professor Andy Hargreaves the Thomas More Brennan Chair in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College and co-founder of the International Centre for Educational Change at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Pasi Sahlberg, the Professor of Education Policy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia Pak Tee NG, Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, They discuss how they think the education world may change post-pandemic – from exams and assessment metrics to the use of technology in the future of education, and why wellbeing must remain a central focus of schooling across the globe.

In the latest Tes International podcast we chat with Niall Statham the head of physical education at Hartland International School in Dubai. He tells us about how moving to become an international teacher allowed him to pursue his love of rugby on the international stage and the opportunities this provided - not just as sporting enjoyment but boosting his teaching and leadership skills too.

In the latest episode of the Tes International Podcast we chat with Elise Ecoff, Nord Anglia Education's Group Education Director. She talks about the challenges and opportunities of leading a large educational school group during a pandemic and how she hopes education will evolve for the better as normality returns. We also discuss the importance of mentors to help careers flourish and why it is vital everyone is given the same opportunity to climb the career ladder so the very best individuals - and their ideas - have a chance to shine.