Teaching PE in an International School

Will Swaithes 18th January 2022

This blog post captures the main takeaway messages and a place for you to access the recorded session with Phil Mathe on 10th January 2022. If you don’t already, please follow him on Twitter and feel free to connect for follow up discussion there or post a comment below.

Phil takes us on a voyage of discovery as he discusses the realities of relocating his family from an all boys grammar school in Kent to Nairobi in Kenya and then Cairo in Egypt before Abu Dhabi in the UAE where he has spent the last 4 years. He is due to move on again next academic year and clearly has the bug for teaching PE in an International School, but he picks his places carefully.

The five biggest take-aways I took from the conversation can be summarised in the following image:

Watch the session replay here to find out more:

Two websites that you will want to visit if you are interested in teaching overseas are:

Categories: Insight

Tagged: British, British International School, international school, Physical Education, teaching abroad

Will Swaithes

Will Swaithes is an experienced teacher, teacher educator and leader of teaching and learning. With over 20 years’ experience in education, he is currently a Senior Lecturer in Physical Education at Birmingham City University leading the secondary PGCE programme whilst also contributing to Initial Teacher Education at several other institutions including Loughborough and Buckingham universities. Will is Education Director at PE Scholar, a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for Redhill Academy, previous Head of Physical Education and Achievement for Youth Sport Trust (YST), previous Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning and author of an OCR GCSE PE textbook. He achieved Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) status in 2006 and also holds a Masters in Educational Leadership. Will has a reputation for high-quality consultancy services, mentoring support and training with an ambition to ensure PE stands for Positive Experiences for all children in all schools.

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