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Hiking and walking are my go to self-care strategies. Lake Khovskol, Mongolia

The Covid-19 pandemic has now extended much longer than most of us expected. It has drastically …

Bringing Palomino Pride onto campus was a priority! So of course we had to purchase an awesome Palomino mascot costume to attend all events and make surprise appearances during lunches!

Situated in a small town in southern California, Nicolet Middle School in Banning is a community …

Am I good enough? (Photo by hello I'm Nik on Unsplash)

“Good times and bum times I’ve seen them all and, my dear I’m still here.”     …

Josh Lynum (2020 Graduate) takes notes during his AP Government class.

In June of 2020, I stood in the courtyard of my school for the first time …

Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada

I grew up spending summers on the shores of spectacular Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. When …

BREATHE. ALL WE HAVE IS NOW. RELAX.UR OK.

January 24th, 2020, was a Friday and the Chinese New Year Eve. I was eating home-made …

As a fundamental psychological need according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Mcleod, 2020), creating a strong sense of belonging in schools is not something we can ignore.

As a fundamental psychological need according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Mcleod, 2020), creating a  strong …

After reading literature and getting feedback from former students, the decision was made to create a professional learning community of teacher candidates and use seminars to provide them with wrap-around support from the college, the program supervisors, and the teacher candidates themselves.

The old adage “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach” is certainly a misnomer in …

Student Athletes are at the heart of the Globetrottin' Athlete Network. All content is created by or for International School Student Athletes.

When two friends, Nick DeForest and Matt Fleming of Vienna and Budapest sat down to record their first episode of …

My band, La Vaina, won the battle of the bands for the coast of Colombia in 2017.

Teaching internationally isn’t just a “nice thing” to do for a year: it can fundamentally change …

As a high school French teacher, I have often discussed with colleague and students how much English, if any, is appropriate in the classroom.

I have spent most of my language teaching career wondering “Am I speaking too much English?” …

What is instruction and why does instruction matter when it comes to teaching and learning in the 21st Century?

In this series, I have been using a backwards design model of lesson planning to my approach to …