Settled in Indonesia
I have been in Surabaya, Indonesia now for almost three months! I just can’t believe how quickly I’ve settled in and how much this place already feels like home. As […]
Category Archives: International Schools
Review of ISS iFair
I have many years of experience interviewing with schools online via Skype, but this is the first year that I’m giving the ISS iFair a go. I attended the iFair […]
Day One at the AASSA Teaching Conference
Flying to an international location, staying in a nice hotel, meeting with people from all around the continent, and being in a room with so many others who share […]
Good International Schools to Work at For Families
As long-time readers know, I am a single lady without children (and I’m looking for an international teaching husband if you happen to know of one available– :)) so I can’t […]
Planning for a Teaching Conference in Rio de Janiero, Brazil
The AASSA Educator’s Conference has been on my mind since November when I applied to be one of the two people to represent my school. I had to […]
Favorite Books From Black History Month
Despite teaching in Venezuela (where it is really hard to find many things), I’ve been able to order some fantastic books for my classroom. I love my classroom library and […]
Slice of Life Challenge 2017
Yesterday I committed to writing every day for the rest of March alongside my third graders so that they could participate in the classroom slice of life challenge. If you […]
Top 10 Posts of 2016
After reviewing the stats for this blog I’ve found the top posts of 2016. These are the posts from this year that the most people have visited. Places With a […]
Venezuelan Currency is in Free Fall
Venezuela will start issuing five new bills on December 15th (one day before vacation begins here). My friends and I spent most of the afternoon talking about the implications of […]
Where Would You Go
I’ve begun the process of signing on with the school in Bahrain. That means I filled out a binding letter of agreement (with salary and benefits noted) signed by both […]
