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One flew east, one flew west, and NNESTs flew everywhere.

17 de junho de 2014

The challenge of being a non-native English speaker in a native English speaking world I recently came across EFL teacher James Taylor’s blog post about NNESTs’ struggle to be respected as English teachers by students and employers. In his guest blog post, James lists a number of advantages of being a NNEST over a...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Brazil, career, James Taylor, language proficiency, native speakers, NEST, NNEST, non-native speakers

My kid wants to be a teacher. Now what?

2 de junho de 2014

by elainehodgson

I must have mentioned before on this blog that I teach adolescents in their last year of High School. Needless to say, this is a period of great anxiety as most of them intend to go to university and now have to choose a career. It is the time when most of them realise that...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, career, Professional, teaching

Teacher Development & Teachers’ Associations

1 de junho de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I always say that one of the things I like the most about teaching is that I’m always learning. And I’m quite sure I’m not the only one… We teachers learn a lot not only from our students and from fellow teachers but also from what we read, from conferences we attend, and so on....Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, conferences, courses for teachers, language development for teachers, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teachers' associations

At the end of the day, it’s all about the people…

15 de maio de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I was supposed to have published this post on May the 01st. As I knew I was going to be in João Pessoa for the 14th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference, I really wanted my post to be about teacher development – mainly about attending conferences. I had even read some articles and blog posts on it...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, conferences, professional development, teacher development

Becoming a Teacher: Expectations Vs Reality: Where does PD take place?

11 de maio de 2014

by Roseli Serra

Being a teacher for almost 30 years I have a clear idea of how demanding, time consuming and rewarding this profession is and how tough it can get sometimes. If you’ve been teaching for 2, 3 years, you probably have this idea already. Yes, I gave up my Psychologist career to become a teacher. Being...Read More

Teacher Development

career, professional development, teaching

On motivation

2 de maio de 2014

by elainehodgson

By the time this post is published, I will have spent two days in the lovely city of João Pessoa where, as most of you know, the 14th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference is being held. This will be my 7th BRAZ-TESOL Conference. While I was packing I began asking myself: What motivated me to go? Why...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, engagement, extrinsic, intrinsic, motivation, professional development

The perks and perils of being a private teacher

1 de abril de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

After having taught at several different schools for a long long time, I’ve been teaching private classes for a while now. I’ve decided to do so so that I could have more flexibility and more time to study and work on different projects. Needless to say, teaching private classes has its own features. Sometimes I...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, PLNs, professional development, social networks, teacher development, Twitter

Letter to a novice English teacher

10 de março de 2014

by Vinicius Nobre

My dear, If I could offer you any advice for your newly started career, I would tell you to be curious. More impressive and complex advice will be dispensed to you but I truly believe that curiosity embraces it all. First and foremost, be curious about your students. Get to know who they are, where...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, curiosity, novice teachers, professional development

Are teachers born ready?

12 de janeiro de 2014

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I was very happy to have been asked to write for the RichmondShare space and thought about getting started by discussing a statement some people make regarding our profession. Are teachers born ready or made? Some people claim that teachers are born ready, that this profession is guided solely by passion which I tend to...Read More

Career

approach, career, methodology, practice, profession

New Years’s resolutions: continuous professional development

9 de janeiro de 2014

by Vinicius Nobre

The beginning of a new year usually gets us thinking about the plans that we want to make, improvements that we wish to promote and changes that we would like to witness in our personal lives. It is therefore the perfect opportunity to devise actions to ensure growth in the professional realm too. In this...Read More

Career

career, courses for teachers, professional development, teacher training

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