Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Neil Robertson, a Scottish traveler who spent four months teaching in China. Neil, tell us about your background.
Neil: I’m 25, Scottish, living and working in Glasgow now having been travelling for the last five years. I started in 2008 working in Italy and my travels have included trips to China, Japan, South Africa and Brazil amongst others. The experience that had the strongest impact on me was [...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: How did a Canadian couple find jobs teaching abroad when they didn’t have teaching degrees nor TEFL certification? Read and learn from Nick and Dariece, “Goats on the Road.” Take it away, Dariece!
Dariece: We are Nick & Dariece, a 20-something couple from Canada. About 4 years ago, we decided that our current professions weren’t for us anymore. I was a paralegal at a law firm [...Read More!]
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!]
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: Ever wondered if you could get a job teaching abroad with your love?
Read on as we welcome, Alyssa, a young woman who is currently teaching in China with her boyfriend.
Alyssa, tell us a bit about your background.
Alyssa: Hello everyone! My name is Alyssa Binnig and am a Pennsylvania native, born and raised. I am 23 years old and currently serving as a volunteer English teacher in Changsha, Hunan, China [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome to Gareth, a remarkable teacher-traveler from Boston who has taught for extended periods in Latin America and now with the Peace Corps in China!
Gareth, tell us about your background.
Gareth: My name is Gareth Lindwall and I became a teacher during a year abroad volunteer gig in Honduras. When I returned, I worked as a Kindergarten teacher in a two-way English-Spanish immersion school in Boston for several years, and [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, Nikki Biddison! Tell us a bit about your background.
Nikki: I’m originally from the Central Coast of California, a beautiful place that’s hard to leave for full-time living in Cambodia, but Cambodia is now my “home.”
I studied for a teaching credential in California, but public education was not fulfilling for me. Not only that, but my family kept encouraging me to use my “skills” to teach abroad, so when [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: What a cool guest we have today! Candice Broom is a world-traveling teacher who is currently educating in Laos!
Candice, tell us about yourself.
Candice: I am from Birmingham, Alabama. I finished my Mass Communications degree in 3 years at the University of Montevallo, got married, and went to a Mayan Indian reservation in Belize for 3 months, followed by a year teaching 1st grade in Beijing, China. Currently I [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Today we have a very special treat… Michael Tieso, the famous travel blogger from “Art of Backpacking” travel blog, who is now living and teaching in China! Michael, tell us a bit about your background.
Michael: Hey there! I’m Michael Tieso, a 26 year old travel addict from New Jersey. Before I accepted myself as a travel addict, I worked at a big American corporation in an office cubicle for [...Read More!]