5 Ways to Deal with a Red Light/Green Light Leader
For most educators it’s hard to not have at least one working experience with a typical Red Light/Green Light administrator. It usually starts with a stroke of inspiration while relaxing with coworkers on Friday night or if you work in Asia in the middle of a foot massage. You’ve just discovered the solution to a nagging school problem. On Monday, after the morning rush has passed, you walk into the “gate...
Bridging The ESL Divide
Like many international schools in Asia the classroom’s in my school seem to be swarming with English language learners. We have an ESL department that works hard to bring students up to mainstream requirements, yet I find myself constantly battling a divide in my classes between strong English speakers and English language learners… By the way, what’s the deal with all the different terminology, ESL, ELL TEFL, LEP,...