Customer Success Stories
BlueSky is used by international schools and groups around the world to simplify, streamline and enhance professional learning, appraisal and quality assurance processes. Read our customer success stories to hear how BlueSky supports international schools to integrate professional development into day to day activities and lift the burden of planning and evaluating the process.
Implementing a developmental approach to appraisal supported by BlueSky
Kampala International School, Uganda
Kampala International School Uganda implemented BlueSky to standardise professional growth, align teaching practices with defined standards, and use data-driven insights to enhance teacher performance, fostering a culture of continuous development and professional learning.
“I actually made implementing BlueSky one of the conditions of my joining the school, because I knew it could be adapted to the unique elements of the school and the curriculum.”
BlueSky’s flexible platform supports a focus on leadership development for trainee fellows
Teach For Portugal
Teach For Portugal chose BlueSky because it supports their focus on leadership development for their professional fellows. It allows them to map the path of learning that they want our trainee fellows to follow, and it connects everything to the competencies that they need them to develop.
“We emphasise that we’re not going to be good educators if we’re not focusing on our own development, and BlueSky is the platform that allows us to make that possible.”
Gaining a holistic oversight that supports a focus on school priorities
Nexus International School Malaysia
BlueSky has streamlined CPD practice for schools in the Taylor’s Group, while also helping to ensure fairness and equality in terms of access to professional learning.
“Professional learning is at the heart of everything in a school, because the more your teachers invest in learning, the better the outcomes for young people ultimately.”
Building an accountable professional development culture with BlueSky
AISL Harrow Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang, China
Harrow Nanning introduced BlueSky’s online platform to streamline performance management processes as well as linking professional development to objectives and ensuring staff understand the impact of their work.
“Having all of the evidence from quality assurance activities logged in one place means we can show why we want to focus on particular areas with professional development, and we can demonstrate improvement in teaching and learning.”
BlueSky simplifies professional learning and development processes for large International school
Dulwich College Singapore
A strong emphasis on developing teaching practice through professional learning is supported by BlueSky’s comprehensive staff development platform.
“BlueSky allows us to ensure that all staff are treated fairly. With BlueSky, everything is on one system, from application to approval to evaluation, so the whole process is much, much simpler.”
Reduce workload by having everything in one place
Dulwich College Beijing, China
“The teachers are comfortable with using BlueSky, and the processes we use it for. That makes a huge difference. They know their own objectives, they can request CPD and they know the school development plan. BlueSky links everything together, that’s a huge impact for everyone.”
BlueSky Education boosts staff engagement with appraisal and professional development to enhance teaching quality
Newton International School – Doha, Qatar
Using BlueSky improves staff engagement with professional learning and appraisal processes, while teaching quality assurance practices are more efficient and consistent.
“BlueSky is helping us to shift our appraisal practice towards a more developmental approach – we want to help people to achieve their career goals, develop their teaching ability and knowledge.”
Staff centred appraisal, development, and professional learning
Ulink College Shanghai, China
“If you want to make teacher development, professional learning and appraisal teacher centred, and give the teachers the onus to be at the forefront of their own development then you need a platform that you can set up and hand over to the teachers. BlueSky is perfect for this because it brings it together so well”
Evidencing the trajectory of one of Dubai’s most successful schools
The Emirates International School – Meadows, Dubai
“We can provide feedback very quickly after lesson observations. Whereas in the past I would have been entering data into spreadsheets and then making comparisons, the system does it all and the Head of Department can discuss the evidence with the member of staff almost immediately.”
