CandaceDavies

Finding it Hard to Secure a Teaching Job? How About Zimbabwe?

For young, adventuresome teaching graduates, the prospects have never looked better—that is, in the international education markets. The competition for new teaching jobs at home is intense. In many international markets, however, teachers have a lot of c... Read >

Personality Profiling: Do You Have the MO of a ‘Good’ Teacher?

For decades, personality psychologists, also known as psychometricians, have been on a search for the ‘good teacher.’ Each year, more and more studies appear claiming to identify the personality traits of the ‘ideal’ teaching professional. Now, in a globa... Read >

Take an Inventory of Your Skills and Interests – Your Hobbies May Land You That Interview

When a North Carolina school cuts teaching assistants, those who cannot drive buses were the first to be let go. Upgrading your driver’s license may not be the answer to finding a teaching job but the story does underline the importance of giving careful... Read >

Teaching Overseas - How to Conduct an International Job Search

Teaching overseas is an exciting opportunity, and one that is being increasingly sought after by educators, especially graduating students or those who have been in the industry for many years. Unfortunately, many people find the process of overseas job h... Read >

What Items Do I Need to Bring to My Teacher Interview?

Congratulations! You’ve landed that coveted teacher interview. Now it is extremely important that you impress in your interview and large part of that is coming prepared. Items to bring: • Copies of your current resume: If you need to distribute ... Read >

Get to the Principal’s Office, Mister!

If you find yourself dreaming of an office of your very own instead of the one you currently share with your boisterous students, it may be time to start thinking about moving from the classroom into an administrative role. But before you have your new na... Read >

Managing Your Internet Presence

Your internet presence is an indispensible part of your 21st century job search. Not only should you be actively reaching out to recruiters and hiring authorities, but you should also be leveraging your efforts with direct networking (through LinkedIn, Fa... Read >

Overseas Opportunities for Your Non-Teaching Partner

So you’ve decided to make the leap to teach overseas. Good for you! This will be a very exciting and rewarding experience. But now that you’ve made this immense decision to teach abroad, it’s time to come up with a plan for your partner as well. There... Read >

Six Steps to Get Any Student on Task

When dealing with disruptions of any kind from your students, it is important that your response to the disruption is less intrusive for the rest of the class than the initial disruption. It doesn’t make much sense to react to a minor infraction with all ... Read >

Five Steps That Stop Disruption in the Classroom

In order to get students to follow your instructions and stay on task, you need to instruct them in specific ways that will achieve the results you want. Students need very structured and clear boundaries and guidelines in order for them to undoubtedly kn... Read >

Five Documents You Will Need Before You Move Overseas

So, you’ve found your ideal international teaching job and you are ready to make the leap...good for you! Now it’s time to get everything in order and properly prepared for your big move. Here are five important documents that you will need to obtain befo... Read >

Four Ways to Improve Question and Answer Sessions to Show You’re in Control

Question and answer sessions are an important part of lessons and are integral to test students’ comprehension of material, as well as to let you as the teacher know where your students are in terms of their understanding of lesson concepts. Sometimes, ho... Read >

How to Overcome Obstacles in a Cover Letter

There are many possible situations that may make writing a cover letter more difficult. These situations can include lay-offs, demotions, long-term unemployment, and medical leave. Although these may seem to be potential red flags, a cover letter is deeme... Read >

Your Voice is a Great Tool to Show You Are in Control

When managing your classroom, one of the most important tools at your disposal is your voice. The way in which you communicate to your students verbally has a lot to do with how your students will respond to you. And it goes far beyond the message that yo... Read >

What to Do When a Student Will Not Follow Your Instructions

Have you implemented clear, concise and consistent instructions into your lessons but are still having trouble getting one or two students to follow them? If you are going to get your students to do as you ask, it all has to begin with your attitude. Your... Read >