WHAT STAYS THE “ SAME WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGES? Thomas Banyard Headmaster, King's College International School Bangkok
The global pandemic
has been a challenge for all of us. Yet, where there is challenge there is growth and the
other side much stronger. However, during this period I have reflected on the things which haven’t changed, because we must never forget these things if we want to build outstanding schools.
” Sometimes in education we
can try and do too many things and end up achieving none of them. We need to remember the key things that everything else must be built around. The first of difficulties have helped us these things is community.
grow in so many areas.
At King’s College International School, Bangkok we had to welcome over 350 new students, induct new staff and build a community when we couldn’t be physically together during a 6 month period of working remotely. We had to find ways to make things work and we have come out of the
Despite the fact that we were remote, we realised the importance of keeping people connected. This was done through a number of things such as social registration calls every morning to bring the classes together, calling staff to check in on them and arranging virtual events like yoga, mocktail making and cooking. A Harvard study
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