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How do You Even Start Preparing for a Year-long International Teaching Exchange

Swapping jobs and homes is more involved than you might think. Factor in not knowing the exchange partner, and there are a million concerns and questions with not so many answers yet. Here are some: Transportation there: Buy? Lease? Public transport? Insurance rates? Driving on the other side of the road! Pets here: Anyone want … Continue reading »

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Application in the Mail

A dozen pages of personal and professional profiles, community and job descriptions, home layout and photos, references, and a statement of medical fitness carefully sealed in a large brown envelope hit the bottom of the mail bin today destined for the teacher exchange program coordinator. Now the wait. Months of talking, planning, researching, questioning, and … Continue reading »

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