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Every International School has a different onboarding - arrival - process. Kent and Greg discuss their experiences and some possible situations of onboarding with different schools. What happens when you initially land in a new country for an international school position? Get a glimpse of some examples to stir up some questions you might ask during an interview for an international school.
Kent and Greg are seasoned International Teachers sitting around talking about what recruiters are looking for in teacher candidates. Their discussion is based on experiences as teachers, not recruiters. Have some fun. Learn something more about teaching at a school around the globe.
What is it like for these microphone racers during the summer? Hear about the difference between the summer of a single guy versus a family guy as we recount our travels home.
Aaron and Tabitha are an international teaching couple that teach elementary homerooms. Join us for an enjoyable interview about starting in the USA and moving to India for three years. At the end is a remarkable cat-tastrophe story you HAVE to hear.
Kent joins as a Cohost while Matt is traveling. Join us as we interview Jim about life and teaching PE in the Middle Eastern countries of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Yes, we laugh a lot between stories.
Tom started out teaching for the JET program in Japan. After five years, he was hired by the Ministry of Education to train teachers. Listen to what he is doing now, after 14 years of Japanese life and two Kids in the family.
When you leave North America to teach in countries around the world, you are in charge of your savings and financial future. Social Security may not be in the picture any more. Listen to our guest Eric's advice on saving early and focusing on your lifestyle overseas. Learn. Enjoy.
Living overseas on several continents, Noah shares advice and stories about living and teaching in Pakistan, China, and Honduras over the past twenty years.
This is not their first rodeo. Shannon and Brynn first went overseas to teach in 2001. It was a different experience. They were younger, inexperienced, and had only one child. This time it's different. More kids. More experience. Different financial commitments. As teachers overseas, this second country experience has some similarities and many differences.
Julia is the youngest daughter of Greg's friends and former colleagues from way back in the times of yor....2004 to 2005. Julia is our first guest TCK - Third Culture Kid - but hopefully not the last. You'll get a laugh out of her Snowbulldozer story and a glimpse into what it is like to be overseas as a child of International Teachers.
Meet Graydon. Teach. Save. Travel. Repeat. Greydon is a new Author, international teacher, biker, former contestant on Jeopardy, and world traveler. Listen to the interview about how he teaches and saves money, then travels extensively, then repeats. When you finish listening, you will certainly want to buy and read his new book Pedalling to Kailash: Cycling Adventures and Misadventures Across the Roof of the World (2020)
Scott and Tara both trained and taught in the USA before going overseas eleven years ago. They have lived, taught, and raised their three offspring in three different international schools in two different countries. Join us for the laughs, stories, and a difficult audio feed coming out of the Northern woods of Maine. We hope you learn something about overseas teaching with families and enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking.
As overseas educators, we rely on resources for our career year by year. We also love to share the best. Matt's advice is not to get lost in your search. Start with the following top 9 resources (not in order of importance):
Join us for this episode as Kent hijacks Matt's microphone to talk with Greg about teaching in Yemen. Kent's history is quite unique because he started teaching in the USA before going overseas, then back to the USA, and then once again overseas. Enjoy a conversation with one of the happiest, positive, international teachers in the World.
If you are more interested in Quality Schools International, here is their website. https://www.qsi.org/
Sit back and listen to a few stories of Gringos in Spanish speaking countries. Matt name drops in order to get vaccinated. Greg tackles safari animal names in Swahili. The only thing you can count on overseas is life is unpredictable.
What are some of the motivations to teach overseas? Matt shares stories of meeting and playing baseball with MLB players in Venezuela. Greg shares his Sri Lankan Christmas story. Maids, nannies, money, travel, and more.
No overseas police stories in this episode. Matt unleashes a barrage of excellent questions like: Where do you call home? What do you miss most when you are back home in the states? What's the most surprising conversation you've had since you've been overseas? ....and much more.
Matt has been overseas with his wife and family for over 13 years. Both Matt and his wife are certified teachers originally from Minnesota, USA. Listen in on this episode as Greg interviews Matt. Getting to know Matt is important because Matt is one of the main cohosts of our show. Matt lets loose with a few stories. He just can't help it.
Matt has been overseas with his wife and family for over 13 years. Both Matt and his wife are certified teachers originally from Minnesota, USA. Listen in on this episode as Greg interviews Matt. Getting to know Matt is important because Matt is one of the main cohosts of our show. Matt lets loose with a few stories. He just can't help it.
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