If for one year you could teach anywhere in the whole wide world, where would you choose to teach? London? Alaska? Bermuda? You tell me (and, of course, I’d love to hear your reason!) right here at the blog before midnight EDT, Sunday, October 13, and you’ll be entered in this month’s First Friday Giveaway
. As my second-grade neighbor would say, “Oh, that’s easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy!” and I would have to agree with her!
What’s up for grabs? This month’s giveaway features a school supply gift box that includes a $20 gift certificate from The Mailbox. The gift certificate can be used toward the purchase of any of our publications—books and magazine subscriptions. I just love giveaways, don’t you? Have a great weekend! 🙂 Diane
Congratulations to Kathy D. who is the winner of October’s First Friday Giveaway!
I would Love to teach in a one room schoolhouse concept – whereby children are learning at their own speeds, and levels without the constant fear and pressure of standardized testing on them … or me. Learning by doing- teaching each other.
I would love absolutely love tot each in Alaska for a year. Huge dream of mine to tour Alaska and watch the moose ramble down Main St.
I would love to teach anywhere where teachers are more respected and paid what they are worth!
Whyalla, South Austraila. My son & his family live there.
I could not imagine teaching anywhere but the school I am in currently. I have the most amazing students/families and a great group of colleagues!
I would continue to teach here in the Northwest, as I love this area! It’s never been a dream of mine to travel abroad. I live in a beautiful area with so much to do. Why would I want to teach anywhere else?
Italy would love to see Reggio Emilio in action. It looks wonderful..
I would love to teach in Australia. My dream to go there.
I would like to teach in Alaska.
I would love to teach in Ireland! I would love to travel to Ireland and explore my roots more!
I would have to say that I wouldn’t want to go anywhere. I love the kids here in Delaware and they love me. The school I work in is an extension of my family. And families stay together!
I would love to teach in Alaska or Montana. Those are both places I’ve always wanted to visit – they look so beautiful in pictures!
I would love to teach where money is no object, where I could buy anything that I. needed. I could do arts and crafts, buy books, decorate the room pertaining to the theme, anything
I needed to have an awesome lesson plan.
I would love to teach in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The idea of teaching near the The Royal Shakespeare Company in the town where Shakespeare was born is exciting. The town is beautiful and I would enjoy teaching in such a different environment.
Of course, being in England would give me the opportunity to explore the rest of the country and to visit Wales, Scotland, and Ireland… all the places where my European ancestors lived.
I would love to teach in the Alaskan bush. I am a huge fan of the Iditarod and would love to see some of the schools along the trail.
I would not teach anywhere else but where I teach today. I work at a bi-lingual preschool. We have a wonderful support staff , children, families. In the setting I work at the children need me to be their voice and structure in their lives.
Hello! I would LOVE to teach in Chicago. Growing up I had always wanted to live/teach in Chicago. Its my dream location far different from the small town that I currently teach at. I LOVE my little town but think it would be fun to try another place for a year.
I would love to teach in a place…well… that really only exists in my mind! It’s a classroom with enough students to pay me well, but few enough students to be able to provide excellent one-on-one attention to each child! I woulod have complete support, financial and emotional, from administration, with individual time for professional development. I would have supplies and equipment sufficiet for all students in class, and would never, ever have to take work home to be completed or have to spend personal time on work during weekends. My days would be content with the knowledge of appreciated work performance and a secure feeling that I am doing a good job. I would be able to please parents with the truth of their child’s progress, or lack of. The paper work would be as minimal as possible, with PLENTY of time to complete it! My future would be bright with a secure retirement plan, and each day would be filled with the confidence of having enough salary to pay bills and survive financially, without worry! Well…as I said earilier…i think this place exists only in my head, but it’s nice to dream about! Truthfully, I would not want to teach PreK in any other place…life is good working with little people…filled with many rewarding moments…but I must admit, “a four day work week, but paid for five!” would be sweet! – denise 🙂
I would love to teach in a 3rd world country in Africa, Asia or South America. I would just like to see the world and experience another culture but most importantly really be able to give children an education who do not normally have an opportunity to get it. I feel like I could expose them to so much and that they would really appreciate it (not that my students do not but just in a different way). I always wanted to join the Peace Corps to do something like this but my friends and I were told our diets (vegetarian) and life styles (living close to home) made us “bad fits” for the program. I am hoping maybe after retirement years from now.
I love teaching right where I am (in Utah). But I would like more resources (money for them).
I would love to be able to teach at the Wolf Creek Elementary School east of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. I have worked in 2 different Native American schools so far and I love learning the various cultures and what each tribe brings to the world around them. I love being able to bring them the knowledge that there are other tribes out there and being able to show them how special they truly are to our own country. I love helping them to understand that they can be proud of who they are regardless of the world around them that insults and tries to change them. I want to help them all believe in who they are and succeed … to discover the power that is hidden within each and every child no matter what ethnicity or financial background they come from… they can succeed!!!
I would love to work in a small, private childcare center with a max of 10 students per room. I love my current job, but having 20+ students per class is a bit much. It makes it difficult to be effective and meet the needs of ALL students with that many in a room.
I would wanna teach some where in Europe.
My life dream is to teach abroad for the Department of Defense and work on a military base in Europe. I would love to be in Germany. Such a beautiful country and a great way to help our military families out!
I would love to teach in the Cayman Islands! My college roommate lived there and I would love to be surrounded by the island beauty and laid back lifestyle for a year. I think it would do my heart and soul good:)
I’ve always wanted to teach in Israel for a year. I think teaching English in any country in the Mideast would be amazing.
Would really like to teach in India, not just English but basic hygiene, personal care- esp for girls
As a speech language pathologist I would love to provide services to students in Alaska! I have been there on vacation and absolutely loved everything about it. But the adventuresome side of me would love to be flown by ‘supply’ plane to the remotest parts of the state while continuing to enjoy my EXTREMELY fullfilling job!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to teach in Hawaii – imagine the science and outdoor activities – plus – would voluntarily take recess duty!
I truly would want to home-school. I enjoy teaching preschool, but I have such a strong desire. I can be as passionate about what’s I teach without limitations.
I would love to teach at the American International school in Monrovia Liberia. My dad lives there and I have always been interested in teaching children in different countries. Although, this is a dream but if I could I would definitely go.
I would like to teach in Ireland and hopefully meet long lost cousins!
I’d love to teach in Hawaii.
I would love to teach in Australia! I have dreamed of going there since I was in fourth grade. I love teaching life science and getting to experience animals native to Australia would be amazing.
I would love to teach anywhere on the west coast. But then I would rather teach anywhere at this point as I am just out of school and looking for my first classroom
I would love to teach in Ireland for a year. Imagine the culture…the opportunity for travel within Europe…and the experiences to be shared on both sides of the Atlantic!
i would love to teach in ireland, scotland, the netherlands, or denmark … what an experience!
Any place?! If possible, I would love to teach in the Amish country. How cool would that be? Travel by horse and buggy, teach outside under a tree, and just make things personal. Sounds like a book!
Ireland, the land where folklore and beauty melt together, and history lives!
I was a PCV in Fiji (secondary science) and would love to go back to teach! The pay was above average for a third world country, but learning about another culture and the respect Fijians have for teachers was priceless!
I would love to teach in Ireland or New Zealand. I have wanted to visit both for years.
I would love to teach in Cuba. Just to see what the children are learning and learn more about the culture. I want to go to the impoverished places and to the elite. I have always been curious about that.
I would love to teach in the Bahamas or Caribbean … or even Hawaii. I am such a beach nerd that teaching on an island sound wonderful. I could spend my weekend on the beach – whether it’s grading papers, doing lesson plans, or just relaxing. 🙂
I think I’d like to teach in a first world classroom, like the States, so I could gather some ideas about their different system and maybe bring some of those ideas back home to implement here in my South African classroom
I would want to teach in Jamaica. Went there on a cruise last December. Love it there.
I would love to travel ALL over the world… but I want to teach in my home town, New Orleans! I am so saddened at the apathy and lack of responsibility amongst our young ones and so frightened by what the future holds that I would want to put every once of effort I have into making it a better place to live with a brighter future than it appears to have now. When thugs in the streets are killing innocent children on a regular basis… someone has to step up and something has to give!
I would love to teach children in the village where my husband is from in Guanajuato, Mexico. Despite living in poverty, the people there are so lovely and generous. The times that I have spent there with my husband’s family, I will always cherish. It would be so awesome to return a blessing to a community that has meant so much to me.
I would love to teach in Alaska!!!
It’s a life dream.
I would love to teach in Finland to see how they get the results they get, and to feel what it is like to work in a country that values and respects educators.
In England, Scotland, or Ireland! I already know the language 😉 and would love to explore all the quaint villages in those countries!
If I could teach anywhere it would be in Ireland. That is the country my father is from and to have the ability to spend a year living and teaching there would be a lifelong dream come true.
I love to teach children-I don’t think where would make a difference, unless there would be lots of time to see the area after hours.
Hawaii!
Since this is a dream, I have two places.
1- Hawaii, for how beautiful and laid back it is.
2- Poland, because my family is from there and I have lots of family I haven’t met yet. I’d love to compare the educational process as well. And travel Europe.
Finland. They have the best education system in the world. I have only ever read anything good about the schools there and would love to be a part of it!
I think I would love to teach in Australia for a year. A colleague of mine got that opportunity and spoke wonderfully of the experience. I would like to experience that myself. I would also love to teach in Alaska! It is a mystical place!
I’d love to teach in Quebec for a smooth transition from a totally french environment to a half-french area. But is-it possible?
I would love to teach in Italy!
I would love to teach in Alaska or Australia for a year. I believe every child deserves the best education that we can give them.
I love teaching right where I am in Kansas, but on a recent trip to Jamaica I was confronted with the reality of Special Education in that otherwise beautiful country. Mothers who hid their children with special needs because of beliefs that those children were bad luck and should be abandoned to the streets. I would love to open a school for students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities there, so that the beauty and diversity these special students bring to the world can be appreciated.
To teach in India would be a beautiful experience. The tthriving colors and diversity of the people and my creativity would blossom into a successful marriage. I’ve been told numerous times that school children would love me there. It’s sense of possibility and promise is what makes me dream of the thrill of something new.
Finland is where I would like to reach since they have a successful program. I could then bring that back home and inspire my school district to adopt the same method.
Australia!
The Pacific Northwest. As a lifelong east coast girl I have always wanted to see that part of the country.
If I could teach anywhere in the world it would be Monaco. I picked Monaco because it is near many different countries and Europe has so much history.
Africa. I’ve always wanted to travel to developing countries and learn about their musical culture as well as share mine with them!
I would love to teach in Japan. I was born there and lived there until age 10 as a missionary kid.
I would love to teach anywhere where children were in need of a teacher <3
If I could teach anywhere for a year, I would teach in Odessa, Ukraine. I was privileged to travel to Odessa for a teacher exchange program, and I fell in love with the city and its people. We have much to learn from the Ukrainians and the importance they place on education. They are an amazing community of learners.
Scottish Highlands!
I would like to teach in a place where the emphasis is on students not standardized test scores.
When I graduated college in 2008 I thought about this same question. After much prayer I moved to South Korea to teach. I love teaching at an international school in Seoul. I have the freedom to pray with my students and incorporate Bible into all subjects. I am not bound by all the rules that you have in the states.
If I could move anywhere else (and not worry about money) I think it would be somewhere in Africa. I would love to go teach students who don’t have a chance to learn and increase their chances to get out of their poverty.
I would love to teach in the islands. Anywhere in the Bahamas! I would love to volunteer to help in a school for a year that needed help.
I love my school to bits, but the opportunity for cultural exchange would lead me to Australia. Would love to experience all that this amazing place would have to discover, as well as to connect to in terms of Science, Social Studies, and Literacy that I could bring back to my students in America.
I would like to teach in Kazakhstan at an orphanage. I had one boy in ESL who had been adopted from there and from one of the orphanages. He made an impression on me. He had so much to give and was so smart.
I would love to teach in Scotland- near the city of Dunfermline where my Nana was born.
I would love to teach in the orphanages in India or Romania. To be able to serve those precious children would be amazing!
I would like to return to teaching in Kokstad, South Africa. I was blessed to teach there for two years and I really miss it. If I could, I would go there right now! I teach at a great little school here in Iowa, but nothing compares to the school in South Africa. There, I knew that I was teaching children who otherwise would not have an education. Life is never the same after you teach in another country! 🙂
I would love to teach in Ireland. It would be a wonderful opportunity to explore my heritage.
I would love to teach in Bermuda where I was born and raised. That would be a wonderful opportunity for my students and me.
I started my education in England at 4 years old. I’d love to teach there and see how things have changed. And there, I don’t have to correct myself when I write colour or tyre!
I’m also a total Anglophile!
The University I attended sent a group of educations students to Namibia Africa every summer to teach for 3 weeks. I would love to go there and teach for a year. It would be an amazing cultural experience that would impact my life greatly!
Australia – the kids know koalas are my favorite animal and it’s on my bucket list to hold a real one.
I had a friend who went to Africa on a missions trip to build a church/school for a village there. Her video made me cry. She filmed many local children from the village and one thing stood out to me, the children did not play, laugh or run. Many children had no shoes and had to walk for several miles just to get there. Most looked to be about 7 or 8 years old and they were the OLDEST member in their household. Aides had taken parents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters. If I could teach anywhere, Africa is where I would go.
I would love to go back to Germany and teach for DoDDS!
Exactly where I am…Japan.
I would love to teach on an Indian Reservation for one year. I love the kids I have, and just returned to the classroom from administration and LOVE it. I will never leave the classroom again! This is where my heart is and I think it would be very rewarding to teach at an Indian Reservation School. I have done the one room school house, itinerant, public school, private school, administration, so that is the last one on my bucket list!!
I would LOVE to teach in New Zealand or Australia. It has always been a dream of mine to teach abroad and I have always had an interest in that continent. I think I would learn a lot from their culture and all they have to offer.
I would love to teach in Rwanda. I have been there and visited the schools. Teachers are highly respected and the children are polite and grateful. It would be fun for me.
I would love to teach in a warm climate. Wisconsin is very cold in the winter and I don’t ski, or skate (anymore) and it would be great to field trip near a beach for shells, or other creatures.
I would love to teach in either England or Australia.
I have relatives in both places that I have never met. I have also used both these places in a list of places of different cultures for teaching in preschool. I would love to work with a see the lives of another type of student. I have been teaching preschool for 26 years and have always been curious about other classrooms in other parts of the world.
I have learned so much about reading from Marie Clay’s research that I would love to go to New Zealand, where she did her research, to teach and observe her work being used in the classroom. I believe I would gain so much more knowledge about teaching reading and literacy, and become an even better teacher to my students. I would also be able to mentor my fellow teachers using that first hand knowledge gained from my experience.
I would like to teach in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. My granddaughter lives there. This would allow me to see her more than a couple times a year. I’d also, love to see different ideas and resources that they’re using.
That is an easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy answer “Home”. My son is always saying “there’s no place like home”. I homeschool my son. We love it!!
I would love to teach in New Zealand. A former colleague is from there and I would just love to experience the culture.
I’d love to teach in Brookings-Harbor, Oregon. I spent time there a dozen years ago and fell in love with the people,scenery, and climate. I would love to retire there someday.
I would love to teach in Durango, Colorado. We constantly share ideas (via poor text photos and great phone calls!) but teaching in the same building would be fabulous!
** I would love to teach in Durango, Colorado “where my sister teaches”. Oops! Forgot that important part of my sentence!
I would love to be able to be a speech pathologist anywhere in the UK, or in Denmark. On a visit to London, I had a chance to spend the day in Surrey, and absolutely fell in love with it. We have family in Denmark, and have had the opportunity to visit their twice. Another country I have fallen in love with!
I can’t complain. I perfectly happy right where I am right now. In a small rural town called Guy-Perkins, Arkansas.
I would want to teach right where I’m at in AZ. I love my class, my coworkers and staff. I feel very lucky to be where I am. 🙂
I would enjoy teaching in Great Britain somewhere. Not only do I have an opportunity to teach in another country, but a diverse cultural country. I also have opportunities to expand my knowledge in history with field experiences to other European countries. As a teacher, I am constantly looking for learning experiences I can share with students.