Tea Sanders1 day ago5 minStart-Up Costs: Being Smart about FundingAs a tefl teacher, when it comes to job opportunities, you have options! The moment you start teaching, you will quickly see, that not...
Tea Sanders5 days ago4 minCan a Community Oriented Business Association Stop Gentrification and Curb Crime?Who is She? That girl, the Baxter neighborhood The Baxter neighborhood is that girl. But who is "that girl"? Well, it depends on who you...
Tea SandersJun 202 minAmerican English TEFL Open House!Sometimes you just need that one big win to set you on a path of a snowball effect of wins. The most significant win in my life was...
Tea SandersMay 114 min4 Powerful Tips for Dealing with Difficult StudentsDisclaimer: Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge that some people may not like the title of this article due to the language I...
Tea SandersApr 912 minThe REAL difference between CELTA, TEFL, and TESOLEnglish as a Second Language Teacher Once you've decided to embark on the career path of teaching English abroad, determining what...
Tea SandersApr 12 minActivism and Language TeachingI have a strong passion for justice and fairness. I've been this way since I was a child. When I see something unfair or experience it, I...
Tea SandersMar 231 minOn Mutual Intelligibility: How pragmatics get lost in cognitive dissonance. You can really tell a socially advantaged person's true thoughts about a socially disadvantaged person based on their reactions when the...
Tea SandersMar 211 minLanguage, Culture, and Power DynamicsThis is a social movement. It will take raising awareness among the general public, alongside raising awareness among non-native and non-s
Tea SandersApr 16, 20204 minHow to create and assess effective strategies for ESL learningIn order to assess your teaching practices, and to determine what you can reasonably expect to accomplish with your students
Tea SandersMar 31, 20204 min4 Simple Steps to Determine your ESL Students' Language LevelIf you are new to the field of ESL teaching, you will eventually come to realize (hopefully before your first lesson!), that although...
Tea SandersFeb 15, 20203 minCulturally Responsive Teaching (CRT); It's Not What You Think!Let me quickly explain. As the old adage goes, "don't judge a book by its cover", it may be worth it to add, "or by its title." So, at...
Tea SandersDec 24, 20195 minFor Educators Who´ve Considered Another Profession When Altruism is Not Enough I was working as a teacher while teaching myself how to program with no intention of staying in the teaching profession at the time.
Tea SandersDec 7, 20194 min5 Reasons Why You Should Create a Professional Teaching Social Media Page Let´s face it, in 2019 (soon to be 2020) social media is an integral part of MOST of our lives. If it´s not a part of your life, it should b
Tea SandersDec 5, 20192 minIn a Nutshell: The Read by Grade Three LawThe 3rd Grade Reading Law in a nutshell.
Tea SandersSep 16, 20193 minBaby Development: How Does a Book Work?Even though you may not remember learning how to use a book, the fact that you know today the difference between the cover and the back...
Tea SandersSep 16, 20194 minStrategies for Teaching Phonological and Phonemic SkillsPhonology (The study of the way sounds function in languages) and phonetics (recognizing are using the smallest unique sounds in language...
Tea SandersSep 16, 20193 minOn Spelling: Is Your child Where They Should Be?If you aren't a teacher, figuring out where your child should be education wise may seem like a daunting task.
Tea SandersSep 15, 20193 minWhy Learning to Speak is Crucial to Your Child´s Literacy Development Just as before you can start walking you must learn how to crawl, before you can start reading, you must first learn how to produce the...
Tea SandersSep 8, 20193 minTracking The Development of Your Child´s Reading SkillsLearning to read is one of the most important skills that your child will need to learn during their elementary school years.
Tea SandersSep 5, 20193 minSocialization and Schooling: The functionalist perspectiveWhen determining the relationship between school and society, there are three main schools of thoughts that dominate intellectual...