Teaching Traveling: Celebrity alert! Today we have esteemed travel blogger Chris Walker-Bush, creator of ”Aussie on the Road” and teaching abroad fanatic.
Chris, tell us about yourself.
Chris: G’day, I’m Chris; a 28 year old Australian theatre graduate who has been teaching ESL abroad since 2007. I got into the travel gig back in late 2007 when I started on a 2.5 year teaching tour in South Korea, and have continued that here [...Read More!]
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A trip to India that you can come on! What article went [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Wishing for a creative, intercultural learning community?
Kurt Wootton, the cofounder of the ArtsLiteracy Project in Rhode Island, and the codirector of Habla: The Center for Language and Culture in Merida, Mexico, can help! Kurt, give us some background. Before moving to Mexico, what were your first travels as a teacher?
Kurt: Traveling while teaching really begins in the classroom. We’ve all heard the term “armchair traveler,” referring to a person who only reads about travel while [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Think travel to Cuba is off-limits for Americans? Read on to find out how U.S. teacher Sarah Brown was able to visit!
Sarah, tell us a bit about your background.
Sarah:I am from Massachusetts, but currently living in Providence, RI. This upcoming school year will be my third year teaching English literature at Plymouth North High School, but I most certainly did not take a linear path to get there! [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Do you think you’re too old or entrenched in your career and mortgage to travel and teach around the world?
Rory Cummins explains why you’re not. Rory, tell us about your background.
Rory: It all started back in 2009. My desire to travel the world and fulfill my dream was a thought that was continually in the front of my mind, though it was one that I had been putting [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Readers, have you been curious about short-term volunteer opportunities abroad? In Africa? During teacher summers?
American teacher Sue’s experience will inspire and assist you.
Sue, tell us about background.
Sue: My name is Sue Ron-Gonzalez. I am a special education teacher with the San Francisco Unified School District, and have worked with students with learning disabilities and emotional difficulties for the past 25 years.
My desire to travel to Africa [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: There are some excellent programs to help teachers travel free with student groups. Florida teacher Scott Goldsher will tell us about one he used to travel with students to Costa Rica.
Scott, as background, how did you get into teaching in the first place?
S: I was born and raised in Baltimore where I attended undergraduate school at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County studying Pre-Med. From there I moved [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Rashaad Jorden, a remarkable man who has taught abroad in Japan and France.
Tell us about yourself, Rashaad.
Rashaad: I was actually born in Yokosuka, Japan (My dad was in the U.S. Navy), but I grew up in New Jersey.
After graduating from college with a degree in English/Media Arts, I returned to Japan to teach English at a private language school (which is really a [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Jill Dobbe, a mother who is running a school in Honduras.
Jill, tell us about your background and how you got into teaching and school administration overseas with your family.
Jill: When I first began teaching overseas I took along my husband and two children. My husband and I were both teachers at the time and were both excited and interested in teaching overseas.
Our first experience abroad ended up to [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: What are creative ways teachers can travel the world while still working?
Listen and learn as Canadian teacher Sarah Boggett explains how teaching exchanges can expand your horizons.
Tell us about your background, Sarah.
Sarah: I am a 34 year old travelling teacher. I grew up in a travelling family in Ontario, Canada. Every couple of years we would head back to England and Scotland to visit all of our relatives. When I [...Read More!]