Congratulations! You’ve just been hired to teach at a public school in China. Now that you have the job, you might be wondering what to expect. What will your daily schedule look like? I’m going to break down a typical day in the life of a public school English teacher in [...]
When you’re a teacher, you spend about 40 hours per week at school. But don’t forget that life as an expat in China isn’t all about work. It’s important to make use of your time off. How should you spend evenings and weekends? Here are some “do’s” and “do [...]
What is a blackout lesson?Sometimes classroom computers crash. Projectors break. The electricity goes out. Guess what? You still have to teach. All those lesson plans and carefully thought-out activities go out the window. Classes held without technology are known as blackout lessons.Having a blackout lesson sprung on you is annoying, to say [...]
