ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Where leaders plot the future of education. Presented by the English Schools Foundation (ESF), the largest provider of English medium international education in Hong Kong.
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
52 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
14 episodes
since Oct. 20, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
In this episode, author Lindsay Varty reflects on growing up in Hong Kong as a third-culture kid with a British father and a Macanese mother. She explores what it means to be a proud Hong Konger, even when her connection to the city may not always be immediately apparent to others.
The conversatio…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
How do we ensure children are safe in a world that is changing faster than many adults can keep up with?
In this episode, Jaap Marsman, ESF’s Head of Safeguarding and Child Protection, highlights the importance of parents and educators working together, staying connected and asking questions. He ta…
Are libraries still the heart of the school? In this episode, teacher librarian Melissa Cooper talks about the changing role of these important spaces as technology reshapes how students read, research and access information.
Melissa, who works at ESF Renaissance College, reflects that a shared pa…
What does it take to be an authentic leader in today’s world of education? In this episode, Josh Blue, Head of Education - Curriculum, Learning & Assessment at ESF, discusses why courage, vulnerability, and self-awareness are essential to creating cultures where people feel they belong.
Josh e…
What if rhythm and movement are not extras in education, but some of the most powerful tools we have to support children's development?
In this episode, Kate Williams, Professor of Education and founder of RAMSR (Rhythm and Movement for Self-Regulation), examines the science of self-regulation and …
What does it mean to make impact visible in schools? In this episode, Cale Birk, renowned educator, author, speaker and facilitator, explores his Observable Impact Model and the behaviours that help schools move from aspiration to action.
Cale discusses how leaders can turn broad goals into clear, …
Walk into award-winning school makerspace, The Shed, and you’ll see everything from robots and sock puppets to model volcanoes and sewing projects. Most importantly, you’ll see students who are happy, curious and deeply engaged in what they are doing.
In this episode, Steven Allan, Educational Tec…
In this thoughtful conversation, Anna Smakowska, Principal of ESF Jockey Club Sarah Roe School, reflects on the meaning of inclusion, the complexity of diverse learning needs, and the shifting balance between knowledge and skills in the fast-changing world of education.
With information now easily …
Early Years teacher Brenda Yuen is a champion of change. She is excited by the transformation reshaping education and the possibilities it brings. But she also recognises a simple truth: there are only so many hours in a school day, and the life of a teacher is already full.
In this episode, the Pr…
In this episode, Kirun Goy challenges educators to think differently about how learning actually takes hold in classrooms.
A Harvard Leadership facilitator, keynote speaker, and co-founder and host of the BrainTool podcast, Kirun draws on behavioural and cognitive science to explore how habits, too…
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