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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I made my final student loan payment today!!! I owed almost $70,000 USD for my undergrad and master’s degrees and today I sent off my last student loan payment. I’m […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Oh man! I love visiting Portland every summer! Every year I come home from my travels abroad (six summers now!) and I ask myself why I leave this gorgeous […]
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! […]
Yesterday was my birthday, but instead of enjoying the day, I spent a lot of time reflecting on my experience here in Venezuela. You see, my friends who […]
This weekend I will be celebrating my 31st birthday. Shhh! My third graders are convinced that I am only 24. It is my goal to celebrate my birthday with a […]