From Teacher to Teacherpreneur
Teacher Trainer and Podcaster, Shélynn Riel explores what it means to be a teacherpreneur and shares insights on how teachers can transition to entrepreneurship and leverage their skills to build flexible, impactful careers
Start Building the Career You Want
Author Martin Hajek talks about the importance of role models and access to information to make informed decisions about our careers in the English Language Teaching industry. Martin shares three stories from his latest book More Than A Gap Year Adventure that demonstrate the wide range of career paths that are possible.
S9E5: Becoming a Legal English Teacher
Natasha Costello, co-author of Practical English Language Skills for Lawyers and a legal English educator, discusses career pathways to teaching legal English. In this episode, Natasha shares insights into learners' needs, lesson content, and suggests resources for anyone interested in exploring teaching legal English as a career.
S7E7: Tackling Self-Limiting Beliefs in Leadership with Shane Leaning
Organisational Coach Shane Leaning dispels common self-limiting beliefs that often deter us from pursuing leadership roles in education.
S7E2: Taking a Career Break from Teaching with Sarah Omar
Teacher Trainer and Educator Sarah Omar shares what motivated her to take a career break from teaching. Listen for insights into personal learning goals, developing a portfolio, and tackling the inner critic to continue moving forward.
S1E2: Finding LGBTQIA+ Community as a Travelling Teacher
In celebration of our fifth birthday here at TESOL Pop, we are revisiting and remastering episodes from the archives to make the audio clearer and easier to listen to. This episode is from our Season 1 archive, recorded in 2018 in Hong Kong. In this episode, Teacher Trainer and Language Examiner Bryan reflects on his experience finding LGBTQIA+ inclusive communities while travelling and teaching English worldwide over the last 15 years.
S5E10: Building Your Personal Brand on LinkedIn with Gina Rodriguez
ELT Marketing & Education Consultant Gina Rodriguez talks about the benefits of building a personal brand on a site like LinkedIn for teachers. Gina unpacks how to set up and maintain a LinkedIn profile in three steps and provides tips on following netiquette for different social media platforms.
S2E9: Journey into Teacher Training with Viktor Carrasquero
Assistant Academic Manager, Viktor Carrasquero, reflects on his career journey and shares practices that helped him become a successful teacher trainer.
S2E6: Women in English Language Teaching
Talent and Development Manager, Eleni Symeonidou, talks about her research on gender bias in the ELT industry and shares tips on how we can encourage greater equality in the workplace.
