Preparing for the interview with the help of AI

When submitting job applications, do you simply read the job advert, attach your résumé and a standard “template” cover letter, and hope for the best? Or have you considered a more customised approach for each application? “Too time-consuming,” you might say. But what if AI could be your secret weapon - customising your résumé and cover letter while referencing employer information and the job advert itself?

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Teaching the Smartphone Generation

Who remembers the Nokia 3310? I got my first phone when I was 12 and it had the Snake game on it, which at the time seemed very cool. Today’s children get their first phone much younger of course, and have the entire internet and app stores at their fingertips, as well as the world of social media. Sadly, for every individual utilising free educational apps, tracking their daily footsteps or jogging route, or looking up vocabulary on translator apps, there are many more watching YouTube and TikTok videos, engaged in mind-numbing and attention-span-crippling...

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Academic Management and Teacher Satisfaction: What makes a school a rewarding place to work for?

A lot of online articles in the TEFL sphere are focused on teacher tips, classroom technology, finding happiness as a teacher abroad and so on. I want to consider the question of teacher satisfaction from a different angle, that of management. In my 5 years of experience, it’s the quality and style of management that makes the biggest difference in terms of how well a school is run, and how rewarding the job is for teachers. I’ll draw from my own experiences, while outlining some of the core management challenges which apply to TEFL, and specifically how...

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