"Sports breaks down barriers..." We spoke with Jamie Johnston, Director of Co-curriculum and Athletics at ACS Egham to find out sports unifies our international student community; immediately giving them something in common. More importantly, as highlighted even further during the pandemic, it gives students an opportunity to simply 'play' with their friends. Find out in this episode how ACS Egham is reimagining its sports and co-curricular programme for academic year 2021/22/ 

Listen to our latest episode where we talk to Robert Vilkelis, ACS Hillingdon Class of 2016 who tells us about his international school experience, and what came next for him after graduating with the International Baccalaureate. Robert shares his advice for graduating students and families on how to approach the ever-changing world of work and the importance of seizing opportunities that come their way, using examples from his own journey and expertise in Professional Development and Life Coaching. 

"Every time you need a new way to work,  it's an example of innovation". Brianna Gray, Professional Learning and Growth Lead for ACS International Schools is a life-long learner, passionate about the future of education for our teachers and students. In this episode we discuss how the pandemic forced a new era of innovation at ACS and how the schools responded; how innovation is so much more than 3D-printers and technology, and what comes next for ACS International Schools. 

Elliot Rose joins this episode to talk to us about exciting partnerships he is nurturing in ACS Doha to benefit students from Early Childhood through to High School in his role as Partnerships and Business Development Manager. Each partnership seeks to enhance our students' education, introducing external expertise and real-world experiences, including through our successful Externships programme. 

We met with Alexandra Read, Co-ordinator for Digital Teaching and Learning to find out how ACS Hillingdon has embraced new methods to encourage and support creative learning throughout the school, from Early Childhood right the way through to High School. Creativity is just as important, if not more so than literacy. Why? It is reported that by 2030, the UK will need 1 million new creative careers to ensure our economy gets the sufficient workforce needed to grow. 

Robert Cody, Head of School at ACS Doha has travelled the world throughout his career and brings his learnings from each country and culture he has experienced to the school community. In this episode we talk about the new 60,000 square metre campus the school moved to in August 2020, and how they have adapted as a community to COVID-19 in their new surroundings. 

Barny Sandow, Head of School at ACS Cobham talks to us about his international career to date and how that has inspired a new wave of outdoor learning at the campus since his arrival. ACS Cobham is on a journey to better integrate sustainability messaging and learnings into the everyday international curriculum, and embrace the outdoors for the mental health and wellbeing of students; enhancing their ability to apply their learnings to the real world. 

Jeremy Lewis, Head of School at ACS Egham has taught the International Baccalaureate for several years in countries around the world. We spoke to him about his journey, what makes the IB so different and unique compared to in-country curriculums, and how the school has evolved to ensure the best learning environment for our IB students. 

Martin Hall, Head of School at ACS Hillingdon is passionate about global citizenship, and what it truly means to be a global citizen. In this episode, he talks about ways the international community at Hillingdon come together in unexpected ways, and the positive impact the recently introduced Global Citizen Diploma is already having on our students. 

Hello, and welcome to What Comes Next? The ACS Podcast. 

ACS International Schools educate over 3,700 students, aged 2 to 18, day and boarding, from more than 100 countries. We have four schools – 3 in Greater London and 1 in Doha, Qatar.

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