Teaching Abroad
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The interviews!
When we applied for the Seychelles teaching jobs, there was only one vacant post for a French teacher for Adam. I sent my CV just because you never know how staffing may change – and change things did! To get the ball rolling with the interview process, Adam had a 15min chat on a WhatsApp…
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First week teaching abroad
WOW is all we can say! We were ready for a change of pace from the UK school system and we got it is the best possible way. We welcomed our students back this week after a whole week… and yes we did say a whole week… of training and time to organise our classrooms.…
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Things I wish I’d brought with me!
This week, teachers in the Seychelles have a week to set up the classroom and get school ready to welcome students in the following week. Already, we are starting to notice a few things we wish we’d have brought rather than relying on searching the islands for a product or waiting on someone back home…
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Writing a CV
Writing a CV can be daunting if you’ve never done it before or if it’s been a few years since you have applied for a job. International school receive hundreds of CVs for every advert so you need to stand out from the crowd to get that perfect role. Here are my top tips as…
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Applying for a job abroad
Moving abroad was not a decision we both took lightly. We initially started looking for jobs in the UAE and as far away as Kurdistan. It was important that we looked at locations that fulfilled everything we wanted out of life beyond teaching such as travel, hobbies and cost of living. We used TES jobs…
Teaching With The Turtles 