Life as a teacher

Teachers usually have a gut feeling about their lessons. (Which may swing between commiserating over...

In education, we often talk about how to challenge our students—but what about ourselves as teachers...

A teacher’s work is never complete: New lessons, students, semesters, years, and subjects continuall...

Sometimes, despite the best intentions, our teaching becomes a little lacklustre. The causes are var...

Conducting job interviews over Skype is fast becoming more standard, especially for large companies ...

Parent-teacher conference season is usually nervewracking for everyone. After all, in these short ti...

There are days where your lesson flops, headaches abound, you miss the bus, fight with a loved one, ...

Whether working in the Northern or Southern hemisphere, there’s one thing the teaching community has...

Sunday night jitters in the last hours of the evening followed by a less than smiling start to the w...

Teaching: a constant balancing act between students’ needs, curricular requirements, greater institu...

The new year has faded into just “the” year, marking and planning has taken its toll, there’s always...

As prepared as we may feel at some times of the year, there are certain other months that come as if...