Shambles Headcasts

Chris Smith talks with Dennis Stanworth, High School Principal of Yokohama International School, Japan

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:32:55 GMT

This is a programme in the “Shambles HEADcast” Podcast series produced by Chris Smith www.shambles.net/podcasting

Conversations with Headteachers and Principals of International Schools in South East Asia.

Episode 6 This recording was made in May 2007

In this program Chris Smith talks with Dennis Stanworth, High School Principal of Yokohama International School, Japan www.yis.ac.jp

Dennis shares his experiences working for more than 27 years in the school and in a brief two year period in Hong Kong before moving to Japan. We cover the usual questions in this series including advice to new Headteachers and teachers who are considering moving to Japan, continuing professional development, curriculum and technology. Dennis also paints a colourful picture of what it is like to live and work in Japan and the unique cultural experiences.

Chris talks with James Dalziel, UWCSEA Singapore

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:04:37 GMT

This is a programme in the “Shambles HEADcast” Podcast series produced by Chris Smith www.shambles.net/podcasting

Conversations with Headteachers and Principals of International Schools in South East Asia.

Episode 5 This recording was made in March 2007

In this program Chris Smith talks with James Dalziel Principal of the Middle School, United World College of South East Asia in Singapore www.uwcsea.edu.sg

James shares his experiences working in two International Schools in Singapore including advice to new Headteachers and teachers who are considering moving to the Island.

Links UWCSEA: United World College of South East Asia http://www.uwcsea.edu.sg

Inspiration: http://www.inspiration.com

ACSD: http://www.ascd.org/

Second Life: http://secondlife.com

Chris talks with Keith Wecker (Headmaster,American Pacific International School,Thailand)

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:08:41 GMT

This is a programme in the “Shambles HEADcast” Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting

Conversations with Headteachers and Principals of International Schools in South East Asia.

Episode 4

In this program Chris talks with Keith Wecker, Headmaster, American Pacific International School (APIS) in Chiangmai, north Thailand. http://www.apis.ac.th

Keith shares his considerable experiences as head of two international schools in Thailand.

The programme lasts much longer than the usual 30 minutes but does provide excellent advice to anyone moving to Thailand to teach or manage in an International School.

Topics also covered include : ‘Workloads of Heads in Int.Schs.’, ‘Budgets’, ‘Funding for ICT’, ‘Use of ICT’, ‘Libraries and Librarians’, ‘Teacher Recruitment’, ‘Quality of Life as an Expat’, ‘Favourite Interview Questions’ and ‘Security in Schools’.

The role and growth of ISAT, International Schools Association of Thailand, is also discussed http://www.isat.or.th

This recording was made in late 2006 but was not put online until January 2007.

Chris talks with Julie Todd (Elementary Principal, Beijing City International School)

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:48:15 GMT

This is a programme in the “Shambles HEADcast” Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting

Conversations with Headteachers and Principals of International Schools in South East Asia.

Episode 3

In this program Chris talks with Julie Todd Elementary Principal, Beijing City International School in China http://www.bcis.cn/

Julie shares her experiences of ten years in Beijing and offers some advice to new Headteachers and teachers who are considering moving to Chinaa, including advice related to interviews and working in the region.

Other topics include what it means to be one of two international schools in China with the title “Olympic Education Model School”.

The role of ACAMIS – Association of China and Mongolia International Schools is also discussed http://www.acamis.com/

This recording was made in October 2006

Chris talks with Steve Caulfield (The Alice Smith School, K.L. Malaysia)

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:40:19 GMT

This is a programme in the “Shambles HEADcast” Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting

Conversations with Headteachers and Principals of International Schools in South East Asia.

Episode 2

In this program Chris talks with Steve Caulfield Principal, Primary School, The Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia http://www.alice-smith.edu.my/

Steve shares his experiences in Kuala Lumpur especially offering some advice to new Headteachers and teachers who are considering moving to Malaysia, including advice related to interviews and also highlights some of the ‘challenges’ to working in the region.

He also talks about the introduction of ICT into the school and then highlights some of the ways that the school celebrated their sixty year anniversary

This recording was made in October 2006

Chris talks with Gordon Lewis (ex Hong Kong)

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:35:54 GMT

This is a programme in the “Shambles HEADcast” Podcast series produced by Chris Smith http://www.shambles.net/podcasting

Conversations with present and past Headteachers and Principals of International Schools in South East Asia.

In this program Chris talks with Gordon Lewis OBE who has been a teacher in the UK, Germany and then as the Headteacher of Shatin Junior School an ESF primary (5-11) school in Hong Kong and a short time helping to establish a school in Beijing before retiring early.

Gordon shares his experiences in Hong Kong especially offering some advice to new Headteachers and teachers who are considering moving to Hong Kong, including advice related to interviews and also highlights some of the ‘challenges’ to working in the region.

Gordon was also actively involved in the introduction of ICT into the curriculum and specifically mentions an ‘Intergrated Learning System” Pilot done in the school.

He also describes the day he meet the Queen to receive his OBE.

This recording was made in September 2006