We're back! The purpose of this podcast is to speak and think out loud about what is happening @ISLuxembourg in a way that engages our community. It might also help us practice the thinking dispositions ‘out loud’, together. Hopefully you’ll f

Meet Them or Send Them

May 12th, 2021 18m 31s

Kate Van den Hoek, Devon Kirk and Karen Dolan join Bethanne Reynolds for a philosophical chat about whether we meet individual students as they are or we take all students and try to get them where they're going after they leave us.

Peeling the layers of the PYP Onion

Apr 30th, 2021 21m 27s

Please listen to a wonderful and reassuring conversation with Keryn Dowling , our principal, Jon Adams, assistant principal for teaching and learning/PYP Coordinator and Joey Kaufhold, our future assistant principal for early years/PYP Coordina

A great big THANK YOU to everyone for the Swap for Snapshots Week!

Apr 21st, 2021 22m 4s

Bethanne, Emma, and Tanya did some of their own reflecting on the Swap for Snapshots week as this weeks podcast.It is basically a big thank you for thier colleagues thoughtful participation. A Snapshot Observation is first and foremost an oppo

The Recipe Box

Mar 26th, 2021 10m 35s

Bethanne (https://twitter.com/breynolds8) has created a box. It is full of every thinking routine she could find, organized by the thinking “moves.” Although she created it with her own needs in mind, some people who work with her have found i

Bethanne, Emma, Tanya and Jon-Now What?

Mar 19th, 2021 16m 31s

For this week’s podcast, we used the What? So What? Now What? Thinking Routine again for Jon and the ATLs to reflect on how this weird, socially distant year has affected our ATL plans. The podcast starts in the middle of the conversation becau

Planning for Positive Behaviour

Mar 5th, 2021 18m 37s

In this week's episode @irene_tanya uses the What? So What? Now What? routine from page page 174 of The Power of Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchhart and Mark Church, to discuss the recent positive behaviour workshops at ISL with David Walk

This is THE thing!

Feb 26th, 2021 21m 4s

This episode of Thinking Out Loud is hosted by Bethanne Reynolds with Gail Keech, Melissa Noble and Kayla Tibúrcio Carneiro as guests. They used the Compass Points routine from Making Thinking Visible to frame their conversation examining how

Considering Different Viewpoints in Virtual Learning

Feb 4th, 2021 14m 33s

This episode is our first with students! We have a group of 4th and 5th graders considering different viewpoints around the topic of Virtual Learning. @breynolds8 and @irene_tanya. We used the Circle of Viewpoints from page 171 of Making Think

A Future Ready Library!

Jan 22nd, 2021 20m 17s

This week's episode features Tracey Fish @TraceyFish19 and Helen Hagemann @hagemann_helen thinking out loud about the exciting new future ready library design in the works @isluxembourg.

Christmas Happiness

Dec 10th, 2020 26m 59s

This week we tried something a little different. Tanya Irene, Emma Chitters and Bethanne Reynolds all listened to this episode of the Happiness Lab with Dr Laurie Santos and invited our Lower School Counselor and Educational Psychologist, Ka

Teaching our Youngest Children Remotely

Dec 4th, 2020 17m 8s

This week's episode features ISL's K1 Team using the What? So What? Now What? routine from The Power of Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchhart and Mark Church, to paint a picture of practice as they teach remotely.

Coping with Stress at ISL

Nov 26th, 2020 6m 59s

It's report writing time and the COVID stress isn't letting up. In this week's episode ATL Emma Chitters uses the Leaderless Discussion Routine from The Power of Making Thinking Visible to help make everyone's coping mechanisms visible to inspi

Multi-Tiered Support in Upper Primary

Nov 20th, 2020 21m

This week's episode is a continuation of our last conversation about multi-tiered support services in the upper primary at ISL. Bethanne Reynolds uses the SAIL routine from The Power of Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchhart and Mark Church,

Gradual Implementation of Multi-Tiered Support

Nov 12th, 2020 27m 48s

In this week's podcast I talk with Early Years Support Teacher's Sarah May and Meredith Smith as well as EAL teacher Yvonne Vroklage. I used the thinking routine SAIL to examine how support services are evolving with the gradual implementation

Mindfulness and the 8 Cultural Forces

Oct 23rd, 2020 30m 26s

Teachers at ISL, Pierre Van Boxel @pvbstweets, Bethanne Reynolds @breynolds8 and Emma Chitters @ChittersEmma have a thoughtful discussion about mindfulness using the Beauty and Truth routine from The Power of Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritc

Writer's Workshop and the Eight Cultural Forces

Oct 15th, 2020 13m 57s

In this episode, Jackie Rakochy, Kayla Tiburcio Carneiro and Jon Adams reflect on the rollout of Writer's Workshop at ISL. They clarify how this new initiative fits with the eight cultural forces. Kayla shared the translated resources from Yves

An Inviting Environment Amid a Pandemic

Oct 8th, 2020 24m 24s

Bethanne Reynolds leads a thought provoking discussion around maintaining the power of the environment as a cultural force despite social distancing and mask wearing. Listen as Nele Renckens, Suzy Ramsden and Emmanuelle Meurier discuss. Please

Growth Mindset for EVERYONE - Snapshots 2.0

Sep 30th, 2020 28m 8s

ISL Teachers Anna Scannell, Lauren Spector, and John Zorovich think out loud about their experiences, struggles, puzzles and insights around how snapshots are a powerful culture changer in a school. ESP+I

Snapshots - Thinking Together is Always Better

Sep 22nd, 2020 10m 59s

Grade 5 Teachers at ISL think out loud about how truly beneficial the Culture of Thinking Snapshot Observation routine is for teachers and schools. Making Meaning

Dragons and Hippos

Sep 10th, 2020 17m 18s

Bethanne Reynolds, Emma Chitters and Tanya Irene (ATLS@ISL) have a great conversation with Keryn Dowling (ISL Principal) about collaboration. Main, Hidden, Side Thinking Routine

Parents on the Design Team

Mar 11th, 2019 11m 10s

ISL's John Mikton has a conversation with the parents on the Design Team for Mission and Vision reflecting on the process of creating a new mission statement and strategic vision for the International School of Luxembourg.

Teachers on the Design Team

Mar 10th, 2019 14m 59s

Teachers reflecting on their experiences with the Design Team for the ISL Mission Statement and Strategies.

Mission and Strategy with Upper School Students

Feb 6th, 2019 19m 14s

Upper School students who participated in the ISL Design Team discuss their experiences with the Head of IT, John Mikton, in this second conversation about the design process for mission and strategy.