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The job fair season is about half over, but there are a few fairs coming up in Istanbul, Bangkok, London, and Bethesda. Meanwhile, many of us know where we will be next year. Here’s a sample.

Robert College in Istanbul
Dulwich College in Shanghai
Munich International Schools in Germany
Swiss International School in Basel
American International School in Mozambique
Jakarta International [...]

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Sub pay! Yahoo! This school pays us when we sub instead of expecting us to trade out subbing for each other. Lots of teachers are going to the job fairs, so there is lots of sub work now. It’s easy, fun work, and I don’t miss [...]

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One of the most valuable tools for traveling teachers is an on-line content management system that helps you build a class website. I have all of my course materials stored on Teacher Web, and I can activate or deactivate documents according to the unit I am teaching. This is my virtual file cabinet where I [...]

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You can’t take it all with you. That file cabinet full of lesson plans and curriculum ideas is too much to lug from school to school and country to country. This week, I asked my colleagues about their favorite web-based curriculum resources. These range from general teacher resources to specific content area resources to professional [...]

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