This is a blog primarily for (but not limited to) travellin’ teachers, and those teachers living vicariously through our experiences abroad.
Trusting in the educative value of international experiences, I am building my skill repertoire by teaching and travelling with Leading Out who has an ever-growing network of schools around the world looking for energetic, enthusiastic teachers like you.
What’s this Blog For?
The purpose of this blog is to help teachers make informed decisions about teaching overseas. I’m using my experience to provide “nuggets of truth” about travelling, teaching and ways to avoid “teacher burnout”–from quick and healthy weeknight recipes to brain stimulation.
Who Writes this blog?
My name is Alysha, and I’m a Canadian ex-pat teaching and travelling in Australia. After graduating from my “Teacher Education Program” in Canada, I left Ontario to travel and teach abroad in 2006.
More about Leading Out…
My partner and I found it a little tricky getting to “Oz”. Since we’re teachers, we tend to be fixated on helping others have educative experiences.
So, we created ”Leading Out“, a company that would be an “education and travel network”. At a conference I attended, someone said,
“international education just might save the world”.
That stuck in our heads.
The network is about getting together and sharing ideas to improve our world. If that sounds too ambitious to you, think of the influence other teaching projects have had: Freedom Writers, aluminum tab collectors and “free the children” …
So What is ’Leading Out’?
Leading Out is about helping others know how and where to start traveling and teaching. The Network is about sharing knowledge internationally.
It’s a teaching company that takes pride in your success.
“Professional, reliable services are important if you want to come to teach in Australia; like you, we understand the importance of a reliable recruiting company when you embark on your teaching adventure.”
- Leading Out Managing Director
Leading Out assists with employment options including CRT work, holiday programs, tutoring and full-time contracts. We can assist with positions around the world (Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, the UK and more).
Blog Disclaimer:
The views and/or experiences on this blog do not in any way represent the views of any employer or any business other than the sole author of this blog.
While this blog is inspired by the thoughts of other teachers, it does not recount the experiences of anyone other than the author’s. The expression of these experiences has been explored and developed by imagination to protect the privacy of any real-life encounters. All identifiable elements have been changed to protect the integrity of this site and any or all persons directly, or indirectly, involved. Any resemblance to real-life persons and/or experiences are coincidental.
Careful attention to a teacher’s accountability in acting (and writing) in accordance with, and by observance to, the teaching profession’s “Duty of Care” (as articulated in Victoria, Australia and Ontario, Canada) has been maintained.
Every attempt has been made to avoid copyright infringements.
While this blog seeks to stimulate discussions and ideas (in which sometimes controversy is pitted) it in no way means to offend any person, minority or interest group. The author requests that you please educate the author by leaving a comment where and when any offense is taken.
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Great blog! I’ve been casually following it for a while now. I love the little snippets of personal perceptions on living and teaching in Australia. I am currently working on my B.Ed., and once I’m done, I plan on moving to Australia to teach. My question is, how is the curriculum organized? I’m studying in MB, and I don’t know how similar the ON curriculum is to the MB, but essentially each subject is broken down into strands or clusters, and then there are SLOs within each grouping that may or may not be taught as one unit, depending on the teacher and subject. How have you found the Australian curriculum? It is my understanding the the federal government dictates the curriculum, is that so? Feel free to reply via email as I’m sure I’ll have more questions for you. Thanks for now!
Hi Laura,
Thanks so much for your comment. So glad you are enjoying the blog and finding it helpful. When are you thinking about coming to Australia?
All states in Australia have a different curriculum rather than the Federal Government taking control of it. Each state also has different teaching associations that you need to belong to in order to teach in that particular state.
As for Victorian Curriculum, take a look at http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/ for more details on how it is broken down.
Hi Leading Out,
I couldn’t find any contact information so I decided to comment here.
I’m Andrew Dunkle and I currently serve as the senior editor of GoOverseas.com. We are contacting you with regard to your blog, which the editorial staff at GO! Overseas has selected as one of the top blogs related to teaching abroad. As recognition of your outstanding writing skills we are delighted to include your blog in a select list of websites covering the ESL industry. We select only the most exceptional blogs that meet our exacting standards and we hope you feel a sense of pride that you have been recognized for your efforts. You may view this list on our website here:
http://www.gooverseas.com/teach-abroad-blogs
Thank you for all the high quality content you have contributed to the global online community. We look forward to continuing to read your stories. If you have questions about GO! Overseas please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Warm regards,
Andrew Dunkle
Dear Andrew,
I’ve just found your blog – really enjoyable read!
I was wondering whether you might be interested in featuring an article or if I could guest write for
you at some point?
I recently launched a website that helps teachers explore opportunities around the world
http://www.teacherhorizons.com
I’m sure it will be of interest to your readers and would be great to get the chance to tell them about
the opportunities we’re offering teachers.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Nikki
Hello, I am currently in an education program to get my bachelors degree in secondary education.My class project is to interview an educator in a foreign country. Since, you teach in Australia and I am in Atlanta,Ga, this works perfect. I have a couple of questions about how the teaching program works in Australia.First,what are the requirements for teacher preparation in Australia and Who controls the education (e.g. federal or local govt.?