Teachers Make Mistakes Too! Gail Godwin famously said, “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation, and three-fourths theater.” Teaching is like a Broadway show, not only because active learning takes place in a fun environment, but also because teachers don’t get a second take. When many [...]
Teaching English Online: The Nomad Experience vs. The B&M Classroom For the last year and half, I have enjoyed life as a semi-nomadic VIPKID teacher; however, prior to teaching online, I was a high school English teacher for eight years. I can honestly say that [...]
Five Things to do Between Classes When I first started teaching with VIPKID about a year ago, I was paranoid about missing or being late for my classes. At least twenty minutes before my first class was scheduled to start, I would [...]
Become a Hot Commodity to Parents! - How to Build your Online ESL Business Because you’re here I’m going to take a wild guess: making a good impression on the parents of your VIPKID students matters to you. And it should! Leaving [...]
That face. You know the one I’m talking about. The one you make as soon as the screen cuts out and you can relax. It’s part of teaching (or any job for that matter)- fake it til you make it, right? But what happens when that screen cuts [...]
I was on my third week of a 4–6 week bed rest order from my Doctor. Weeks earlier I had returned from a Christmas vacation in Canada only to be unable to walk more than a 400 meters. This was a problem! I was working as a babysitter and [...]
