AAIE LEADERSHIP LEARNING SERIES:
FUTURE FORESIGHT
What will 'international' mean for your school in 2035?
And who gets to decide?
ISC Research / Tes (2026) data confirms that local and nationally based families now form the majority of enrolments across most markets.¹
Springer's 2025 research on GCC schools documents how deglobalization is reshaping what 'international' means in practice, from enrolment patterns to family expectations to the policy landscape schools operate in..²
AAIE Future Foresight Cohort Challenge Facilitated by Tricia Friedman, Director of Learning and Strategy at Shifting Schools
These shifts open up a question worth exploring together: if the assumptions behind your mission are shifting, how do you prepare for the futures that may be emerging?
This cohort uses Futures Literacy methodology, developed through UNESCO's global futures work, to map three plausible trajectories for the concept of international education itself.
This is a structured inquiry into your institution's core identity claim, grounded in current research and designed for school leaders ready to think creatively about what they're building toward, not just what we’ve inherited.
Three 30-minute sessions:
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September 23
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September 30
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October 7
1:00pm Warsaw | 11:00am Accra | 7:00am Eastern
Investment: $135 per AAIE Member / $250 per Non-Member
Limited spots—secure your place today!
1 ISC Research / Tes, "International Schools Sector Trends for 2026"
https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/specialist-sector/international-schools-sector-trends-for-2026
2 Springer, "Deglobalization and Reconceptualizing the International: The Expansion of International Schooling in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)" (2025)
https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-981-96-3901-4_9-1
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