Thursday January 22, 12:30 – 13:30
Cost: £55-110, member additional attendee £25, BSA member £75
Audience: All staff, boarding, pastoral, academic, leadership, marketing, admissions
Location: Online (Watch live or on catch up)
Course Outline:
Short-term international placement bring unique challenges and opportunities to UK schools, especially boarding schools. Whether students are attending for a few weeks or an entire term, it is crucial to ensure their smooth integration into the school community. This webinar will provide practitioners with practical strategies to help short-term international students quickly adapt, make meaningful connections, and thrive academically and socially. We will explore cultural considerations, strategies for fostering peer relationships, and ways to support students in managing the transition back home.
Attendees will leave with the tools to create a welcoming, inclusive environment that maximises the success of short-term placements while enriching the school community as a whole and maintaining high care standards.
Training topics will include:
- Understanding the needs of short-term students
- Creating a welcoming and inclusive environment
- Maintaining safeguarding and compliance standards
- Adapting classroom and curriculum support
- Promoting social integration and cultural exchange.
Learning outcomes:
- Improved understanding of the unique challenges of short-term placements
- Strategies for rapid integration
- Suggestions to support peer relationships, cultural exchange, academic and social success.
Have you considered becoming a BAISIS member? BSA members enjoy a 50% discount on BAISIS membership! Discover more with our ‘‘10 Reasons Why? guide. For further details on BAISIS, please click here, or feel free to arrange a call with our Director, Bethan Hudson, by emailing us at baisis@boarding.org.uk.
