Publications

Articles/Podcasts

Edruptors 2022: international education influencers of the year January 2023 https://iscresearch.com/reports/edruptors2022/

Liz Free – An Example of Tenacity and Hard WorkElite Education Magazine. cover https://iscresearch.com/reports/edruptors2022/ November 2022

TES Podcast: How to build relationships with your governors September 2022

The International Schools Podcast: A Conversation with Liz Free and Viki Stiebert’ .January 2022 https://www.theinternationalschoolspodcast.com/e/a-conversation-with-liz-free-ceo-and-director-at-international-school-rheintal-viki-stiebert-director-at-international-school-of-bergen/

Times Education Supplement: How to ensure your job application leaps off the page. December 2021 https://www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/hr/how-ensure-your-job-application-leaps-page

Podcast [In]Distinct Matters. Women in Education. September 2021 https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/indistinct-chatter/04-women-in-education-hIKCHbxeJ0z/

ECIS Women in Education Webinar Being 10% Braver – Harnessing Potential of the Profession. September 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dijFrtKSWbI

Inspiring Schools Podcast with Liz Free. January 2021 lhttps://soundcloud.com/inspiringschoolspodcast/episode-2-liz-free-the-international-school-rheintal

TES Podcast: Why maintaining international networks matters. December 2020 https://lizfree.com/2020/12/01/tes-podcast-why-maintaining-international-networks-matters/

Times Education Supplement, Why my books have to travel with me around the world. December 2020 https://www.tes.com/news/school-international-books-library-travel-costs

Times Education Supplement, 5 Ways to Make Remote CPD Work For You. October 2020 https://www.tes.com/news/teacher-cpd-remote-online-learning-teaching-international-future

International School Leader Magazine, Moving Through a Global Pandemic. September 2020 https://www.islmagazine.com/magazine

Times Education Supplement What to look for when recruiting international teachers. September 2020 https://www.tes.com/news/what-look-when-recruiting-international-teachers

#LearnLiveUAE – The Future of International Schools Post COVID – Podcast (22/6/2020) https://youtu.be/cymDwMOsr4A

Tes International Podcast: Liz Free (20/2/2020)
Tes’s head of content Ed Dorrell sits down with Liz Free, founding director of the British School in the Netherlands’ International Leadership Academy. They chat through the training of international school leaders and the unique challenges of teacher CPD in international schools. They also discuss the international sector’s vast future demand for qualified teachers and the consequences for teacher supply in English-speaking countries. https://www.tes.com/news/tes-international-podcast-liz-free-and-teacher-cpd

International School Magazine, Where have all the Teachers Gone?, John Catt, January 2020. https://issuu.com/johncatt/docs/ismag-22-2/2

Education Collaborative of International Schools (ECIS), Global Insights, To PD or Not to PD? That is the Question! November 2019. https://www.ecis.org/research-media-publications/global-insights/

Council of British International Schools (COBIS) International Perspectives: social, moral and economic imperatives for leadership #IWD19 https://www.cobis.org.uk/blog/international-perspectives-social-moral-and-economic-imperatives-for-leadership-iwd19

Independent Education Today What Makes an Inspirational School Leader? https://ie-today.co.uk/Article/what-makes-an-inspirational-school-leader/

Pearson International Schools Community.  Inspirational Leadership? Which women leaders do you most admire? I’m Stumped. #IWD2018 https://community.pearsoninternationalschools.com/news/career-lounge/123/123-Inspirational-Leadership-Which-women-leaders-do-you-most-admire-Im-Stumped-IWD

Oxford University Press – Education Becoming Professional Learners in a Learning Profession https://educationblog.oup.com/primary/becoming-professional-learners-in-a-learning-profession

Times Education Supplement. One in four teachers ‘needed overseas by 2029 (9th December 2019) https://www.tes.com/news/one-four-teachers-needed-overseas-2029

Books

Free, L. (2021) ‘Being an International School Leader’, in Porritt, V. and Featherstone, K. (eds.) Being 10% Braver. London: Corwin Sage

Free,L Hannay, L, Porritt, V (2022) Disruptors, Innovators, Changemakers: the global WomenEd network in The Power of Professional Learning Networks: Traversing the Present; Transforming the Future Brown, C and Handscomb, G.

Free, L. (2020) ‘Becoming an International School Teacher’, in Porritt, V. and Featherstone, K. (eds.) Being 10% Braver: Inspiring Women to Lead Education. London: Sage

Free, L. (2017). The 2018 parents’ guide to primary schools. [s.l.]: Lulu.

Free, L. (2016). The 2017 parents’ guide to primary schools. [s.l.]: PublishNation.

Book Reviews

The Chartered College, Student Centered Leadership by Viviane Robinson. https://chartered.college/student-centered-leadership-book-review-teacher

Schoolsweek, The School Leadership Journey by John Dunford http://schoolsweek.co.uk/reviews/the-school-leadership-journey-by-john-dunford/