5 steps to becoming a culturally responsive teacher
What is culturally responsive teaching? It’s much more than just recognizing your students’ cultural background (although that’s a good start). Culturally responsive teaching, or cultural intelligence in education, helps create a learning environment that is engaging and accessible to a broader range of students. As a teacher in today’s multicultural classroom, fostering culturally responsive teaching […]
Is online teaching the future of education?
COVID-19 has changed the way we live. It’s affected how we communicate, how we spend time with our loved ones, how we work and how we travel. It’s also encouraged us to seek out new opportunities. When the pandemic struck six months ago, few people working or studying in traditional, face-to-face education had time to […]
How to start teaching English to beginners: step by step
If you’ve never taught English to absolute beginners before, the idea of spending a whole lesson communicating with students who don’t understand a word you’re saying sounds a bit daunting. Any ESL teacher can tell you that teaching absolute beginners is slightly different from teaching other classes. Sure, it’s challenging, but it can also be […]
Yes, you can become a teacher without a degree in education. Here’s how
Are you ready to teach online?
Looking for your next great teaching opportunity? As online education continues to grow, with no sign of letting up, more and more teachers are looking into teaching online.
Is teaching English online worth it? 5 things you need to know
Teaching English online can be a fantastic way to make an income from home. Plus, there are plenty of other benefits! For starters, you can set your schedule and enjoy a healthy work-life balance and work from anywhere in the world. But, you may be asking yourself, is teaching English online worth it? Yes, of […]
5 ways teachers can help their students easily spot fake news
Fake news is a popular term and a matter of heated debate today, especially in politics. So, what is fake and what is real? And how do we protect our students from misinformation? Those are questions all of us teachers have asked at some point or another. As we’ve seen first hand, fake news and manipulating information online […]
How to combat loneliness as a teacher abroad during the pandemic
Feeling lonely is an inevitable side effect of self-isolating. For teachers living abroad, loneliness is perhaps even more unavoidable. You may not have had the option to return home to wait out the coronavirus pandemic with friends or family. Working abroad was supposed to be an exciting adventure. Instead, you may have found yourself living […]
7 states with the worst teacher shortages in the US
Studies from 2018 show there is a shortage of around 112,000 teachers across the U.S. While the reasons for teacher shortages are complicated, the effects are easier to see. A lack of teachers significantly reduces the quality of education each student receives. And classroom sizes keep growing. This is worrying for students. We can all agree […]
Understanding student trauma and trauma-Informed teaching
Buzzwords like trauma-informed practice and trauma-informed teaching are increasingly common when discussing what’s important in today’s classroom. But just how common is student trauma and why does it matter at school? One study found that 60% of adults have experienced abuse or other difficult family circumstances during childhood and 26% of kids in the US […]