ISB News | Professional development

Drum roll please, the fourth ISB Alumni Achievement Award goes to…

April 24, 2025

The award celebrates former students’ achievements and service and helps inspire current students with purpose and compassion.

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ISB wins another top award

November 6, 2024

Duty of Care Awards celebrate safe, pleasant workplaces, so the recognition will further help ISB’s recruitment of the best faculty and staff from around the world.

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Think like an ISB math whiz

October 31, 2024

ISB has introduced a new math program for its Elementary and Middle Schools. Take these challenges and find out if you could do the math of one of our students.

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All Aboard the Energy Bus: A New Initiative for Promoting Positivity

October 11, 2024

This school year, the International School of Beijing (ISB) is hitting the road with an exciting new initiative in our Elementary School (ES): the Energy Bus!

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2023-2024 review: stand-out moments and achievements

June 20, 2024

Watch our highlights video from a year packed with challenging and joyful learning and peak community moments putting ISB’s aspirational Mission into action.

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ISB community engages in bystander workshops to promote inclusion and respect

March 15, 2024

Through these interactive activities and thought-provoking discussions, we have become empowered to be active bystanders and to make a positive difference in the lives of those around us.

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Lifelong learners

December 11, 2023

The best learners never stop learning. Here’s a video about ISB’s professional development programs, which help ensure teachers and staff are providing tip-top tuition.

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Why ISB has the best teachers

January 11, 2023

ISB’s Strategic Plan formally prioritizes continuing to find top-quality educators. Here’s how the school has been innovating in recruitment.

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Strategic Focus Areas in action

November 22, 2022

In one week, ISB students and faculty demonstrate all three of the school's new Strategic Focus Areas.

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2021-2022 review: stand-out moments and achievements (part 2)

June 16, 2022

More highlights from an unusual year in which the ISB community has shown it is already living the school’s new Strategic Plan.

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3 Essential professional development opportunities to seek out

June 13, 2022

Over the past several decades, the education industry has witnessed tremendous professional growth...

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35 years serving an international community

June 10, 2022

ISB will give a fond farewell to one of its most long-standing members of staff next week. Here’s how people make a community and communities make people.

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2021-2022 review: stand-out moments and achievements (part 1)

June 2, 2022

Highlights from another unusual year in which the ISB community has shown it is already living the school’s new Strategic Plan.

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Meet the alumni who returned to ISB as faculty

May 18, 2022

Can you guess which of these ISB classmates liked the school’s ethos so much that they’ve come back to campus to lead challenging and joyful learning like they enjoyed?

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Why ISB is the best choice for teachers in China

May 4, 2022

ISB is an extraordinary school built on the tradition of educational excellence. With a vast...

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‘ISB a high-performing school,’ say accreditors

March 15, 2022

And ISB is calling on its families and other community members to join a consultation to help it get even better.

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Teachers Teaching Teachers

March 10, 2022

ISB is committed to providing training for staff so they can serve students even better. Regular "TTT" sessions allow colleagues to share their expertise with others.