To kick off the new year and Blue Monday take a look at this article by Aileen Bowe: Five Steps to Leave ELT. The article is one of three in the second issue of ‘The…
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Divided unions, continuing precarity for Spain’s teachers
This piece was commissioned from the SLB cooperative and is published simultaneously on their blog. We will not accept botch jobs or blackmail. In keeping with our principles, we are not going to sign an…
The Well-Being Talking Shop
Pour yourself a glass of wine. Sit down. Put your feet up. It’s time to relax. Put some music on. Forget your worries: the classes, the planning and marking, the commuting. Take some time for…
Time to talk about … contracts
I signed a 6-week contract. One of the lead teachers said he didn’t need a contract as he was an ‘old hand’ and ‘had it on trust’ he’d have work through the summer. But he…