Teaching Traveling: Readers, are you interested in how to combine epic world travels with volunteer teaching abroad? Iain and Claire of Old World Wandering Travelogue will inspire and assist you in this dream by sharing their unbelievable story.
Iain and Claire, tell us a bit about your background.
Iain: Claire and I are both South African, but for the past eight years we’ve lived overseas and travelled for long stretches. We started off [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Want concrete examples of how to find a teaching job abroad that helps you travel the world? Read this interview with Elaine Thatcher, the “Runaway Brit!”
Elaine, tell us about your background.
Elaine: I’m from the UK and I have been teaching since I qualified in 2002. When I was studying for my PGCE I had no idea that I would end up teaching in Japan, Vietnam, and Sweden during [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Want to know how to travel the world for cheap during your teacher summers? Chris Willard will share his tips!
Chris, tell us about your background.
Chris: I grew up in the Boston area, and did some traveling with my family growing up, and a little bit in college. It wasn’t until a few years after graduating from Wesleyan, about ten years ago, however, that I discovered how easy [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Hello, world traveling teacher Lisa Niver Rajna!
Lisa, tell us about your background.
Lisa: Traveling and teaching have always been parts of my life!
I have taught preschool to middle school usually with a focus on science. This is my thirteenth year teaching and currently I teach K-6 science in Los Angeles, California where I grew up.
I also spent seven years on the Seven Seas as a youth counselor and assistant Cruise Director, just [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Today we chat with Nancy from the extremely famous and inspirational traveling Vogel family. If you haven’t heard what they’ve done, get ready to be shocked!
Nancy, tell us about your background.
Nancy: I grew up in Boise, Idaho and, after six long years in university, graduated with a degree in teaching. Immediately upon graduation, I headed off to Honduras to work as a Peace Corps Volunteer establishing resource room [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to unbelievably inspiring long-term world traveler and international teacher, Barry O’Leary, also known as Baz!
Baz, tell us a bit about your background.
Baz: I was born in Kingston, London, but I grew up in North-West London in a really exciting place called Eastcote. After getting an Economics degree at Southampton University I worked in sales in London for three years. During that time I grew to despise [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling: Welcome to James from Ouroyster, who has been traveling on and off since he was 16.
James, tell us a bit about your background.
James: I was born in the United Kingdom, and my background is in the Merchant Navy. I was a navigational officer. During my time in this role I went to a lot of different places, the best of those being Manaus in Brazil where we stayed for 2 months [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Adam Pervez, “corporate tool turned nomadic idealist,” teaching and volunteering his way across the world!
Tell us a bit about your background, Adam.
Adam: I’m 29-years-old and from Strongsville, Ohio, USA. I’m an electrical engineer who worked in the Persian Gulf for an oil services company. When I realized I was actively contributing toward making the planet a worse place, I went back to school for an MBA [...Read More!]
You have just 24 hours left to get your tickets for the “Meet, Plan, Go!” yearly event on extended travel, which happens in 17 cities in North America TOMORROW evening, 10/18/11!
Fabulous “Meet, Plan, Go!” events connect hundreds of people who dream of traveling with career-break travel experts in a fabulous evening to learn how to travel for months on end, affordably.
I coordinated the Boston chapter of “Meet, Plan, Go!” last [...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!]