International Teacher Podcast
International Teacher Podcast explores international teaching and living abroad through first-hand experiences from educators and school leaders worldwide.
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Want to teach at an International School? (opens the original)
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ITP - 159 Denise shares her unconventional journey into education, from a background in fashion to building a teaching career across Taiwan, Korea, international schools, and eventually California. She reflects on earning her master’s degree, adapting to different school systems, navigating hiring practices, and experiencing the contrast between public and international education. Along the way, she discusses classroom diversity, cultural differences, and what it means to commit long-term to a s
She Couldn’t Afford an Onion—Now She’s Financially Independent (opens the original)
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ITP - 158 Join us for a candid conversation with former international teacher and Choose Your Own Finance founder Blair Hoover as she shares how she went from being unable to afford an onion to achieving financial independence through international teaching, disciplined saving, and long-term investing. We explore teacher burnout, working in the UAE, the FIRE movement, retirement planning for international educators, common expat investment mistakes, and why teachers abroad need to build their ow
After the Bell - A Canadian Educators’ Podcast Without Wrestling (opens the original)
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ITP - 156 Welcome to the Canadian Podcast special, with our guests, The Stunt Brothers. In this episode, Greg and JP talk with Roy and Martin, hosts of After the Bell , a Canadian education podcast thankfully free of wrestling promos, folding chairs, and questionable spandex. With more than 70 years of combined teaching experience, Roy and Martin share how they found their way into education, from geology and Japan to classrooms in British Columbia, while digging into teacher identity, classroom
Gifted Kids, Global Family, and the Pull of Overseas Life (opens the original)
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Marijn Bergsma joins Greg and JP to talk about growing up as a third culture kid, raising gifted children, and feeling the familiar pull back toward international life. The conversation moves through childhood in the United States and Japan, returning “home” to the Netherlands, parenting highly capable kids who do not always fit neatly into school systems, and the possibility of becoming an international educator later in life. It is a thoughtful, funny, and very human conversation about family,
50 Years in International Education: Dr. Robin Heslip’s Incredible Journey (opens the original)
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ITP - 154 Dr. Robin Heslip joins us to share nearly 50 years of experience in international education, from her early teaching days in Wisconsin to leadership roles in Kinshasa, Rabat, Kuala Lumpur, Buenos Aires, Zagreb, Abu Dhabi, and the Office of Overseas Schools. In this episode, Dr. Heslip reflects on international school leadership, accreditation, recruiting fairs, governance, mentorship, women in educational leadership, and what it really means to find the right fit overseas. Her journey
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