Each year, the Teacher Horizons community chooses a charity for us to donate a percentage of our placement fees to. This year, you have chosen Pipal Tree, an education charity based in Nepal, and in this article Caroline Milne tells us more about their work. Sitting with the nuns during morning prayer in Nagi Gumba… Read more »

The path from trailing spouse to trainee teacher is a well-trodden one. And that’s hardly surprising. Spouses are well acquainted with all the perks – material, mental, or otherwise – that come with the territory of international school teaching. By earning an international teaching certificate yourself you become one half of a teaching couple –… Read more »

The future of every community lies in capturing the passion of its people. At Teacher Horizons, community is at our core. Our mission is to build a collaborative community to enable international teachers and schools to explore opportunities, make connections and share their experiences. We are always exploring ways in which we can grow our… Read more »

When Susanna Harper engaged her grade eight and nine students in oral history projects, parents would often tell her, ‘We don’t have any history in our family.’ It was these families—who claimed to have no interesting history in their family—who often discovered the most compelling stories.  “You have the students that think there’s nothing interesting… Read more »

A conversation with an International Adviser: Laura Rigney Living and working abroad has a certain ‘living in the moment’ quality, Laura explains. International teaching lends itself to new opportunities and spontaneity whether it be packing up the car for a night away camping, or hopping on the metro to explore a new area of the… Read more »

A conversation with International Adviser Maggie Johnstone Maggie’s idea of a good holiday is a road trip across West Africa on public buses packed to the brim with fellow travellers, praying the driver is keeping his eyes on the road. Maggie admits that she hasn’t, “lived a normal existence” but she doesn’t seem to regret… Read more »

From the very first contact I had with Helen, I felt cared for and supported…Friendly, professional and helpful advice – couldn’t have asked for anything more. Experiencing a new culture, and developing my international teaching career. Anita Povey, placed via Teacher Horizons Explorer and teaching in Myanmar You might be curious to know exactly how… Read more »

Some argue that CPD opportunities in schools are not all they’re cracked up to be, but are these unprecedented times changing how we view professional development for international teachers? As online courses allow new opportunities for professional & personal growth, are schools supporting teachers as they navigate this new virtual landscape? What is Continual Professional… Read more »

Students are under more stress than ever before. An American Psychology Association survey undertaken in 2018 reported that teens had worse mental health and higher levels of anxiety and depression than prior years and other ages. Enter now a global pandemic plus the added fear of returning to academia after being stuck at home for… Read more »

Nearly 80% of teachers consider leaving the education profession largely due to stress and a heavy workload. In the 2019 Teacher Wellbeing Index, they found 78% of educators experience negative emotional and wellbeing symptoms due to their work. According to Practical Applications for Building Teacher Wellbeing in Education, teachers have the highest levels of work-related… Read more »