TISCA Updates

TISCA CHAPLAINS' CONFERENCE: WEST MALVERN 4-6 MARCH 2019.   TISCA REGIONAL MEETING AT CHLTON CANTELO, NEAR YEOVIL, SOMERSET ON 27 MARCH 2019.Incoming TISCA General Secretary Alastair Reid will ask the question: WHAT WILL LIFE BE LIKE FOR CHRISTIAN TEACHERS IN 2019? TISCA MAIN MEETING IN LONDON ON TUESDAY 11 JUNE 2019. Full information and booking forms … Continue reading TISCA EVENTS COMING UP SHORTLY

At this time, a number of schools are on the lookout for Graduate Assistants for the coming school year (starting in September 2019). If you are a recent graduate, and if you are interested in trying your hand at working in an independent school, this might well be a good way into the profession for … Continue reading GRADUATE ASSISTANTS WANTED FOR SEPTEMBER 2019

Centre for Chaplaincy in Education is an exciting new development which will provide support to Chaplains in schools throughout the UK. TISCA has been involved, along with SCALA and a number of organizations, in the discussions which have led to the decision to launch this new initiative. A person is now being sought to develop … Continue reading CENTRE FOR CHAPLAINCY IN EDUCATION SEEKS A LEAD DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

At present, we are featuring (on our JOB SEARCH page) two staff vacancies that we consider to be important and well worth investigating by appropriately qualified candidates: Benenden School in Kent seeks a new Chaplain. Closing date for applications is 21 January.  Woodstock School, in the Himalayan foothills of North India, seeks a new Principal. … Continue reading TWO IMPORTANT STAFF VACANCIES FOR A CHAPLAIN AND A PRINCIPAL

Many of us probably made it one of our New Year Resolutions to read more serious books and articles, especially the kind that will strengthen our faith and equip us better to explain to others the truth of the gospel. Here are two suggestions, both of which are easily accessible on the UCCF Be  Thinking" … Continue reading AN ARTICLE AND A BOOK BY MARCUS PAUL

We wish you all a very Happy Christmas, and we trust that 2019 will be a blessed year for you in all respects. We have prepared a Christmas Greeting, which you can view here. It includes a fine Christmas poem by Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith, which is well worth reading, and meditating on!  

In the envelope with TISCA News and Views 76, (or attached to your electronic mailing) in early September 2018 we shall send to those on our mailing list details of membership renewal. You can download a copy of our Membership Renewal and Subscription Form here.We are most grateful to all of you who faithfully support the … Continue reading TISCA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL AND SUBSCRIPTIONS: ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-19

We have been asked to publicise the opportunity for teachers to help out a Christian School in Zambia. The school was founded in 2014, and all the teachers are Zambian. They are looking for teachers from the UK to help them by providing CPD and working one-on-one with the teachers. Full details are available here. … Continue reading AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP A SCHOOL IN ZAMBIA DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS

TISCA Member Marcus Paul has written a review of this book. An abbreviated version of the review is published in TISCA News and Views N. 75 (May 2018). We publish here the full review, which contains much useful information and some trenchant criticism. Please click here to see the full review.

Elaine Paul is an experienced teacher and a TISCA member, who is also active in providing "Solution-Focused Coaching" for people in a variety of professional educational contexts. In this post, Elaine shares some of the advantages that Solution-Focused Coaching can bring. We also include an interview we published with Elaine in TISCA News and Views … Continue reading ELAINE PAUL WRITES ABOUT SOLUTION-FOCUSED COACHING FOR CHRISTIAN TEACHERS AND LEADERS