Doug A. Allen  |  Career Development  |  0 comments  |  1376 views  |  Read Full

 

Writing a case study can be a real pain, yes, but only if you want them to be. It requires a lot of patience and resolve to be able to come up with a case study that will keep the reader's interest. The question is how to write a case study that will satisfy both you and your reader's curiosity?

Candace Davies  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  242 views  |  Read Full

 

A teacher plays a very important role in society. It is these individuals who nourish the minds of our children, molding them into responsible knowledgeable adults. Thus, the teaching profession is often referred to as a “calling”. As a teacher with a passion for teaching, your desire might be to impact knowledge to your students in the best way you know how, and a private school might provide you with a very suitable avenue to do so.

Candace Davies  |  Career Development  |  0 comments  |  133 views  |  Read Full

 

This is a very important question to ask when looking into teaching abroad because there is a lot of conflicting and biased information out there. Some websites that say you need a certain certification are usually trying to sell that course. Another reason for the conflicting information is that necessary qualifications change depending on which country you want to teach in.

Candace Davies  |  Career Development  |  0 comments  |  143 views  |  Read Full

 

A substitute teacher is one who teaches a class on behalf of the regular teacher who is absent due to various reasons such as illness or personal leave. To become a permanent teacher, you must serve two consecutive school years of tenure. Substitute teachers must serve 75% of the total school year in order for it to be considered as tenure.

Candace Davies  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  189 views  |  Read Full

 

In your role as a teacher, you are focused not only on delivering important information to your students, but also on demonstrating why that information is meaningful and how they will use it. Mastery and comprehension are, of course, critical to learning, since lessons build upon one another. How do you help your students understand and retain their lessons?

Candace Davies  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  159 views  |  Read Full

 

As an educator or a member of the education field, continuous learning is important in order to avoid career stagnation. You need to have a solid career development goal in order to ensure that your career will go beyond the typical static experience in this particular work environment. That is why you always have to take advantage of opportunities that will allow you to proceed forward and maximize both your learning and career options. Taking additional courses, trainings, and professional development sessions are often the most practical options to prevent becoming stagnant in the field of education because these are the key steps toward achieving horizontal and or vertical movement in your career.

Candace Davies  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  218 views  |  Read Full

 

It has often been said that corralling a classroom of students for any length of time – whether it is 55 minutes or five minutes – to focus on a new learning topic is like herding cats. This seems to hold even truer in the higher grade levels, where the old stand-by of “1-2-3-STOP” to get everyone to settle down and listen is no longer effective.

Hannah McCarthy  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  223 views  |  Read Full

 

A child's early years are a time of rapid development and learning. It is the time when their creative, social, intellectual, and communicational skills first start to take shape and research has found that technology can play a great role in a child's early development. While it isn't a good idea to set kids loose on a computer before they're 3 years old, the preschool years (from 3 to 5) are the perfect time to let them begin their relationship with technology.

David Meagor  |  Classroom Materials  |  0 comments  |  197 views  |  Read Full

 

When you want to deliver a survey to a group of people, such as a body of students, it is necessary to remember that this is just like giving a speech. You will want to introduce yourself and your mission to them so that they will be familiar with you and your means. An introduction is always important, so that you will gain familiarity with your students and their parents to help them feel secure about participating in your survey.

Lawrence Write  |  Speaking/Listening  |  0 comments  |  230 views  |  Read Full

 

 There are many countries around the world that are beginning to place a higher priority on learning English. Independent English teaching companies are springing up around the world rapidly, and it is difficult to live in a foreign city without seeing a number of English schools and companies. ...