Oct 312012
 
Volunteer Travel Abroad With Religious Groups: Kitty in Peru

Teaching Traveling: This site is not religiously affiliated, but it has been interesting hearing recently about the opportunities for teaching and traveling different religious groups offer.

On this note, we welcome South Caroline teacher, Kitty Tripp, who just returned from Peru! Kitty tell us about your background. 

Kitty: I grew up in the state of South Carolina and have lived here for my whole life.  I began teaching right after graduating from college [...Read More!]

Apr 122012
 
Alexa: A TEFL Course in Peru for Korea Teaching and Asia Travel

Teaching Traveling: Welcome, Alexa, a traveling teacher who connected with me because we both had the same wonderful TEFL teacher, Natalie!

Alexa, tell us a bit about your background. 

Alexa: I’m Alexa Hart, a 25-year-old southern California native who spent the past two years teaching in Seoul, South Korea. Before moving to South Korea, I got TEFL certified in Cusco, Peru with a fantastic volunteer organization and English-language institute called Maximo [...Read More!]

Sep 192011
 
Gareth: Travel and Teaching in China and Latin America

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!]

Nov 282010
 
Jacquie: Stay-at-Home Mom to Director of International Programs

TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, Jacquie! Tell us about yourself.

Jacquie: I grew up with an English mother and American father. I started school in England at age 4, moved to US age 5 or 6 and grew up in a small town in southern Ohio. My first trip abroad without my family was to Russia with the Girl Scouts at age 17. It was during the cold war in [...Read More!]

Nov 032010
 
Interview with Connie: Teaching in Turkey and Thailand

TeachingTraveling.com: Thanks for chatting with us, Connie!  Please tell us a bit about your background.

Connie: I’m a soon-to-be 30 year old Asian American who grew up in California but was most recently living and working in NYC. After three years of working in the management consulting field, I quit my job and left to travel the world full-time and do volunteer work along the way.

I knew I wanted to get [...Read More!]