TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, to Francis, a travel writer who hiked nearly 6,000 miles on the Continental Divide Trail!
Tell us a bit about your background, Francis.
Francis: My mother is from Chile and his father is from France. My dad was a college dropout and my mom was a high-school dropout (she had to work to support her family). They met in San Francisco thanks to a slow elevator.
Our family spoke Spanish [...Read More!]
Readers: here is a great opportunity for you to contribute to an MTV International documentary about bullying, especially if you are currently abroad and working with youth!
Take it away, Emma.
My name is Emma and I am the researcher of a 60-minute documentary for MTV International about bullying called Bullied.
The film will explore the universal experiences of young people across the globe who have fallen victim to bullying. The plan [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Here’s a great account from Steve Sirski, who has been an ESL teacher, filmmaker, and scholar in South Korea, Cambodia, and Ukraine!
Steve, tell us a bit about your background.
Steve: I’m from Winnipeg, Canada and I’ve been teaching English on and off for the last three years. I’ve recently returned to Canada from Ukraine where I was doing some family roots research and teaching English in Kharkiv. I may stay [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Get ready for a phenomenal tale of how a U.S. ESL teacher’s failed ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro led her to connect with a remarkable educational project in Tanzania.
Francine, take it away!
My name is Francine Parling and I am an English as a Second Language teacher. Since 2001, I have taught elementary ESL in Minnesota’s second largest school district. My students are immigrants and refugees from Laos, Burma, Nepal, Somalia, [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Curious about what it’s like to teach at an International School in Dubai, and travel on every holiday?
Read on for the story of Kristy-Lee Adams!
Kristy, tell us a bit about your background.
Kristy: I’m an Australian teacher who really hasn’t been teaching for long at all! I always knew I wanted to travel, but never really knew how or when I was going to do it. It took my [...Read More!]
Hello from China, where I am spending my summer vacation from Boston Public Schools!
I hope you are all having a lovely summer, too, and I bring you exciting news with this post: Tickets for the Meet, Plan, Go! Career-Break Travel Conference on October 18 are now on sale for 17 North American cities!
If you or anyone you know is interested in undertaking extended travel or career-break travel abroad, head over [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Anyone out there planning or dreaming of a Leave of Absence to travel around the world? U.S. teacher Aurora Kushner is doing just that!
Aurora, tell us a bit about your background.
Aurora: I am originally from New York State and I went to college at Vassar. From there I taught environmental and outdoor education for two years to kids from NYC, which was a great adventure. Then I moved out [...Read More!]
TT: Welcome to Lisa Vinish, a world traveler who has explored Kenya, Tanzania, Southeast Asia, and is now teaching in South Korea.
Keep reading for a treasure trove of concrete advice on how to structure and launch YOUR travel adventure!
Lisa, tell us a bit about your background.
Lisa: I’m a 26 year old Canadian gal and I’ve been teaching English in South Korea since August 2010. My education background, however, [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Today we welcome Marc d’Entremont, a man with a remarkable career trajectory which includes teaching, theater arts, culinary arts, lots of travel, and freelance writing.
Read and be inspired by where YOU can take your career and life!
Take it away, Marc!
I was born with “wanderlust” according to the Minneapolis Multi Phasic Personality Inventory, a psych test I took in my 20′s. I was quite proud that the test highlighted what [...Read More!]
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Just click that link, follow the directions, and, POOF! You’ll then receive a polite email right into your Inbox for each new article, approximately once a week! You may unsubscribe at any time, and any moment when you feel uninspired by the content (sniffle…) you may simple delete the email [...Read More!]