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The American School of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Plan Your Next Trip to Brazil! Educators Supporting Each Other

Welcome, Ola in Portuguese from the continent of South America where the school is located in …

Over the last 35 years or so, instructional leadership has exploded as one of the most discussed and written about topics in education.

What Does it Mean to be an Instructional Leader?

A quick Google search on the term “Instructional Leadership” can bring up the amazing number of …

Jack and Me: a Podcast

Jack and Me: a Podcast

As Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice necessarily move into the foreground for international schools across the …

People have become accustomed to using QR codes as a way of convenience, so why not use them in your schoolhouse?

Using QR Codes in Your Schoolhouse

Everyone has seen them, but not everyone knows what they are, or how to use them. …

Learning is not verbatim memorization of the theories, formula, and theoretical contents; rather, it is communication and collaboration with all members of the school.

Thrive Beyond the Schools: Three Real-Life Skills to Succeed in the Society

We have extensively read about the impact of the environment on people’s behavior, views, character, and …

Feeling Flashcards, like these ones from Planet Color™ by Todd Parr, can be a great way for children to give their own feelings a name.

Big & Little Feelings

All children are social-emotional beings. Their feelings rise and fall; they ebb and flow like waves …

Emotional Intelligence has obvious benefits in our personal relationships, but how can we implement them in schools to improve student behavior?

Reinventing Discipline with Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence is a relatively new method being used to impact behavior. According to HelpGuide.Org, Emotional …

Reflecting on Educations Challenges and Opportunities of 2021 to Help Us Navigate in 2022 and Beyond

Reflecting on Educations Challenges and Opportunities of 2021 to Help Us Navigate in 2022 and Beyond

As we end 2021 and move into 2022, much has happened in the world of education …

This article explores worry as it pertains to being an educator. It explains how worry is similar and/or different from anxiety and stress, how to see being a worrier as a positive trait, and possible gender differences regarding worry.

The Educational “Worry Roster”

Like many people, I am a worry wart. I have a long list of worries about …

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended almost every aspect of our lives. As adults, many of us have learned to cope to some degree. Our children, on the other hand, have not been so resilient.

Anxiety, Children, and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended almost every aspect of our lives. As adults, many of us …

Any time spent teaching relationship skills has a direct benefit to your classroom. Interpersonal skills are used every day of their lives.

Another Strategy For Teaching Relationship Skills in Your Classroom

Middle and high school classrooms are often bursting with obsessive relationships. One relationship worth attention is …

Recommended guidelines mean that every school and every community can create a policy that reflects the needs and desires of the community (Photo by Park Troopers on Unsplash).

Managing the Monkey

It seems schools are at a point with the COVID 19 pandemic in which no one …