Each year, Teacher Horizons partners with and supports an educational charity. In this post, we introduce the charity we voted to support this year: SOS Africa.

In this guest-post, Brian Dawson recounts his story. From growing up in Africa to starting a career in international education, he explains why he thinks all teachers should work abroad

 We continue to share our valuable school visits in this week’s blog. Our team at Teacher Horizons have a thorough understanding of what makes a school desirable from a teacher’s perspective. We travel to our schools and check in with the quality and environment of the place often so that we can share this wealth… Read more »

Continuing our new series of Ask the Expert posts, we chat with the Teacher Horizons team who share their valuable insight into the world of international teaching. Teacher Horizons staff are teachers themselves, so they’ve been in your shoes.  This week I chatted with Jo, a Teacher Horizons Recruitment Adviser with a penchant for simple-living,… Read more »

In this week’s short and sweet blog, Katherine Ellicott, one of our adventurous and spirited drama teachers, tells us about why she moved to Egypt, and why, despite the hype, she is so glad that she did…   When I first proudly announced that I had accepted a job in Cairo, a look of confusion, worry and… Read more »

Here at Teacher Horizons we were approached by PEAS in a POD to share their vision and it’s our pleasure to spread the word. Meet PEAS in a POD – a unique scheme giving children all over the world the opportunity to look through the window of a Ugandan classroom by linking schools. What is PEAS… Read more »

Flying on small planes makes me reminiscent of my childhood days of riding the tilt-a-whirl at the July 1st picnic in my small, rural hometown of Enfield Nova Scotia, my tummy conflicted with feelings of nausea and exhilaration. I can recall so clearly every sight and smell of that picnic day each year as I… Read more »

If I asked you to use one word, how would you define yourself to others? Are you a Canadian, an American, a Maritimer or a Californian?

Perhaps you’re of First Nations heritage and you recognise your tribe as being the group that you most associate with your identity. Maybe your first response would be Catholic, Muslim or Rastafarian. Or maybe your response would be brother, wife or husband of…

Now more than ever, I see myself as a citizen of this amazing planet and seem to have abandoned my preoccupations with identity.

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” (Ernest Hemingway)

I’ve always been bad at making decisions. What do I want for tea? What shall we watch at the cinema? Which subjects should I take at college?

So when my boyfriend and I were offered a job in the Seychelles I was in a panic.

Without wishing to get too philosophical, what is life all about?

Tim Douglas, Head of Group Travel at GVI shares his experience of leading adventure trips for young people and demonstrates how enriching these experiences can be…