Off to Jeju-do Korea!

It is official, I am the Technology Administrator at the Korean International School in Jeju-do Korea. They made an offer I couldn’t refuse! Our experience will be entirely paid for by the school (save for meals and utilities) and I will also draw an American Standard salary (tax free). I will fly to Jeju in mid-August, with my fiance to follow shortly after I travel. Jeju is an interesting place, and one that I am happy to be living for a year. Now to work on my visa applications…

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UNI: Prospectives from a Teacher/Candidate

Every year, the University of Norther Iowa (UNI) hosts the largest Teaching Abroad festival in North American. More than 700 educators attend the fair and compete for 1000 placements around the world – from Doha, Qatar to Mexico City. In its own way, the fair is an international feeding frenzy (or better termed a “rat-race” by one of the recruiters) where everyone is jostling for position to get interviews with the best international schools. I was fortunate enough to attend this past February, and had a wonderful time talking with recruiters and fellow participants. When I...

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Inspiration

Here I am at work on a Friday…

It is something that I am not really used to doing. Having a four day instructional week is great – and I am almost always hesitant to commit to a Friday full of work!

Today we are in Professional Development about engaging students to increase achievement…

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Reflection on Co-Teaching and Differentiation

Entry #1: Co-Teaching- Share your thoughts about the co-teaching model? What impact does the upgrade of curriculum for the 21st century have on co-teaching? As a curriculum supervisor or leader, what challenges would you have supervising and evaluating a co-teaching team, and how might supervisors address these challenges? I actually have had the pleasure of co-teaching multiple times in my career, and have greatly benefited from the experience. My experience has always shown that the two teachers can use each others strengths to design lessons and units that are more engaging more...

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Tweet-le dumb!

If you know me, you know that I seldom look at the news in my everyday routine. I generally find that life is better with fewer headlines in it. Yesterday was an exception to that rule. When I woke up, I checked the local news station to see if their was a snow day (alas there was not) and was greeted by a headline about a local High School. Thankfully, the news was not in my school district but in a local school nearby. Check out the story:   I have a multitude of concerns about this particular case, but what is most troubling to me is the fact that there is a growing population of the...

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