50. Embodying Your Values: Meet Kam Chohan, Executive Director of ECIS

Can you feel the energy in the air? This was a zinger of an episode!

Kam Chohan, the Executive Director of the Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS), joined us for this episode. 

With a background in education and leadership, Kam Chohan is a learning leader who brings insight, wisdom, and compassion to the role. She demonstrates the ability to build meaningful, lasting relationships that contribute to personal and organizational development and improvement.

Kam is a passionate educator and has enjoyed lecturing in mathematics and business in previous roles. As an example of her commitment to student learning, Kam worked with the UK Government’s Behaviour Insights Team to apply the Nudge Theory to improve student outcomes on a national level. This highlights her innovative approach to education and her commitment to making a positive impact.

Kam received the 1885 NEASC Award for Exemplary Service to Education in December 2022. This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of education, further confirming Kam’s dedication and excellence in her work.

Kam is committed to social justice and equity through diversity, inclusion, and intercultural understanding in international education.

Our Guiding Question was, “What does the ECIS organization do, and how can educators access its services?”

Kam covered many topics, including: 

• ECIS started off by supporting schools in Europe but has now expanded to schools around the world
• ECIS’s professional learning opportunities and outreach have grown tenfold in the past four years
• Inclusion is at the core of Kam’s work, working with “thought partners” to support learning
• Special interest groups (e.g., PE, math, library) connect to share best practices
• The mission is to make the world a better place while preparing tomorrow’s leaders to do the same
• Child Protection and DEIJ are key PD programs 
• ECIS has Middle Leader training offerings
• ECIS aims to approach recruiting with new eyes, questioning previous practices by bringing in more diversity of hires, including local educators
• ECIS seeks to bring in student voices
• Some trends Kam sees include: helping school communities with well-being and balance; the growth of AI and how to bring in ethics in approaching it; ongoing work with curriculum.  

The show was recorded on January 9, 2024. 

Kam’s Contact Information: LinkedIn

Categories: School Life | Recruiting | Professional Learning | DEIJ | Child Protection

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