Global Castaways

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!

• 04:36 Promoting Athletic Training
• 08:53 MAIS Conference: there is something for everyone
• 12:45 I may have helped the Flyers win the Stanley Cup
• 15:01 Working abroad in China
• 18:41 A part of the whole community
• 22:19 Using wellness as a tool to collaborate
• 23:19 Good Practice LLC: advocate for sports safety
• 31:26 Their English is going to be better than your French

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.

• 01:33 clothing, the color green, bathroom stalls and cereal aisles
• 08:25 The Missing Three Years article
• 09:34 Me, pretentious?
• 12:16 Gabrielle uses a Lord of the Rings analogy
• 16:30 Brittany shares about being stateside
• 23:20 "I'm selectively needy!"

LINK: The Missing Three Years by Brianna Hill Kastler

Gabrielle and Courtney consider the different mentor figures they have encountered in international teaching. They also gush over how they have encouraged each other in the last few years.

• 01:18 Gabrielle and Courtney's origin story
• 07:15 Formal Mentorship experience: the Pros and Cons
• 11:33 Mentors are everywhere and they have different experiences!
• 14:55 Tim Gunn is my teaching mentor
• 21:10 Professional vulnerability
• 22:03 Your value as a teacher is not that one period
• 25:30 A sounding board, rather than a problem solver

Brittany chats with Dave who has the dubious honor of being our first male guest on the show. Dave shares his experiences as a teacher and expat Kiwi in Kuwait.

Welcome to semester two of Global Castaways! Tara and Courtney kicks off the season with a timely look at Back to School as an International Educator. What are the signs? What are your rituals? How do you find your balance after having a summer off?

• 00:30 What are the symptoms that you're going back to school?
• 04:10 August is a teacher's Sunday evening
• 09:40 And now you're back…. What happens?
• 14:25 Kung Fu Field Trip
• 18:30 It's chaos. Be kind.
• 23:24 Getting back into teacher shape

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It's International Podcast Day. Celebrate the power of podcasts! We recommend shows that entertain and inspire us. If you need something new to listen to, check out the links below!

• 01:05 Still Processing
• 02:53 Behind the Bastards
• 05:18 WorkLife with Adam Grant
• 06:30 Hey YA
• 07:22 Follow Eric Smith
• 08:34 Oh No Ross and Carrie
• 11:39 How Did This Get Made
• 13:46 Cult of Pedagogy
• 14:40 Marigold Article

We process our thoughts and feelings about dealing with mental health while living the international teaching itinerant life. Speaking out and sharing personal perspectives on achieving mental well-being, from therapy to self-care. Shoutout to Brittany's AC unit, which makes many appearances in this episode.

LINKSTalkspaceLooking after yourself - BeyondBlue - if you're supporting someone else with depression Everything is awful and I'm not okay: questions to ask before giving up What to say to a suicidal friend

US Mental Health Resources National Institute of Mental HealthNational Alliance on Mental HealthThe Trevor Project

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Mary saves the day in this latest episode of the Postcards from the Edge series. Join Brittany and Mary to hear from the unique perspective of a specialist teacher along with some great advice on life, travel and change.

02:05 This is something I kinda want to do and now is the time 06:36 It feels more inclusive about different perspectives 07:33 Corn. White people. Done. 09:18 Awe, cute kid story! 12:23 What is that green thing? I have to touch it. 21:13 Being female in Kuwait. 26:33 You can kinda see the look of crazy on a moving teacher's eyes...

So many legitimate complaints and so much entitlement. How do we balance the two? Courtney and Tara discuss the difficulties of first world problems when you are living in a developing nation.

• 01:31 Off topic already to talk about karaoke booths in China.
• 04:26 "There could be a goat in the milk aisle."
• 10:12 Of weird stamps and paperwork.
• 16:23 We try to remember what happened to our VISA paperwork in Morocco. Was there a fire?
• 21:20 "This kitchen is wrong."
• 24:30 Life without an oven.
• 25:54 "I just want Nachos. I will pay what I need to to get it."
• 31:46 Hiring and keeping a maid and the story of a missing wedding dress.
• 34:22 Public restrooms. *Shudder*

Links Disney WWII propaganda films

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