Here are all the hot topics I've written about over the years. You also might be interested in these quick tips. If you're looking for longer articles, check out the ones I've written about TEFL Basics, Where To Go, Money Matters, Classroom Tips, Career Advancement, and The Best TEFL Jobs in the World.
Admin and Parents
- Being Farmed Out to Other Schools
- Bosses with No Teaching Experience
- Cameras in the Classroom
- Desk Warming
- Does Your School Own the Material You Create?
- Holding Your Documents Hostage
- Not Being Able to Sit Down in Class
- Parents Involved at School
- Summer and Winter Camps
- What Parents Really Think About TEFL Teachers
- Working for a Local
- Working Split Shifts
Applying for Jobs
- Blacklists
- Life After TEFL
- Lookism
- Is it Too Easy to Become a TEFL Teacher?
- Personal Questions at Interviews
- Posting Your CV Online
- Putting Your Photo on Your CV
- Quitting Your Job
- Recruiters
- Sending Your Passport to Apply for a Job
Career Advancement and Qualifications
- (The) Cambridge Monopoly
- Diploma or Masters?
- How Teachers Are Evaluated
- Job Security for Teachers
- MA Before Experience
- Masters or Teaching License?
- Midnight Runners
- Online Degrees
- Opening Your Own School
- (The) Problem With Students Evals
- Schools Need to Be More Transparent About the Renewal Process
- Teaching English to Executives and Business Professionals
- TEFL Diplomas
- What Schools Are Requiring In Order to Renew You
Classroom Management
- Are Ice Breakers and Intros Worth It?
- Class Tattletales
- Cell Phones, If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
- Learning a Language through Immersion
- No Textbooks
- Office Hours
- Paperless Classroom
- Plagiarism
- Teaching English to Large Classes
- Using Students' L1 in Class
- Why I Don't Learn My Students' Names
- Why You Should Assign Seats in Class
Money
- Crummy Ways Schools Cut Costs
- Hardship Allowances
- Making More than the Locals
- Money's Not Important
- Money vs A Flight Home
- Negotiating Your Contract
- Slave Wages
- Teaching English Illegally
- Teaching Illegally on the Side
- Why You Should Accept Lower Paying Jobs
Perks and Benefits
- Accepting Gifts from Employers
- A Fine Line Between Gifts and Bribes from Students
- Getting Free Language Lessons
- On-Campus Housing
- Two Weeks of Vacation
- Unpaid Vacations
- Why You Should Accept Lower Paying Jobs
Personal Life
- Being a Foreigner
- Criminal Background Checks
- Dating Your Students
- Learning the Local Language
- Making Friends with the Locals
- Medical Checks
- Moving Every Year
- Non-Native Speakers as English Teachers
- Shared Housing
- Socialising With Students Outside of Class
- Socialising With Teachers Outside of Work
- Stereotypes
- Too Old to Teach
- Too Young to Teach
Testing and Assessing
- Being Forced to Pass Students
- How Heavily Should Grades Be Based on Exams?
- Learn English in 6 Months
- Quality vs Quantity
- Reliability and Validity
- Students Aren't Customers
- Should You Tell Your Students Their Grades?
Work Environment
- Casual Clothes in the Classroom
- Dancing White Monkeys
- Editing Work from Other Classes
- Surfing the Net at Work
- Tattoos and Piercings at Work
- Teaching Hours
- Teachers Just Can't Get a Break
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