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: Welcome to Sarah Clarke! Sarah, tell us about yourself.
Sarah: I live and teach in North Carolina, but I am originally from Canada! I studied Art and Anthropology in University and am now in my second year as an Elementary Art Teacher. I also taught high school visual art for a year. I love teaching art because it is such a dynamic subject. Every human culture in the world has [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: How can an American art teacher manage to travel all over the world? Read this exciting story of Anita Horton, creator of ArtTeachTravel.com to find out.
Anita, tell us about yourself.
Anita: I am an artist and have always been interested in other cultures for inspiration in the arts and in building global relationships.
After graduating from Missouri State University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Certification to [...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: Welcome to Mandy Littlefield, an American teacher whose passion for Britain was enriched by a vacation to London!
Mandy, tell us about yourself.
Mandy: I live in Massachusetts and work as an assistant teacher in a local high school. This has been my profession for the last five years, and I truly enjoy it. Eventually I would like to complete my degree in History and become a fully licensed teacher of the [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Welcome to Lindsay, a teacher, fashion travel blogger, and girlfriend of a prominent travel blogger!
Lindsay, tell us about yourself.
Lindsay: My name is Lindsay Carreiro and I’ve lived in Rhode Island all of my life, 29 (yikes!) years to be exact and I wouldn’t change a thing. I love Rhode Island; I am so passionate I should be working for the tourism board, but that’s another matter. Growing [...Read More!]
Teaching Traveling: Today we welcome my brilliant Brown University classmate, Winston Groman, to talk of his fascinating teaching-traveling. Winston, tell us about yourself.
Winston: I’m from Miami, Florida, so it’s pretty natural that I ended up studying Spanish literature in college and in grad school. My first substantial teaching experience came in Harvard grad school, where I taught first-year Spanish for three years, from 2008 until 2011. I recently left my [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome to great Pennsylvania teacher, Tracy Antonioli, who is about to take a year to travel and write a book on the educational value of different U.S. vacations for children!
Tell us your story, Tracy.
Well, let’s get the painful part over with first. I’m 31 years old. Whew! Ok. Now that that’s done with, I can continue! In eight and a half days I will have finished my eighth year [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, traveling Minnesota high school History teacher, Evan! Tell us a bit about your background.
Evan: I grew up in a small farm town, population 716, in Minnesota where the only thing that changes is the weather.
I took my first trip overseas to Europe as part of a class my sophomore year of college. The different languages, customs, and foods shocked my Midwestern root to the core. Traveling opened my eyes to [...Read More!]