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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.
Our last episode of the season! Join us as we talk to Liam about his 27 years abroad and his abiding love for Japan. The question that I forgot to ask: How many passports does Liam have?
04:16 EAL: aka the department of acronyms. "You teach English; help me out with this kid."
05:22 Liam's reason for moving to Japan: "I was young and wanted to meet girls so volunteered and through that sort of became more interested in Japan."
09:19 Reminiscences of the WIFI Lounge at the Job Fairs ten years ago. Also, netbook, and *gasp* payphones.
10:02 "Mongolia, I don't even know where that is but why not?" Liam calling Tara's life choices out.
13:02 The pros and cons of accepting a job a school that has yet to be established.
19:00 We seriously consider a move to Mali.
28:09 A love story. It all started with her not being impressed. "Your ego gets very big very quickly because people go, anything you say is witty, anything you say is interesting and it is very easy to get an inflated ego."
33:49 "It is very easy to get into the mindset of, 'Well, we are here to educate you' as opposed to remembering that as much 'as we giving we are also here to learn from you.'"
39:03 Liam has the most surprising answer to the alternative profession questions.
Let's welcome KB, friend of the show, the last true romantic, and technically an adult.
Are you in need of some positivity "in these uncertain times"? We have that covered. Today we are finally sharing Tara's interview with the wonderful Andy. Come for his story of getting a teaching job in Jordan 38 years ago despite thinking it might be a scam, stay because he is a delight.
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Courtney, Tara and Gabrielle - three international teachers, three countries, three different experiences with the pandemic and how it's impacted our teaching and life abroad.
Sharon is our guest in the season's final episode where you get to find out where she discovered the best frappucino she's ever had.
We are so thrilled to have people on this show and for you listeners. Have a great summer and see you next semester!
We made it to the end of the school year again! Truth, who has been teaching internationally for 10 years, joins Tara to reflect on her experience living abroad with two kids. Truth is leaving Beijing for Dar es Salaam!
We’re back with two girls in Tuscany talking. We share our experiences and sprinkle in tips, insights and advice when you’re ready to jump into the crazy recruiting fair scene. For additional fun: take a shot every time Gabrielle says “research”.
LINKSUNI Overseas Recruiting FairGlobal Recruitment CollaborativeSearch AssociatesISS/Schrole AdvantageTIE Online
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Courtney talks with Jared about Athletic Training in international schools, interning with the Philadelphia Flyers and his company Good Practice, LLC. If you work with children as a teacher, as a coach, as a field trip chaperone, this conversation is for you!
Links:https://www.mais-web.org/https://www.goodpracticellc.com/ https://twitter.com/GoodPracticeLLC
Friends of the show, Brian and Catherine, talk with Tara about all. the things. Including but not limited to their experiences as an international teaching couple, having children overseas, and the culture shock of returning to a different America.
LINKS:International Schools Services - ISSInternational Schools Review
WELCOME TO AMERICA! Finally, you walk through those arrival doors onto your home soil. It’s home so everything will go back to what it used to be. But what if it doesn’t? Gabrielle and Brittany try to process the unexpected anxieties when returning from abroad.
LINK: The Missing Three Years by Brianna Hill Kastler
The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.