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 Teaching
Wow! Where Did The Time Go?
It has been a long while since I’ve last blogged! If you follow my Instagram (TeachingWanderlust) then you probably have a good idea why. I’ve become a mom! I will […]
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 […]
Found Poetry: Venezuelan Protests
This month is national poetry month. Today my class was working on found poems. Only half of my class was able to make it because there are protests going on […]
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 […]
Lessons Learned While Driving in Venezuela
Get really bright headlights installed (you might need to bring them from home if you want them, though) because street lights frequently don’t work and everyone has very tinted windows […]
Book Spine Poem
Today I thought I would try a book spine poem with my third-grade students for our slices. Book spine poems are formed by choosing books around a theme or main […]
Waiting for Gas in Venezuela
It has only happened a handful of times during the five years I’ve been living in Venezuela, but right now in Valencia, we are in the middle of a […]
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 […]
Flashback Friday: One Summer in Japan
I have a soft spot for Japan. Sushi, amazing architecture, kind people, ramen, clean, orderly, easy to travel, and they even had a whole street of places to go salsa […]
