We want to ensure you are exposed to the best advice when it comes to making decisions, so we write about teachers’ careers inside, outside and beyond the classroom. Check out our articles on everything from best teaching practice to lifestyle tips that can help keep you sane!
Read inspiring stories from other teachers, and discover business opportunities, career change programmes and any initiatives that will benefit your holistic needs as a teacher.
The Value of Educators Beyond the Classroom Think about your favorite teacher. Maybe they taught you to read. Maybe they helped you through a tough time. Or maybe they just made learning fun when school felt hard. Teachers do so much more than deliver lessons. They buy supplies with their own money, stay after school […]
As a mainstream Head of Geography, I loved the craft of communicating ideas, designing the curriculum and creating learning. After 7 years I began to take a greater interest in the students who struggled to succeed.
I am at the start of a new adventure; I do not know what will happen but what I do know is this: Teaching is a wonderful profession.
When I was looking to leave my role in teaching, I felt pretty much out on my own, muddling through a professional landscape that was incredibly intimidating and alien to me. Read Joel’s journey from teaching to Head of Complaints & Member Liaison at British Medical Association.
When you focus on possibilities you have opportunities! We hope that you have found some time to breath, reflect and catch your thoughts over the Easter break after the frenetic activity that preceded the holiday period. Most importantly, we hope that both you and your families are safe and well. We are of course acutely […]
I absolutely loved my job as a teacher, but I increasingly felt that, for me, the work-life balance was not sustainable. Disillusioned with the politically changes and a lot of my morals and beliefs just didn’t align any longer.
Would you be a teacher today? Think teaching is a breezy 9-3 job with excessive holiday allowance? Think again. Jennifer Savin from Cosmopolitan investigates how the profession got to crisis point…
Since this was originally posted on October 31st, I put a little Halloween slant on it. And yes, I did just spend five minutes debating whether or not to use an apostrophe in ‘hallowe’en’. I went with not. See, I can roll with the times. Anyway, workin’ hard is hardly workin’ for most of us. […]
My career as a teacher was actually pretty short. I’m sure my experience isn’t unique – a tricky PGCE mentor and the overwhelming feeling of never being able to do enough in the classroom – and as I’ve never been one to suffer through, I left the year after I finished being an NQT. I […]
Many U.S. schools automatically place international students into the university health plan. That plan can work well, but it is often expensive.
A waiver lets you use a different insurance plan instead. If you’re new to the concept, this guide explains what a health insurance waiver is and how international students use it to avoid expensive university plans.
So, you are thinking of swapping teaching for tutoring – but why buy a franchise to do it? Why not just find some materials, place an advert online and wait for the phone to ring? Let’s look at some practicalities. Materials So, you are a teacher and you know about the National Curriculum. Wonderful! You […]
An odd title? Maybe, but stay with me. I left teaching a few months ago and I’m still head over heels in love with the profession. Teaching isn’t just a job; recently a wise and experienced business coach and I were having a discussion and he said, ‘teaching is a calling’. It really made me […]
