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Nail that job: how to prepare for an interview over Skype
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Conducting job interviews over Skype is fast becoming more standard, especially for large companies who have multiple interview rounds, or in professi...

18 ways to ace your parent-teacher conferences
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Parent-teacher conference season is usually nervewracking for everyone. After all, in these short time slots you’re representing both your school and ...

The A-Z of self-care for teachers: 26 tips to use today
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There are days where your lesson flops, headaches abound, you miss the bus, fight with a loved one, feel the report cards piling up, or the day unrave...

Here’s how to smash Monday morning blues
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Sunday night jitters in the last hours of the evening followed by a less than smiling start to the week. We’ve all had those days (usually Mondays) wh...

More time management tips (from teachers who are rocking it!)
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Teaching: a constant balancing act between students’ needs, curricular requirements, greater institutional pressures, parents, career goals, and your ...

How to avoid hitting the end-of-semester wall: 10 tips
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The new year has faded into just “the” year, marking and planning has taken its toll, there’s always something new to organize or plan, and burnout ha...

Seven end-of-year steps to get into vacation mode
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As prepared as we may feel at some times of the year, there are certain other months that come as if out of nowhere (we’re looking at you, December!)....

Teaching in Chad was surprising. Here’s why (part 1)
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Teaching is a passion, they said,Teaching is a skill, they taught,But teaching must come from within and without,For it must shoot the head at the hea...

6 reasons to consider traveling overseas with your students
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Does the idea of shepherding your class throughout international customs (and coming out of it in one piece) sound impossible? Sure, it’s a big projec...

10 reasons to go on a ’smart’ spring break
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If you’re a young teacher in today’s fast-paced world, you know that work doesn’t stop at the end of class. Far from it – tomorrow’s lessons need to b...

Want to teach in Australia? Consider this
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Sunny, check. International airports, check. Good coffee, check. Add in close travel proximity to Asia, a colorful calendar of cultural events, and a ...

How (and why) to leave work at school
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How many evenings and precious weekends do you spend revisiting classes, ruminating over conversations, or thinking about tomorrow’s lesson plans? We ...