Our EKC Global Chats series is a space for sharing, asking for support, and brainstorming together.

Each month, we will tackle a different hot topic in literacy with an expert in the field, and then join in some global camaraderie and discussion. It's free to join!

Chat: September 13 | 7:00-8:00am Eastern
Prioritizing Learning: Motivations & Routines in
 International Classrooms

International schools are proudly unique — and that uniqueness is both a gift and a design challenge when it comes to coherence. Globally-trained teachers, multilingual and transient students, curricula from multiple countries used across a grade level: what should our common routines be? How do we build coherence without losing the responsiveness that defines so many of our schools? This month we're joined by Peps McCrea, Direct of Education at Steplab and the brain behind Evidence Snacks, to dig into evidence-based instruction, motivation, and routines that actually free up attention for learning. We'll explore what coherence can look like in international contexts, and wrestle with some of the tensions that come with building cultures of agency AND alignment.

Facilitators

Hannah Fernweh

Hannah Fernweh is a lifelong learner specializing in best practices for multilingual students, translanguaging, culturally relevant pedagogy, and students with exceptionalities. She has worked in public and international schools as a teacher, coach, and department head and has a particular passion for meeting the literacy needs of linguistically, culturally, and neurologically diverse learners. Currently, she is delving into how different writing systems can impact literacy development within the brain and how exceptionalities can influence how one acquires languages and literacies. When supporting schools, Hannah guides educators to understand how the brain learns to speak and read in order to develop clear, practical plans to support diverse learners.

Peps McCrea

Peps Mccrea is an award-winning teacher educator, designer and author. He is Director of Education at Steplab and author of the ultraconcise High Impact Teaching series. Peps has three Masters degrees, Fellowships from the Young Academy and University of Brighton, and lots of distracting tattoos. Visit pepsmccrea.com for more.