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 […]
Category Archives: International Schools
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 […]
Bahrain Bound
Hi, Everyone! The past couple of months I’ve been pretty spotty with posting due to the job search, but for those friends who don’t follow me on Facebook, I can […]
Exciting Times
November is shaping up to be a great month! Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve interviewed with four schools, and the international school hiring season is just beginning. I have […]
Costs of Becoming an International School Teacher
I realize that I didn’t post last week. Oops! I have been focusing on getting set up to recruit for a new job for next year. In case you […]
25 Things to Look for in a Contract
Someone recently asked me a very good question: when you are recruiting, what are some things that every school should include in their contracts for foreign hire teachers? Firstly, I […]
End of the Year Teacher Tired
Ha! I keep seeing all of these memes in the teacher facebook groups I belong to about teachers being tired at the end of the year and I definitely agree! […]
Teaching Wanderlust 