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Characteristics and Skill Sets Our Students Need – Now and in The Future

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As part of our school-wide strategic planning process, the faculty and staff at LCS are on a mission to explore; to search for innovative practices and models across industries, to better understand and consider three questions:   What are the skills that students will need in the future?  How is the world changing?  How might LCS need to change? One of the groups, including 5 staff members and Head of School and Foundation Anne-Marie Kee, recently travelled to Ottawa to visit two places: The University of Ottawa to attend the Arts Innovation Panel - Inspiring Faculty of Arts Entrepreneurs; and Shopify Inc. a tremendously successful e-commerce company led by 37-year-old billionaire Tobi Lütke.  Below are highlights of some of the key takeaways from our trip. Creating a Work Ethos that Inspires and Gets Things Done - The Entrepreneurial Employee “Get things done!” It’s one of the inspirational expressions (a politer version), mounted on…

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Seeking Russian Agents? Here’s a good one.

Posted on Categories Best Fit Education

The waters required to navigate while applying to an independent school, especially for an international student can be tricky. You can hear horror stories about bad agents and then really great stories about agents who really help their clients find, apply, enrol and even travel to see schools. This past Fall I travelled to Ukraine and Russia with an agency called IQ Consultancy. We have worked with other agents in Russia and Ukraine to be clear, so this is not a unique endorsement of IQ Consultancy. On this trip, we travelled to Kiev, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, Ufa, and Moscow and met with many families. In Russia, for the most part since the collapse of the Soviet Union, we are dealing with the first generation of students studying abroad and families traveling more widely than the borders of their former state. Many of the students I met spoke English quite well, however,…

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What is the difference between an ‘educational agent’ and an ‘educational consultant’?

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Many families, once they have decided to pursue a boarding education or even just a short term educational experience abroad, turn to a local contact to help them find the right opportunity. Let’s face it, if you are in a foreign country or even a major city, and even if language isn’t an issue, finding a school that is appropriate to your child’s wants and needs is a daunting task. Often times, it is easier to have someone who deals with schools and education opportunities on a daily basis give you a hand. There are two options available to most families: consult an agent or hire an educational consultant. Like any decision to engage someone for advice, paid or otherwise, it is best to do a little homework before making your choice. Educational Consultants are generally professionals who charge a family a fee for service which usually includes interviews, learning…

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