Get hired with your TEFL certification (with job postings)

Earning your TEFL certification has the potential to drastically boost the trajectory of your career in education. It opens up doors to the international teaching world and allows you to gain global experience that will prove to be impactful in future career moves – both abroad and at home. But if a TEFL certification is […]

Deciding between public schools & private schools in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi attracts professionals from the global education community to the region on a frequent basis; Teach Away helps thousands of teachers land exciting opportunities in Abu Dhabi every year. These opportunities include positions for highly experienced education leaders as well as positions for elementary school teachers with only a few years of teaching experience. […]

Passport to Teach Resources: Recorded webinars and resume samples

Whether you’re pursuing a better career in education immediately or over time, at home, or overseas, Teach Away’s career development week packed in a pile of valuable information designed to help you learn and grow as an educator. We met with Teach Away Placement Coordinators and teachers around the world to plan a week of […]

Passport to Teach Day 5: Teacher Experiences Fireside Chat

From our team at Teach Away to the big wide community of educators all over the globe, thank you for joining us this week for Passport to Teach Career Development Week. Whether you tuned in for a webinar or for all five, you helped us make our first ever career development week a great success! […]

Passport to Teach Day 4: Get ready to ace your interview

If you’ve ever been on a first date with someone you’re not already super comfortable with, you probably know it can prove to be a challenging, uncomfortable, unpredictable, exciting, intimidating, relieving, or rewarding experience. Interviews are a lot like first dates. You can leave them feeling like you just removed a boulder from your shoulders […]

Teacher & Placement Coordinator Q&A: Meet Mia!

Meet Mia! She is one of our incredible Placement Coordinators here at Teach Away. Mia brings to Teach Away her own experience from abroad, having taught English in Spain’s Andalucía region. A year in Spain teaching ESL to 18-20 year-old native Spanish speakers proved to be a challenge, but even more so it was a […]

Passport to Teach Day 3: Qualifications

Do I need to be TEFL certified in order to teach overseas? What does it mean to be a licensed teacher? How many years of experience do I need to teach in the Middle East? Teach Away has a vast sea of international job opportunities. Our job board has opportunities in countries all over the […]

Passport to Teach Day 2: The complete teacher resume

Day two of Passport to Teach was all about your golden ticket to a new world of teaching – your resume. Today’s webinar walked through elements of the complete teacher resume. To build the session, we spoke with our placement coordinators and considered the thousands of education resumes we’ve seen at Teach Away.  We’ll send […]

Passport to Teach Day 1: Getting started with Teach Away

With Monday under our belts, the first day of Teach Away’s career development week for teachers is underway. Passport to Teach kicked off today with a rundown of the basics: creating a Teach Away account, completing your profile, finding your dream job, and applying. If you missed it, I’ve got you covered with a quick […]