Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Ian, a teacher who has traveled to over 30 countries, and is now on a year-long leave of absence to see more of the world! Ian, tell us about your background.
Ian: My name is Ian Yacobucci but my friends call me Yak. I currently work as a teacher and travel blogger for Borderless Travels. As a teacher I started my career seven years ago when I traveled [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Over 3,300 people have already read the article about how teacher Libby Lupfer traveled the world through teacher grants and programs, and now Libby is back by popular demand!
This time, we used a different interview method.
Libby: For this interview about my teaching and overseas travel, I decided to have my students ask me the questions. The following questions were written by my students in World History and European [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to the very accomplished Cameron Conaway, Social Justice Editor at The Good Men Project and award-winning author of “Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet.”
Conaway was the 2011-2012 Poet-in-Residence at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Thailand and the 2007-2009 Poet-in-Residence at the University of Arizona’s MFA Creative Writing Program. His work has appeared or been reviewed in ESPN, The Huffington Post, and Teach Magazine, among [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: What are innovative and economical ways for teachers to travel during school vacations? Learn from Grace Persico how she saw China cheaply over the summer!
Grace, tell us about your background.
Grace: I am a 32 year old Long Island (NY state) native but now live and teach in the Binghamton, NY area. I have only been teaching for two years, and I teach in a very non-traditional school. [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Is it financially wise to teach abroad? Read how Emily Gibson left her U.S. teaching job to teach English in Hong Kong… for double the salary!
Emily, tell us about your background.
Emily: I was born in the quiet suburbs of Southern California, but from the time I was young I yearned to see the world, like my adventurous grandfather. When I was in college, I majored in English and Spanish [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Is it worth it to spend money to volunteer abroad? Learn from teacher and fashion travel blogger, Lindsay Carreiro about her great experience doing it!
Lindsay, tell us about your background.
Lindsay: My name is Lindsay and I’ve been teaching and working with children for 9 years. I recently just turned 30 and I have lived in Rhode Island all my life. Mostly my background is in education [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Would you take a job teaching abroad if your spouse got a job overseas?
Read the story of author and international educator, Sandra Bornstein’s adventures in India! Sandy, tell us about yourself.
Sandy: I grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. After graduating from high school, I moved to Boulder, Colorado to attend the University of Colorado. I was lucky to meet my future husband within months of starting school. We married [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Think just because you teach a subject like Physical Education, you won’t be able to teach abroad? Think again!
Please welcome Maggie Chestney, a former PhysEd teacher who is now teaching ESL abroad in Thailand. Maggie, tell us about yourself.
Maggie: I grew up in Pennsylvania and went to college at West Virginia University. In December 2007, I graduated with a degree in Physical Education/Teacher Education. Soon after graduation, I [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Curious how teachers can become travel entrepreneurs? Check out this story of Crawford Hill! Crawford, tell us about your background.
Crawford: I taught high school biology for 35 years outside Philadelphia (where I grew up) while pursuing a lifelong passion for wilderness travel and exploration. My father’s idea of a family vacation in the 60s was to drive cross-country from Philly (5 kids at the time) and spend 2 weeks backpacking in [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Sarah Clarke! Sarah, tell us about yourself.
Sarah: I live and teach in North Carolina, but I am originally from Canada! I studied Art and Anthropology in University and am now in my second year as an Elementary Art Teacher. I also taught high school visual art for a year. I love teaching art because it is such a dynamic subject. Every human culture in the world has [...Read More!]