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Educators grow most efficiently when professional development is hands-on, continuous, and closely tied to everyday teaching practices. Single workshops or broad training sessions frequently fail to produce enduring change since they are too disconnected from the day-to-day challenges teachers encounter with students. Instructional coaching serves a unique and important purpose here.
Assessment for Learning is crucial for successful teaching, but it is frequently misinterpreted or simplified to mere techniques. At its essence, AfL is not focused on testing with greater frequency. It involves utilising assessment as a continuous method to comprehend learners' thought processes and modifying instruction accordingly. When applied effectively, it enables educators to make learning apparent and engages students in their own development.
Step into your role with confidence. This interactive three-part webinar series supports Teaching Assistants to grow, reflect, and make a meaningful difference in everyday practice.
From January to March, every hour of learning contributes to something bigger. Join the AISL Academy Learning Challenge, where individual CPD hours combine to create a meaningful, school-wide achievement.
Educational institutions preparing students for the future need to reconsider the ways curriculum is structured, presented, and experienced. Digital literacy currently stands at the core of contemporary education, influencing how young people express themselves, evaluate information, tackle challenges, and engage with a progressively digital environment. AI, online media, and emerging technologies impact every area, indicating that digital skills can no longer be treated as an isolated subject.
Digital learning has advanced significantly beyond just laptops in classrooms or educational applications on tablets. By 2025, learning enhanced by technology has become fundamental to the operations, communication, and shaping of student outcomes in schools. As AI tools speed up transformation and digital systems grow more complex, schools require leaders capable of steering innovation with clear direction, accountability, and a forward-thinking outlook.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming education, and school leaders are expected to lead this change with clarity, confidence, and compassion. However, numerous individuals experience the pressure to adopt new tools without a defined strategy for doing it safely and responsibly. Inquiries regarding data privacy, protection, bias, and employee preparedness frequently arise well in advance of activating an AI tool.
Hosted by CAPE and AISL Academy, this series brings together academic and operational leaders to explore evidence-informed strategies and practical tools to implement high-quality climate change education across schools.
Excerpt: This session explores what wellbeing truly looks like and offers practical, realistic strategies to support yourself in the year ahead. Hosted by a resilience coach with over 20 years of experience in pastoral care, coaching and resilience training.
This issue showcases the science behind multilingual development alongside real examples from bilingual classrooms, co-teaching models, and inclusive practices across AISL Harrow schools.